PS3 vs Xbox 360 which next gen console!
The latest next generation consoles that are officially available in India are the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Playstation 3 commonly known as PS3 the successor to the hugely popular PS2 from Sony, I have the opportunity of owning both the consoles so here are my views regarding the same.
| For the sake of comparison I will compare the premium models of these consoles, PS3 is currently selling only one model officially in India, both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are next generation consoles and support games in high definition (you got to have a HDTV if you want to really enjoy these games) if you already have an HDTV these consoles will be your entry point in the HDTV era, both these consoles are very powerful piece of hardware and I won’t get into a debate which one has a edge as both of them are pretty powerful, personally I own the Premium Xbox 360 and a 40GB PS3 console. |  |
The Xbox 360 was launched in late 2005 in the US and it was officially launched in India on 23, September 2006, I had my first Xbox 360 console imported from states in Feb 2006 (I would have never done this had I known the hardware failure rate of Xbox 360) as I was not sure when it would be launched in India, on the other hand Sony PS3 was launched internationally in November 2006 and it came to India late April 2007 with an insanely high price of Rs (39,900) now with the recently launched 40GB PS3 model which is around 25K it is competitively priced with the Xbox 360.
Pricing
As of writing this blog the Xbox 360 premium SKU retails for around Rs 27,000 with a few games and the PS3 40 GB version with a GT5 for Rs 24,990 on the other hand the Xbox 360 games are a bit cheaper around Rs 200-300 less than the PS3 version.
Hardware
In terms of hardware the PS3 ranks a bit higher than the Xbox on paper, the PS3 has an integrated WiFi apart from the gigabyte Ethernet connection to connect to the net for online game play, the PS3 also has an integrated web browser via which you can browse websites play videos via youtube etc, the Xbox 360 has a 100 Mbps Ethernet connection, you can add WiFi functionality to the Xbox but you need to purchase the WiFi adapter separately, the PS3 wireless controller has and inbuilt battery which can be charged via the PS3 / PC USB port, The Xbox 360 has an standard DVD drive, On the other had the PS3 has the next generation blue ray drive (supporting high definition movies) that can also read standard DVD, CD’s, the premium version of Xbox 360 sold in India doesn’t yet support HDMI connect on the other hand it’s an standard with every PS3, If you like you can also install Linux on the PS3.
The PS3 also has an higher capacity hard disk but you need a higher capacity disk coz many of the PS3 games install part of the games on the hard disk again on the other hand you can easily upgrade the hard drive to a bigger one yourself without voiding warranty, The Xbox 360 premium model comes with AV / component cables which are HD ready on the other hand the PS3 comes with a standard AV cables and you would need to purchase the component or the HDMI cable separately, with the Xbox 360 you get an headset which attaches to the controller using which you can chat with your friends that are online, which PS3 you don’t get any headset but you can use any blue-tooth headset for chatting.
In terms of looks the PS3 looks much more elegant and Xbox 360 in comparison just looks bland.
Games
Well ultimately both these consoles are gaming machines first, in terms of the numbers of games Xbox 360 has a lead here and until 2007 the Xbox 360 had a definitive edge, as early games on the PS3 platform were not that great compared to the Xbox 360 version.
Now most of the developers have got used to the PS3 platform are building great games for both the consoles, the PS3 is finally getting some great exclusive games so if you are buying the console now you can be assured that both of the consoles have plenty of games, still the problem in India is availability of games you get just about 65% of the games in India and again the games are launched a couple of weeks / month later than the international launch and you might need to import some games from sites like play-asia as some of the good games are just not launched in India.
Online Play
Both these console provide multiplayer experience where you can play online with other player from all over the globe, for the Xbox 360 this service is called Xbox Live which is a paid service
Media Connectivity
For those who love to watch your media on the big TV sets both these consoles can acts like an excellent media extender and you can watch your pictures, videos etc from your PC streamed via these consoles again here PS3 holds an edge I was able to watch Divx videos stored on my PC hard disk via the PS3 they were connected wirelessly via WiFi without having to do any conversions I was able to play 90% of the video files without any issues on the other hand on the Xbox I was only able to play a hand full of the same and again I had to copy the videos to a USB memory stick it just did not play the movie over the network and for some reason it played only when I was connected to Xbox Live and don’t forget the built in blue-ray functionality in the PS3 for the movie buffs.
