....what does his megathumb Buddie use?
All I know is that X-box has more graphically violent M-rated games than Playstation. I’d go with X-box, unless he’s under 14 and too young to get into that stuff.
Spend more time as a family, playing card games, or boggle, or scrabble, monopoly.
Gears of War is the best game series of all time, in my opinion, and it’s an XBox exclusive. The Halo series was XBox exclusive as well. I cannot think of a similarly impressive game or series that was PS3 exclusive. XBox Live, even though it is a pay service, is an awesome service for online gaming. I have both PS3 and XBox, and I do like the Blu-Ray player on the PS3, but for online gaming, the XBox is better, IMO.
As you have already indicated, video games are an avenue of social interaction for your child’s generation, which includes online/multiplayer games.
Although hard-core gamers may argue the finer points of graphics, franchises, exclusive content, etc. the fact remains that many game titles are chosen because of their ‘play against friends’ capability. For this reason, the X-Box is the way to go.
Long time PS2. I just have to get my thrills a little later than everyone else. Much cheaper though. I guess if it has wheels and a racing motor, I like to drive it.
We have 2 of each. Since the Sony break-in, we switched exclusively to XBOX. We opt to use a point system so our credit card info is not stored. By and large the games play the same, the PlayStation gives a slightly lighter touch than the XBox (Comparing Burnout Paradise on both platforms), and only slightly better rendering quality. The XBox is a lot more restrictive in terms of connectivity, and they or our ISP recently made changes in which it was impossible to sustain a connection to the games marketplace. However, we got free tech advice from Microsoft, changed some of our router settings (same settings worked perfectly before) and now everything is golden.
I think I would choose the Reallife 100.
It depends on what games his friends are playing, especially if they are online. We have both, the PS3 sits, XBOX is what they all play right now.
i prefer the xbox 360. among other reasons, i chose it because i didn’t care about blu-ray, and most of my friends have that system.
i’d suggest getting whichever one more of his friends have so he can swap games and play online with them.
This morning I found FOUR cd’s stuck in the PS3.
I need to do a better job at babysitting.
XBox 360 is far superior for online play
PS3. blue ray...wireless.. access to streaming video ..netflix, etc Don’t play too many games Tiger golf, shooter games..
Best Christmas gift we ever got for ourselves.
Another option (not sure how feasible, mind you) is to get a Wii instead. It doesn’t have all of the latest and greatest pixel-pushers, but it has some good games for teens, plus a lot of games for the whole family to play together, Netflix streaming, etc.
Barring that, I’d probably go with the Xbox, if only for Kinect — if they’re gonna play video games, make them “active” games (and some chance of a workout for the parents, too!)
Xbox live requires a monthly fee, playstation does not.
PS3 had the system for two years no problem. No charges for online play, I had no data hacked eitther.
I would go with the PS3
If XBOX has corrected some of the flaws of its earlier models, then I’d say choose it. My Son has one, and it crapped out with the infamous blinking red light. Just outside of the warranty period, so it would be close to $300 to get it fixed.
Google XBOX and flashing red light for more info. There have been a lot of boxes with this issue.
the move by Sony is pretty neat, My son loves the volleyball game...:)
I had an original xbox and now a ps3, while i miss playing HALO the PS3 is way better IMO... havent had any probs with it...I bought a 360, got the RRD the first day!! took it back and got the PS3... :)
With that said, you might see your son more but interaction with him might will be a whole other challenge when he's online.