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what's up everyone jon rettinger from TechnoBuffalo here and i want to talk to you about the ps3 vs the xbox 360 it's the debate that I've seen going on in my videos on other people's videos and on numerous websites it's a very polarizing topic and I want to let you know where I stand see if we can sort of come to a consensus about really what's the best advantage and what's the best value as far as the consoles are concerned so both come in now thanks to price cuts at 299 Microsoft's Xbox 360 elite and Sony's new ps3 slim so let's talk about Sony first in the pros and cons whether the PlayStation 3 first launched it was a whopping six hundred dollars it's really unheard of for the time but you're getting a lot of value with that secona dollar console you were getting really a fantastic blu-ray player which is firmware upgradeable essentially means that you can get new features bug fixes and support directly from Sony if you buy a blu-ray player from from Samsung or another vendor you're going to get a solid boo typewriter that works but you're not always going to get new features of patches Sony is definitely going to always be supporting the PlayStation 3 through its lifetime since it has such a large install base they'll make sure that really that particular console always gets the newest features on a side note I went and visited a professional video production house that makes blu-ray discs and they were using a ps3 for their test blu-ray players to show you how much they believe in the quality of player on the PlayStation 3 you're also getting access to a great really library of games back when the ps3 first launched you were getting backwards compatibility with the ps2 and ps1 you were getting card readers and four USB ports well flash forward to now those four USB ports or two and those carpenters are gone but you are getting a very slim console you're getting still a great blu-ray player you're getting again access to a great cache of games and you're also getting really a very nice home theater and media system so those are some of the pauses about the playstation 3 i think that it's a good-looking console graphics are fantastic and i think it really is now a fantastic value with three hundred dollars in if you want to buy a standard blu-ray odds are probably cost you maybe 200 or just a little bit less than 400 bucks morgue can get access to some fantastic games and some features you wouldn't get otherwise so it's very hard to ignore the PlayStation now a lot of people were saying the ps3 is too expensive $400 was too much in the course six hundred dollars was a lot Sony was having a little bit of trouble to moving consoles despite the fact that PlayStation is a great brand and game developers really starting to develop for it more so on the downside of the ps3 I think the online experience the PlayStation Network really is not up to par with that of the xbox 360 now I know people are always going to say that you know you get what you pay for playstation network is free but I do have to say I really don't think that it stacks up you know evenly with Xbox Live that's just you know my personal take on I think you're not getting some of the features that you get on other consoles you're not getting the access to let's say netflix streaming but there are certainly you know other aspects that the PlayStation 3 has that the Xbox doesn't you know those really the only big negatives that I can see with the playstation 3 certainly console title exclusivity is a deal but they really aren't that many more negative with the ps3 my big concern earlier was priced it was just too expensive for a lot of people so what he was pricing out a really large portion of their user base so the question that I'm really thinking now is is this too little too late is everybody that would have bought a PlayStation 3 maybe jump ship to two hundred fifty dollar we or a two-hundred-dollar xbox arcade because it was just what they could afford and you know if they already bought a console odds are they're probably not going to buy another one so let's jump over to the xbox 360 I should preface that I own both these consoles I've got the older ps3 fatty version and I have an xbox 360 elite so price now is 299 I think a very reasonable 299 I think one of the biggest selling points of the xbox is its video game catalog there are just some fantastic exclusive games that are available for xbox 360 that you're not going to find on PlayStation certainly PlayStation has its own exclusive titles resistance and you know what was metal gear solid there really are a lot of exclusive titles on the Xbox think that there are more I think that there are more games on the Xbox more games Lisa I would want to play you know I think that it looking for kit titles you want to look at the we certainly for the more mature gamer the xbox 360 xbox and the PlayStation rather are competing for really the same demographic so you're getting now not a blu-ray player but you are getting you know a standard DVD player you're getting access Xbox Live which I really think is the build a big key to the Xbox think it's a fantastic experience you definitely have to pay for it which is a little bit on the unfortunate side but integration with now Twitter and last.fm and netflix on demand it's amazing sort of the features that you get that aren't even gang related for the xbox certainly I think graphics wise the PlayStation 3 has more power and is capable of really high resolution graphics but as far as what game developers have able to use really graphics wise i think that they're on a fair fair playing ground so kind of want to cut this a little bit short if i have to pick a console and let me preface what I'm going to say with I really like the Xbox the xbox is my console of choice if I go to gamestop where I go to order gain from amazon and they're available for both platforms i'm going to order it for the xbox and I have both consoles but if I was buying one right now if I didn't have either I gotta say the PlayStation 3 is now a better value you're getting much more for your money you might lose out on some of the exclusive titles that you don't get with the xbox you know the halos and such in the world I don't think you're going to get the best online experience but you are getting a fantastic blu-ray player you're getting a great upscaling DVD player you're getting access to Sonia fantastic library of games and you are still getting a very usable online experience it's now very hard to ignore the PlayStation 3 where it wasn't before so what do you guys think do you agree disagree on my so off topic that you can't even believe it you're pissed or do you completely a fall in line with what I'm saying video response text down below I love to hear what you guys have to say any wait for exclusive content check me out a twitter twitter com / john for lakers and to learn more about TechnoBuffalo check out technobuffalo 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