Reliability
This is one issue that plagues the Xbox 360 the console is one of the most un-reliable pieces of hardware that I have owned, believe me I have been burnt due to this and this is the one of the most important reason that I have stopped recommending Xbox 360 to my friends, I feel that after spending around 24 – 30K you should have a piece of hardware that should run at least 4-5 years without any problems.
As you know I had imported the Xbox 360 from US and I knew that I won’t have an warranty here but I did not bother coz I thought Consoles are pretty rugged I had an PS2 from 5 years and I had no issues with the same, but after about 8 months I started to get artifacts and the Xbox used to heat a lot and later on I got the dreaded Red Ring of Death called the RROD which made my Xbox 360 dead, the sad part was that my console was out of region I was not under the warranty and I was really upset coz I had built up a great library of games for the Xbox, later on in 2007 I purchased a Xbox 360 in India with warranty this Xbox had RROD after 4 months of purchase and got it replaced pretty fast by Microsoft, the replacement worked until a couple of months when it would just not read the game disks properly, figured out that the DVD drive was failing got again to support and got a new console it took me 40 days and emails to some high officials at Microsoft Gaming division to get my replacement done (there excuse was my issues somehow got mis-managed due to mis-communication between Redigntion and Microsoft) currently I am on my 4th console and keeping my fingers crossed as I just don’t want to call MS support again.
The hardware failures on the Xbox 360 is an known one known as RROD and due to the same Microsoft has increase the warranty from one year to 3 year for this RROD issue, though Microsoft India is fast at replacing the console due to an RROD issues (takes 4 – 15 days) for replacements, but I just can’t recommend an console which might break every 5-6 months. It is rumored that 33% of the Xbox 360 consoles get RROD issue, personally out of the 6 friends that have an Xbox 360 I know 5 of my friends had an RROD issue.
On the other hand the PS3 doesn’t have any know problems like the RROD issue with Xbox 360 but again I can’t stress enough if you are buying any of these consoles please buy it from an authorized retail shop with warranty, just don’t even think about buying these consoles from the grey market to save a couple of thousand bucks!
Some great games not to be missed
Xbox 360 exclusive: Forsa 2, Gears of War, GRAW, Halo 3 (if you are a halo fan)
PS3 exclusive: Warhwak, GT5 Prologue, Metal gear Solid 4 (MGS 4), Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Multiplatform: GRAW 2, Call of duty 4 (COD4), GTA 4, Rainbow Six, Virtual tennis 3
Conclusion
Both the platforms have great games to choose from that will keep you busy and entertained till you get exhausted, Microsoft could have had the upper hand in this generation of console war, but for its poor hardware record…… finally this year the PS3 has started to shine and the future looks promising.
If you are in India and planning to buy books / mobile / gadgets online, I suggest you have a look at flipkart. It is one of the best online store in India and they offer free home delivery and cash on delivery for most products.
You own BOTH of them ??
lucky !!
Yes Kapish I do own both of them, but these days I mostly play on PS3, as I hardly get time to play these days, Gears of War 2 was the last game I played on Xbox 360 and that one rocked.
i all so have both the ps3 and xbox360. i do like the ps3 more and have more games for it. im on xbox#2 (RROD) so i got a cooling system for my xbox and it works a lot better. i dont know anyone that has not got the RROD
my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with
Ps3!>!!!!!!!!! yeah
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Ranjit, you are really helping, your posts are amazing and have helped me in deciding which consoile i wanna buy!
Thanks, you are TechnoGod 
informative post. I hope you continue writing such interesting articles
i am really confused about which console is better.which one has better graphics? which one is better as a whole?
Geeeeeeez…….. I just decided now to start research on x360 and ps3 for the better console
By reading ur review I got a wiser and u saved me a lot of headache
I never heard of the RROD issue in x360 what is it?
I own a pc and ps2 and both are ruggggggggggggeeeeeddd platforms if what u say is true I should stay in a galaxy far far away…. From Xbox
Hi Vijay
Welcome to tech2buzz the RROD issue was a big problem with Xbox 360 where the until used to heat up a lot and due to that a internal failure would result and the box would show 3 red lights, hence it became famous and know as the RRDO (Red light of death).
BTW the new Xbox 360 the black ones with Wifi built in dont have the RROD problem any more and is a good console but for me personally I have both the Xbox and the PS3 but use the PS3 more if you are going to buy today both consoles have a new variant and dont have any hardware problems.
The only plus I see with the PS3 currently over xbox 360 is that the PS3 has blue ray drive so you can also set it up with your home theather to view HiDef movies.
I hope this info helps if you have any other questions feel free to ask the same.
Cheers,
Ranjit
from starting till the ending u were taking the side of PS3.
