It managed to turn lots of PS3 exclusive Games into Multi Platform: Tekken 6,FF XII,GTA IV,DMC 4,Resident Evil 5 and Assassin's creed. While a lot has changed since then, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo continue to rule the roost with their state-of-the-art consoles. but too little, too late. Well it makes the thread more exciting if its "who won" instead of "who came last and almost last" by excluding the PC and Wii too :P. The PS3 was coming off the most dominant console generation leading with the PS2. The wii had a terrible attach rate and wii gamers bought mainly nintendo games. Let's take a step back and instead of deciding a winner of something only a select few have their hands on why don't we declare a winner with the current gen systems? The games are good, but it mostly lived off of multiplats after 2010 and tried too hard to push Kinect as the next best thing. Update: I Think Il stick With ps3// Xbox Comes With defects.. and no free online.. Answer Save. 360 vs PS3 vs Wii: Who Won 2009? Xbox lags lot too but it doesnt lag as much as PS3. wich console do u think is better and y... PS3 Or Xbox360. so as much as i rag on the console itself, its history and sony and i dont see eye to eye on games much...yeah. It got the Yellow light of death, and I did the dumbass thing I did when my 360 died. Sony listens to their consumers and will not bring or support backward compatibility and won't make games you already own playable or better on their current console, unlike the Scorpio. Also Microsoft Points...? It's like a visible achievement. Winner - PS3. XBOX 360: Big negative here is charging 50 bucks a year when PS3 is free. yeah it bought sony the blu-ray victory but, as sony themselves have said, streaming is the future (and they are right). Yes online was $60 a year, but it was well worth it compared to the PSN. It also lacked any type of serious online gaming. Internet and certainly more freedom than an Xbox. Xbox 360 on the other hand was cheaper for it's base model, but required a lot of costly additions (recharge pack, live, HDDs, etc). The Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005. but if a console doesnt rake in money then a console doesnt get made). Features of the Playstation 3 Playstation Network allows free sign up with access to lots of themes, demos, trailers, etc. (164 votes) Wii won. Wii was way too gimmicky and kiddy to include in this discussion. Winner: PlayStation 2 (150 million) Sure Xbox One sounds terrible right now but that doesn't mean it can't be fixed later. Let me say this. Xbox 360 won. But I also got some incredible stuff, like Uncharted, and MGS4, which was the primary reason I bought the console. 8 talking about this. Most of the cross platform games would play seamlessly on both machines with little or no difference. But this isn't a contest. Online Service: This one isn't even close. If you want different rules, make your own thread. Before party mode came out, that was a set back for the in game lobby. User Lists: 0 The PS3 of course. Exclusive Games. But now Xbox will make one also. It took a complete rebranding of the system the likes I hadn't seen since the Genesis to get the PS3 back on track. Your argument about "less annoying dinging sound for PS3" is incredibly juvenile, you realize you can disable that right, making it a pointless argument, and the fact that you say the controller is too small, yet in the picture above you can see it's the same size. Sony and PlayStation failed to do so. I played quite a few Wii games seriously. The PS3 is a superior system. Can you cite the facts? Your thread should be who won second place but last I checked coming second isn't winning. Because PS3 ended on a big bang ( The Last Of Us ) and still gets game like Persona 5 which keep the system alive and drive sales. So I've broken down a few categories we can all agree are important to me: System ease/Controller, Exclusive games, Online Play, Graphics and Units Sold. Even if you think that the PS3 overall had the better exclusives which is something that I would agree with as well, it's not enough to outweigh every single other metric where it was clearly beat by the Xbox 360. In effect, its console is a Trojan horse, like Microsoft's. I doubt the Xbox 360 is still supported by Microsoft or other game developper. I realize that, however, I am having a hard time deciding between possibly getting an Xbox 360 or a Playstation 3. Favourite answer. I can honestly say another factor in buying a PS3 was that I did not have a Blue Ray play and I was not going to spend 300 and up to buy a seperate player. I spent a couple hours comparing some of my commercial DVDs using each console, but I cannot decide which delivers the best 'overall' upscaling. Xbox having a 1 yr head start above Ps3 allowing its base to grow faster than Ps3. Now I've heard that the 360's DVD upscaling capabilities differ depending on the set up, and I haven't heard much about the PS3's DVD upscaling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZ5FOenvAE&t=2s Follow GLP on Twitter - … Everyone talked online. Let's take a look at some of the metrics. 