An Xbox360 or a Playstation 3?

[Harrison]

That is exactly the same reason I've not bought a 360, and don't really have much intention to until they drop of the map and I can grab one for a few quid! All of the good 360 games appear on the PC quite quickly after their 360 "exclusive" releases, so there is little point. Yes a 360 is much cheaper than a gaming PC, but a PC can do so much more so in my view is worth the extra investment.

[Zetr0]

A good point indeed H,

infact a lot of the so-called exclusive titles are pretty damn poor in MHO

stepping aside a smidgeon, the Wifie bought me a PSP with Crisis Core for out anniversary on the 20th last Sunday

damn shame thats an exclusive for the PSP, i would love that on my PS2

[Harrison]

What do you think of the PSP? I love the system. Many people pan it on mention but there are tons of games available for it. If you have the slim PSP then you can connect it up to the TV and play the games that way. They don't look that different to PS2 games either.

The Lego Indy and Star Wars games are also great on the PSP.

I take it the PSP is currently using a standard Sony firmware? Definitely recommend getting a custom firmware onto as soon as you can to open it up to be used for much more. Depending on your current firmware version there are different ways to get the custom firmware installed.

Plus with a PS3 you can interface it with the PSP for streaming video and other content, as well as game interaction.

[Zetr0]

@Harrison

A Muchos Thanks for the Info my friend, when it arrives (31st this month) I will be most certainly tapping you for more info.

It will be a Slim as well so the fact i can set it upto my 42" plasma is gonna ROCK!!!!!! Oooo my m8y Yorkie is gonna be soooooOOoo green (he has 3 of the old PSP's)

anyway my main aim it to use my PSP for EMU and the odd movie I have many PSP's Emus already downloaded (incuding DOSBox, Amiga, SNES, MegaDrive AND PS1 )

[Harrison]

There is definitely a great emulation scene on the PSP. The SNES emulator is the most impressive in my view. Able to run games at full speed and very nice. Genesis/Megadrive emulation using Gen is also very good.

PSPUAE is also a great Amiga emulator, but it does still struggle a bit for speed and many game still run just below true speed. Good enough for many games, but this can cause the sound to go out of sync or the controls to act sluggishly in some games. Still a great emulator though.

MAME isn't so great with no sound currently emulated, and only a handful of games supported. But hpefully that will improve.

Definitely loads to explore and play around with.

I highly recommend you invest in the largest memorystick you can afford as you will need it once you get into the homebrew and emulation scene on the PSP. 8GB cards work fine these days and you can fit a load of stuff on one of those. Game ISOs are also normally between 200MB and 1GB so a few games can also be fitted onto a card at once.

Let me know if and when you need any more info and I will give you some links to great resources of info about custom fimwares and other PSP stuff.

[Bloodwych]

I thought long and hard about this.

In the end, the 360 seems to be easier for programmers to get performance out of and cheaper, has better hardware upscaling support, but as someone pointed out above it's false economy...

...the PS3 is Blue-Ray compatible, has a much quieter drive, great OS option, free online gameplay, a half decent D-Pad (360's is awful), standard hard drive that all games use and nice looks when combined with a black LCD TV.

Yes a few titles are worse at the moment on the PS3, but the differences are negligible during actual play.

I'm getting a PS3!

[Ghost]

I would also like to get a PSP one day so that I can play Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, God of War: Chains of Olympus and the upcoming Resistance: Retribution.

[Demon Cleaner]

That is exactly the same reason I've not bought a 360, and don't really have much intention to until they drop of the map and I can grab one for a few quid! All of the good 360 games appear on the PC quite quickly after their 360 "exclusive" releases, so there is little point. Yes a 360 is much cheaper than a gaming PC, but a PC can do so much more so in my view is worth the extra investment.

I was also pro PC, but when I bought my first console, which was the PSX, this rapidely changed. I agree that you can do a lot more with a PC, but don't get a 200£ gfx card, and buy a console instead for gaming.

Advantage imo is that you can grab a game, put it in, no need to check out requirements, take your pad, make yourself comfortable on the couch and play the whole on a 50" plasma with 5.1 sound, it cannot get any better!!

[Teho]

Some of us have their PCs hooked up to giant TVs and home theater soundsystems and use bluetooth keyboards and mice to among other things play games on it though.

(Some people brag about having twenty-some inch monitors.. Hah, I say! HAH! )

But consoles are definitely cheaper and easier to use, no argument there.

[Harrison]

I was also not really a console user at all until the PSX. Before that I refused to buy one because the Amiga was better! However once the PSX came out the Amiga was really starting to fall behind and the new 3D games were not possible on our beloved machines. And at the time I couldn't afford a PC so the PSX was a great solution, and it was the beginning of my console owning. Since then I've ended up buying every console released since the PSX (except for the Sega Saturn), but I've yet to buy into the current generation of Wii, 360 or PS3 as I still haven't been really enticed by anything tuely amazing that I can't play on the PC or PS2. I will eventually own all three, but not yet.

Update: I just thought. I did actually own a SNES and Gameboy before the PSX, as I got the SNES right at the end of its life so grabbed some great game bargains. I had no initial intention to buy any consoles while the Amiga was my main system. However I came into an inheritence on my 21st birthday and decided to grab a SNES so I could play all the great games the system had exclusively. At the time the SNES was definitely the best console, and the Amiga the best home computer.