Yes Aaryan and I will still go with a PS3 coz after spending for 3 Xbox 360 what do you expect me to say, and again my third Xbox 360 which is just over 3 years old (out of warranty) showed me the red light a couple of days ago.
If the xbox would have as reliable as the PS3 then I would have praised the same.
I heard that the Cell engine (microprocessor chip) in PS3 is more capable than Xbox’s triple-core Xenon CPU and Xbox 360, armed with Xenos GPU is far more superior than PS3 armed with RSX GPU. Is it true?
ps3 or x box.tell me jut one .i wanna buy x box as ps3 is just same sa the psp and i have psp
ps3 or x box.
Guteshwar both the consoles are great gaming boxes, I would say go where you friends are if many of your friends are using Xbox go that way else PS3.
PS3 has a edge in if you are planning to hook it up with your home theater apart from gaming as it has a blue-ray player built it and great media playback and its DLNA certified.
hey ranjit my friends say that ps4 is going to realease so there is no point of buying ps3
Rumors……… Rumors and Rumors I don’t think so we would see any new console from Sony PS4 or new Xbox from Microsoft until 2012 if it does.
thanksssssssssssssssssssss man
hey,i have a ps2,psp and an xbox….but now i’m impressed wid d xbox 360 kinect !!!!! do u think its better dan d ps3 move ????
Archit I personally have not used a Kincet or a Move so cannot comment the same, from what I have heard it’s a personal preference some hate Kinect and some Love it!
So I would suggest that you go out any try both the Move and Connect first before you purchase the same.
I am very new to gaming though I play games on my computer, I have never used a play station or any such gaming console and I want to experiance it. Ranjith could you suggest will xbox 360 kinect or PS3 suit me???
Hey Ghouse at this point both the consoles are capable machines what I would suggest you is go to any mall or gaming center and play on both the consoles.
Do remember that with Xbox 360 you have the option of Kinect and on the PS3 you have the playstation move, both of the consoles do great gaming and even online gaming is great on the PS3 online gaming is free.
Then only edge I see with the PS3 is that it has a built in blueray player so you can watch HiDef movies on the same.
Cheers,
Ranjit
hey bro your article was really informative u rock!
hey ranjit do you bought the original dvd’s or pirated dvd’s of games for both the consoles
& if pirated then how much price
Only original game disks, BTW you cannot use pirated disk with the PS3 I do not know the current scene of Xbox 360 as I am not using the same for over 2 years now due to the horrible track record I had with the same.
More over even if you use pirated stuff with xbox 360 and are caught your console would be banned permanently hence no multilayer option would be available to you if you get banned, I mostly just play the multilayer part of the game these days I rarely do get the time to complete the game campaigns.
Hey Ranjit, i just ordered a PS3 slim a few days ago, and i started thinking that i got this console a little late, ps3 was out in 2006, its around 5 yrs..i bought the ps3 slim because its relatively new version of ps3,but still its the same console…do you thnik Sony will come out with a new console anytime soon?
thanks for your response
All the consoles PS3, Xbox 360 and the Wii are due to be upgraded in late 2012….. nothing this year.
Cheers,
Ranjit
xbox has halo gears of war and forza all excellent games dat i cannot do without + ps3 graphics are slightly worse soooo definately xbox!!
Ranjit dude you rocks yaar
hey man pls tell if i can get my ps3 hacked…if yes how much it will cost me???? and is it safe???……nd thnks for ur report it realy helped me in taking my decision
@Chirag: I am not going to answer any questions relating to do any piracy or hacking / modifying gaming consoles on this site.
ps3 is better than xbox i have a ps3 and it awesom
Hey Ranjit currently i have a ps2 but i want to sell it and buy a second hand x box 360 arcade or PS3 which console i should buy please recomend me one
BEBE! you just got it i always like ps3…. it’s the best console it’s damn good
Hi Ranjit,
Your article was very informative. I plan to buy a gaming console in the near future, Xbox 360 or PS3. . After reading your article, I guess I will go for PS3. My question is, will there be an upgrade soon for PS3, as it is already Jan 2012, should I buy the version available currently or wait for the upgraded version?
Regards,
Amruta
Hi Ranjit,
Your article was very informative. I plan to buy a gaming console in the near future, Xbox 360 or PS3. . After reading your article, I guess I will go for PS3. My question is, will there be an upgrade soon for PS3, as it is already Jan 2012, should I buy the version available currently or wait for the upgraded version?
Regards,
Amruta
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