2010 will be a great year for gamers, that's fact, Videogameszone writes. The real gaming CONSOLES are Xbox and PS. After the Slim released in 2009, it built up momentum and became the darling of the gen for its great exclusives. It costs £300 compared to £130 for the cheapest Xbox 360, which is a massive difference. DLC: The Xbox 360 received DLC content from the biggest games like Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty earlier than the PS3 did. By almost every single metric, it clearly under-performed in comparison to the Xbox 360. As the performance of these gaming consoles is more or less similar in several departments, price can turn out to be a deciding factor in the end. A bland purple background? I've got a PS3 and a 360 - my PS3 is hooked up via HDMI and my 360 is hooked up via component cables. All those consoles offer a way to play old gen games either via b.c. This topic is locked from further discussion. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. They won. I currently have both an Xbox 360 (Pro) and PS3 (60GB launch) connected to a 42" 1080p Philips 42PFL7403D/27 via HDMI. The major decision? Sure Xbox One sounds terrible right now but that doesn't mean it can't be fixed later. Does it make sense to claim a victor of the next-gen^2 console wars  before you even get a hold of them? Innovation: The Xbox 360 introduced great innovations like Achievements and party chat which others would later copy. rouge_rokr. Xbox 360 vs PS3: Battle of the DVD upscalers. It's not even available for several months so let's wait and pass judgement at the end of it's cycle not before it even begins. The Xbox brand is in every retail store and continues to thrive along side with the other consoles. An overview of the PS3 and Xbox 360, who do you think won this generation? The PS3 was released on November 17, 2006. Sony, on the other hand, want a PS3 so that Blu-Ray is a success. Lastly cows in here don't even care about last gen games anymore especially their PS3 games, they are trying to forget it already and already moved on. so bit of a poinltess win there (blu-rays usefullness in games was dubious at best. Why consider the Wii when it didn't make it to the finish line? So in terms of console manufactuers, Nintendo made more money versus sony/microsoft but didn't build any brand appeal because their support was a mile wide and an inch deep. The actual decisive numbers of which console sold more and when is irrelevant when considering that the pop cultural narrative is false. OS: The Xbox 360 OS had more and better features, better accessibility, and better performance. PS3 was suppose to kill the Xbox 360. Ps3 Vs Xbox 360 Who Will Win? It sent a precedent for UI, accessibility, and online features for a console. The Wii had the most sales and exclusives. While it may not have that much impact on the legitimacy of the industry, this is something people look at and pay attention to. @OhSnapitz: The Wii selling the most units is totally irrelevant because the topic is Xbox 360 vs PS3. The white Xbox is horrible compared to the first ps3. Poll Xbox 360 vs PS3...Who won? Sony was constantly trying to catch up by copying Xbox Live features, but they could never even come close. But I don't know which one to choose. Ended up with the highest rated exclusives, the best looking games and with one year less on the market it overtook 360 sales even when 360 sales were inflated by the RROD. Depends on how you look at it. really there are very few metrics that can be used to call the PS3 a success. It started slow but grew momentum. Sony on the other hand turned things around for themselves quite a bit considering their horrible launch. The PS3, obviously, cost too much, ran many multiplat games poorly, lacked exclusives initially although it started to turn around with MGS4 in 2008, and just generally bled money for Sony. I did say in the beginning "So I've broken down a few categories we can all agree are important to me". The PS3 has managed to sell 77,313,472 units while the Xbox 360 stays behind with its 77,311,669 units sold by the end of May 2013 . like the xbox one x or via remasters. PS3's features that beat 360 you could say free online, even though it was a worse service. PS3 is the successor of the the best console of all time so it flops in that regards. Xbox 360: Halo, Gears of War...Those Burger King games? In light of E3 and everyone declaring Sony and the PS4 the new system to beat in the next-next gen console war (Next-gen^2 if you will), people seem to be forgetting that we're judging the systems on a conference. Wii is not included since it's mostly a gimmicky/fad device. Overall though, I enjoyed my gaming much more on the Xbox 360 ecosystem than I did on my PS3. The bigger point I'm trying to make is this: Let's not judge the consoles now. Controller: The Xbox 360 controller is widely considered to be the greatest controller of all time whereas I've hardly ever heard anyone, even big Sony fans, make that claim about the PS3 controller. How Kevin Spacey affected the legacy of 'American Beauty' Jewel admonished CEO on lifestyle before his death 2009-2013 was an incredible time for 360. also it didnt cost MS a fortune (yeah...finances...yawn. Anyone heard that GTA 4 is so massive that it has to be released on 3 seperate Discs for the XBOX 360 yet only 1 for PS3, i know about the Blu Ray Capabilitys but is this true and what about any extra content for the PS3 Such as download extra missions, i heard XBOX already has an extra 10 hours of Downloads ready for it, I'm also very surprised by the popularity of this system when the failiure rate was so high. That's also a good point. And the ability to watch Bluray's.