Who's Winning the Battle for the Hardcore?

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Originally Posted by rocky5

Personally i think the 360 has the most hardcore gamers at present as it appeals to a wider market as its cheaper and there is more games both consoles have there pros and cons the 360 has a superior multiplayer service yeah you need to pay but you get what you pay for i own a 360 have played the ps3 and they are both the same graphics wise just now are bar some higher rex textures on the ps3 but this is due to the hdd installs currently the 360 doesn't have the feature so everything has to be streamed where as the ps3 can compress stuff them uncompress it to the hdd (ie hdd install) thus giving higher rex textures and less pop up in games but the 360 can still hold its ground against the ps3 with a bigger fan base and more exclusives coming out for it also developers will favour the 360 as its costs less to develop for and is also allot easier to develop games to.

right now in the UK i don't think blue ray is much of a big deal as allot of people still don't have HD tvs also its costs more to buy blue ray than a dvd and if you sit 2mts away you cant tell the difference so right now its not a big deal maybe in about a year or two it will be.

I own a HDtv 32inch and i still play my 360 on my monitor as the tv is on the HDtv :(

i think the PS3 could have been better Sony put the bar to high and it was a flop it came no where near the the top of the bar all these exclusives are on 360 there is i think about a hand full out the now that are ps3 exclusives (iam not sure about this) but they are mainly bland games MGS4 looks good but the damn uninstall, install after each level is taking the pi**.

once again this is my personal opinion.

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I'd like to know what these "exclusives" are cause the only ones I know of are fable 2 and gears 2 while the ps3 has killzone 2, resistance 2, littlebigplanet, wipeout hd, DC Universe Online, Fat Princess, Infamous, MAG, Socom Confrontation, The Agency, Heavy Rain, God of War 3, etc.

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I think once people realize they can watch movies for free if they have xbox live gold and netflix (in the states) the xbox will set its place to be insanely dominant next gen.

Not quite a casual gamer, but definitely not hardcore - call me a 'firmcore' gamer. We got a PS3 because it's got Blu-ray, built-in wifi, and the online stuff is free, and it plays latest-gen games. (Non-gamer geek in me also liked the user-upgradable disk and Linux support.)

Graphically, the PS3 hasn't gone much past the 360, but on the other hand, it's got more headroom. Graphics will get better as developers learn how to program for it. (Compare early PS2 games to the latest ones.) The 360's graphics will improve, too, but it's got less room to grow, just as a PS2 can't compete w/an XBox at the high end.

That said, price is a big advantage for the 360; the PS2 was outclassed by the Xbox hardware-wise, but sold better. But for hardcore gamers, price isn't as much of a decider.