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updated by Yamato-San's and Shadowfax's request
Xbox 360
pro's
1. Lot's of third party support from American and Japanese developers
2. Halo III online plus alot of other great xbox exclusives
3. earlier launch
4. funded by microsoft, a very wealthy company ruled by a very wealthy man
5. xbox live is still the best way to go online, it laughs at it's competitor's pathetic online attempts
6. allowing you to put your music in the game like the previous xbox, you can listen to gold digger while playing a classic halo slayer mode
7. mass compatibility with many devices such as mp3's that allow you to customize your experience even if it doesn't have as much usb ports as we would like
con's
1. no HD-DVD drive ready for launch
2. not totally backwards compatible, requires emulator on hard drive
3. eerily similar to dreamcast
4. above average console launch price ($400.00 for the premium with all the essentials and $300.00 for the core the rip-off bundle missing the hard drive needed for backwards compatiblity)
5. launch titles need work and we will have to wait till mid-late 06 to experience the real good games (gears of war, halo 3, oblivion)
6. only 3 wired players can play at a time
7. only 3 usb ports
8. updatable and hopefully will use HD-DVD's on future models
PS3
pro's
1. most powerful of all the next-gen consoles
2. mind-blowing MGS4 and solid playstation exclusives
3. still has some great 3rd party support
4. use of blu-ray discs allow developers to make more expansive games (imagine how long a final fantasy could be)
5. strong fanbase may keep this system around for a while similar to its predeccesors
6. lots of usable memory from flash cards to memory sticks to the hard drive
7. up to seven players wirelessly and four wired
8. crapload of usb ports and fire wire cables allow alot of places to connect mp3 players or other devices
9. totally or 99% backwards compatible
con's
1. may have an above average launch price similar to 360's premium package
2. some developers seem to dislike the ps3 development kits
3. may have a launch very late next year or early 07 which may give it a hard time to catch up to 360 and revolution
4. hot-headed kutagari is turning some adopters away
5. online system was reported to be similar to ps2's I guess there is no more playstation live as Kutagari stated
6. playstations are usually built cheaply
7. if the console even has a music system it will probably be complicated like sonic stage
Revolution
pro's
1. Made by nintendo, besides the virtual boy and maybe gamecube most of their systems were very succesful
2. lots of great franchises such as mario, zelda, metroid and pokemon are coming to this system
3. no reported price but nintendo is trying to keep this system much cheaper than it's competitors
4. online system, while still not an xbox live, is free (if you have a router)
5. virtual console allows you to catch up on the older nintendo games you never got to play
con's
1. the controller most likely will take a while to get used to (if you got used to the gamecube cntroller)
2. decent 3rd party support but not as much as the other two competitors
3. nintendo games are getting much shorter and becoming long tech-demos as seen on DS
4. virtual console may have a pretty high fee since nintendo wanted us to pay $20.00 for the original zelda and the original metroid
5. very little extra features
Pro's and Con's depending on your taste
focus on wireless controllers for all the next gen consoles even though microsoft doesn't force this upon you
updated by Yamato-San's and Shadowfax's request
Xbox 360
pro's
1. Lot's of third party support from American and Japanese developers
2. Halo III online plus alot of other great xbox exclusives
3. earlier launch
4. funded by microsoft, a very wealthy company ruled by a very wealthy man
5. xbox live is still the best way to go online, it laughs at it's competitor's pathetic online attempts
6. allowing you to put your music in the game like the previous xbox, you can listen to gold digger while playing a classic halo slayer mode
7. mass compatibility with many devices such as mp3's that allow you to customize your experience even if it doesn't have as much usb ports as we would like
con's
1. no HD-DVD drive ready for launch
2. not totally backwards compatible, requires emulator on hard drive
3. eerily similar to dreamcast
4. above average console launch price ($400.00 for the premium with all the essentials and $300.00 for the core the rip-off bundle missing the hard drive needed for backwards compatiblity)
5. launch titles need work and we will have to wait till mid-late 06 to experience the real good games (gears of war, halo 3, oblivion)
6. only 3 wired players can play at a time
7. only 3 usb ports
8. updatable and hopefully will use HD-DVD's on future models
PS3
pro's
1. most powerful of all the next-gen consoles
2. mind-blowing MGS4 and solid playstation exclusives
3. still has some great 3rd party support
4. use of blu-ray discs allow developers to make more expansive games (imagine how long a final fantasy could be)
5. strong fanbase may keep this system around for a while similar to its predeccesors
6. lots of usable memory from flash cards to memory sticks to the hard drive
7. up to seven players wirelessly and four wired
8. crapload of usb ports and fire wire cables allow alot of places to connect mp3 players or other devices
9. totally or 99% backwards compatible
con's
1. may have an above average launch price similar to 360's premium package
2. some developers seem to dislike the ps3 development kits
3. may have a launch very late next year or early 07 which may give it a hard time to catch up to 360 and revolution
4. hot-headed kutagari is turning some adopters away
5. online system was reported to be similar to ps2's I guess there is no more playstation live as Kutagari stated
6. playstations are usually built cheaply
7. if the console even has a music system it will probably be complicated like sonic stage
Revolution
pro's
1. Made by nintendo, besides the virtual boy and maybe gamecube most of their systems were very succesful
2. lots of great franchises such as mario, zelda, metroid and pokemon are coming to this system
3. no reported price but nintendo is trying to keep this system much cheaper than it's competitors
4. online system, while still not an xbox live, is free (if you have a router)
5. virtual console allows you to catch up on the older nintendo games you never got to play
con's
1. the controller most likely will take a while to get used to (if you got used to the gamecube cntroller)
2. decent 3rd party support but not as much as the other two competitors
3. nintendo games are getting much shorter and becoming long tech-demos as seen on DS
4. virtual console may have a pretty high fee since nintendo wanted us to pay $20.00 for the original zelda and the original metroid
5. very little extra features
Pro's and Con's depending on your taste
focus on wireless controllers for all the next gen consoles even though microsoft doesn't force this upon you
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