Pc Xbox Or Ps2
 

I am thinking about buying a ps2, or xbox. To move away from playing games on my pc. Eventually getting rid of pc and just keeping the wifes laptop. I am currently playing COD 1 and 2, Rome total war, Full spectrum warrior. What would be the best option.

Regards

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Get a gaming laptop :)

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I'd say go XBOX, and if you miss having a PC, you can mod it and chuck Linux on it :P

Of course, that's only a quick note.

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Have you played much on a console, compared to a PC? Gameplay controls, let alone the different quality of graphics (can be good, but not necessarily), often provides a competely different experience

If you go for a console, will you be tying up the household TV to play, when a separate computer leaves the TV free. Similarly as you probably need a PC for email, internet and all sorts of other stuff why spend on a dedicated console when your PC can do that job just as well.

Bottom line I suspect it comes down to gametype, but certainly the OCD genre runs well on PC but was only emulated on the consoles.

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plus the cost of console games is outrageous! No way would I pay £50 for one game!!! I begrudge paying £35 for my PC games!!! But then I reason with myself and tell myself that I will save more in the long run as I won't need to go out everynight, thus saving money I will just flush down the loo! ;)

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ps2

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Having played across all of your choices and a few more, I would say that it was down to 1, pc, end of, yes, the controls can be a bit overwelming on some games but when you get the basic move configs off to a tee then there's no beating a pc IMHO, I have an xbox that has only ever played one game :( splinter cell, enjoyed it but then got into CoD, Moh etc etc tomb raider........I could go on, at the end of the day, its down to personal choice :tu:

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I would say an xbox360. Cloest thing to decent PC gaming in terms of the graphics and online gaming. Best console I have ever played.

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I agree the 360's are amazing, the gfx and online line play are great, plus u have the marketplace, and soon you will be able to download TV programs in HD as well :)

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thanks all, think i will stay with pc until it no longer plays the games i want. next time i need to upgrade graphics card might consider it then.
In answer to some of the questions,
1 Do not want to use the laptop for gaming,
2 Last time i used console was crash banidicoot on playstation
3 Generallt only get to use pc when baby asleep, so could use on main tv, or on a portable
4 In last month only used PC for Cable forums, so i can do this from laptop.
5 Not sure about costs of games, never looked into it. Last pc games bought were off ebay from far east. I assumed console games can be bought in same way.
6 Xbox 360 still overpriced, maybee when i am ready they will be more reasonable.

Thanks for your help.

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Start saving and buy a PS3 450 quid

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Yet an XBOX is overpriced... And then PS3's are flawed from the word go.

No discussions needed on which console now i guess. So no flame wars. There is evidence to prove what i have said.

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After seeing a 360 in action, I really don't think it's overpriced. I think MS are spot-on with their pricing strategy for the 360. The pricing of the PS3, on the other hand, well all I can say is that MS must have been laughing very hard when Sony announced how much it'll set you back to own a PS3.

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Yeah right am sure that they were laughing very hard ! More like they are getting nervous now that ps3 has a launch date. Lets not forget that ps2 is still outselling the xbox360 and that sony already have the upper hand with the japan market. Playstation 3 will have many amazing new features and yes for this reason its going to cost alot I agree but still in the long run it will be worth it. Plus that price will not stay so high thats just the initial pricing. Plus wow have you seen some of the games that are gonna be avalible. Please dont get me wrong here yes the xbox360 is a very nice machine and yes it has some great titles avalible but I will still be putting my money on sony's playstation 3.

Sorry for going off topic a bit.

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erm... what features will the PS3 have that the 360 doesn't, most of its feautures seem to have been copied from the Wii and 360.

Yes PS2 might still be out sellling 360 but its only £99, 360 is £280. So lets see when the PS3 arrives costing a lot more than the price of a 360 and the fact that the 360 will already have been onsale for a year, who the winner will be.

You mean the PS3 graphics and not the actual games as many of them are just sequals to games that have been around since the PS1.

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Copied features ? ? ? sequals ? ? ? No diffrent features ? ? ? Do you just completely discount blueray ? The possiblilty of much larger games and many more features whn you have 50gig to work with. You havent really looked into the PS3 I assume by that response or your probably an xbox fan who has no room for compremise. I said the xbox360 is good I dont deny it I was only stating that my money's on sony. Anyway I aint really up for a big bebate over it so thats all I will have to say I wont reply to anymore comments.

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No 360s arn't overpriced, they are taking a loss on each one, its like everything, as you sell more production costs become cheaper and adventually they will work their way down to £100.

PS3s won't be overpriced either, it's going to cost a helluva lot to make one, it will take a very long time for them to reach £100!

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I'm nowhere near being a serious gamer. I couldn't be ars*d getting my PCs to run games most effectively.

Using a console - slap the disc in and off you go... None of this having to get more memory, better graphics card, more HD space, DirectX x.x etc.

I had a PS, so got a PS2 when it came out (for backwards compatibility) and now have a second PS2 - both units are on my home WLAN for multiplayer/LAN play.

I'd go for Sony - maybe wait a few months and get the PS3...

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I am not a fanboy, I have owned every console in the last 15yrs, and play a lot of games. I do feel that sony though is trying too hard to get the best console but then fails to deliver. Take the PS2 and the emotion engine, that never lived up to its name.

Finally as for not looking at the PS3 I have followed every console from their announcements and know most of the technical details and the PS3 isn't actually that much better than the 360. I have read articles from programmers detailing the pros and cons for each machine.

As for Blueray I will be backing HD-DVD as most of the formats Sony has come up with have failed. eg Betamax, minidisc and UMD.

Considering DVD was meant to enable larger games it took a while for that to actaully happen and even now there are games that fail to fill the full DVD.

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I would hardly call UMD a failed format...

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I'm with Darth Yoda on this one - Sony are placing too much emphasis on Blueray, and I'm not convinced it's enough to justify the significantly higher price.

Admitedly, the price of a new standalone Blueray drive today would set you back the best part of the price of a PS3, if not more. So, if you're an early adopter then maybe it would make sense. However, the AV snobs I work with whom I've spoken to have all said that they'd rather stick pins in their eyes than watch a film played through a console. Personally, I can't see the difference between watching films through a PS2 or an XBox and watching it on a standalone DVD player, but they assure me it's just cause I don't know what to look for.

I was going to say that maybe the Cell would make the PS3 worthy of its price tag, but then I remembered this article, so I think I'll keep quiet. ;)

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In the early days of the X-box I thought one of it's selling points would be it's ability to double up as a DVD player. That's a few years ago now, when DVD players were only just becoming popular. Very quickly did I realise it wasn't that suitable. Not due to playback quality, more through background noise (altough at least one DVD i bought didn't play properly). Didn't take me long to get a dedicated DVD player.

I'd expect the same would happen over blueray, if it is a format that becomes popular the dedicated players will soon come along at a cost effective price that will superceed the PS3 option, except maybe for the kids bedroom.