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Halloo all! First post, and I'm looking for opinions and input.
I used to be a more hardcore gamer than I am now, though I'm getting back into things now. I grew up with Nintendo consoles as well as the sega genesis and lots of pc games. I'm mostly an rpg gamer, though I like a lot of puzzle and adventure games as well. Favorite games include nearly all Zelda games, TES: Morrowind and Oblivion (PC), Tales of Symphonia, Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia, Chrono Trigger, The early Final Fantasy's (I did like Crystal Chronicles some, though), the Myst series, Assassin's Creed, Portal (haven't gotten my hands on Portal 2 yet though!), and I'm sure there are a ton that are simply slipping my mind now that I thought were pretty frelling fantastic. (However, I do NOT play online games, at least I haven't yet. I really think the idea of paying to play a game is beyond ridiculous if I've had to buy the game to begin with. Yep, I'm one of those people. DX )
Anyway, besides my new desktop, which is a gaming powerhouse, I haven't had a new console since the Game Cube came out. I didn't have the money for an Xbox or playstations (early playstations didn't grip me much, tbh). But now that I have a job I'm really dying to get back into modern console gaming. Trouble is, I can't make up my mind. XD Right now I'm between an Xbox and PS3.
On one hand, I really like the kinect and I have a bunch of Xbox-gaming friends, so the Xbox social scene might be fun. But. Being primarily a PC gamer, most of the games I would want to buy for the Xbox also come out for the PC, so I don't know that I see the point. While not being an original "lover" of playstation, I do like the line of games I've seen for the PS3--seems a bit more hardcore rpg from what I've seen, and I feel like while what comes out for Xbox and PC also comes out on PS3, the console-exclusive games tend to be PS3, so on that front it seems more worth it. But, still, I don't know. I'm waffling, I guess.
And yes, I've already ruled out the Wii. I'm just not attracted to the current game-line. When the Wii U comes out might be another story, though, if it's true about Nintendo wanting to draw back more "serious" gamers. (Read: if they come out with a new Zelda game for it, I'll practically have to buy it just for that game. I know, it's a tad ridiculous, but very true.)
So...what do you guys think? Am I right in my thoughts of Xbox vs. PS3 in terms of RPG gaming? Are there considerations that I haven't thought of?
I used to be a more hardcore gamer than I am now, though I'm getting back into things now. I grew up with Nintendo consoles as well as the sega genesis and lots of pc games. I'm mostly an rpg gamer, though I like a lot of puzzle and adventure games as well. Favorite games include nearly all Zelda games, TES: Morrowind and Oblivion (PC), Tales of Symphonia, Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia, Chrono Trigger, The early Final Fantasy's (I did like Crystal Chronicles some, though), the Myst series, Assassin's Creed, Portal (haven't gotten my hands on Portal 2 yet though!), and I'm sure there are a ton that are simply slipping my mind now that I thought were pretty frelling fantastic. (However, I do NOT play online games, at least I haven't yet. I really think the idea of paying to play a game is beyond ridiculous if I've had to buy the game to begin with. Yep, I'm one of those people. DX )
Anyway, besides my new desktop, which is a gaming powerhouse, I haven't had a new console since the Game Cube came out. I didn't have the money for an Xbox or playstations (early playstations didn't grip me much, tbh). But now that I have a job I'm really dying to get back into modern console gaming. Trouble is, I can't make up my mind. XD Right now I'm between an Xbox and PS3.
On one hand, I really like the kinect and I have a bunch of Xbox-gaming friends, so the Xbox social scene might be fun. But. Being primarily a PC gamer, most of the games I would want to buy for the Xbox also come out for the PC, so I don't know that I see the point. While not being an original "lover" of playstation, I do like the line of games I've seen for the PS3--seems a bit more hardcore rpg from what I've seen, and I feel like while what comes out for Xbox and PC also comes out on PS3, the console-exclusive games tend to be PS3, so on that front it seems more worth it. But, still, I don't know. I'm waffling, I guess.
And yes, I've already ruled out the Wii. I'm just not attracted to the current game-line. When the Wii U comes out might be another story, though, if it's true about Nintendo wanting to draw back more "serious" gamers. (Read: if they come out with a new Zelda game for it, I'll practically have to buy it just for that game. I know, it's a tad ridiculous, but very true.)
So...what do you guys think? Am I right in my thoughts of Xbox vs. PS3 in terms of RPG gaming? Are there considerations that I haven't thought of?
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And yikes! Now, I know YLOD/RLOD is not an uncommon occurrence for Xbox, but how often/likely do PS3's have problems? I was reading something about disc drives failing in the "fat" PS3's fairly regularly, but I'm not sure how long ago that was and thus if that should actually concern me.
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The PS3 died once. It was harder for me to prove it was under warranty but I emailed my original receipt in and it was ok (so make sure you scan a copy of it as a backup if you're worried). If I hadn't been under warranty it would have been $150.00 to repair. The process was still the same - they sent me a box, and I got the PS3 back within 2 weeks. It wasn't as streamlined as Microsoft's procedure but I would assume it's because MS had had a lot more returns and experience than Sony.
I haven't had either console fail in the last 3 years. I think all of the bug are worked out by now. And I do have the "fat" PS3.
Also: if you buy the console from EBgames and you buy a warranty DO NOT LOSE IT. Sounds obvious, but I lost mine for the PS3 and they DO NOT keep a record of it in their computers so I basically paid $50 for nothing. My bf says not to bother buying the warranties anyways as you always pay more than should due to the low risk.