Originally posted by permastoned
Do you honestly, and I mean think honestly here, think the following:
1) XBOX is here to "stay" and will never be replaced by a bigger better system by Microsoft
2) Somehow its a good thing that a company is never going to release a new and better system.
3) Somehow the PS2->PS3 (which you admitted to be a huge tech upgrade) is somehow different from the XBOX->360 upgrade (which is obviously less of an upgrade than PS2-PS3).1. Xbox is PERFECT the way it is for the most part. For starters, I had gotten a new 80GB PS3 for $399 the 2nd month it after it came out. A year later after I purchased the PS3, I returned it and got an Xbox 360. I now have a 120GB Xbox and paid a total of $199. Yes, the year difference does lower the price, but to get a better box with 1 and 1/2 more GB for $200 less is a steal.
2. Xbox will never be replaced, nor will the PS3 (at least probably within the decade). Instead, they will have "upgrades" that you can purchase to enhance the experience. For example, Sony has the "Eye" and I believe Microsoft has something similar that will allow you to do things like you can on the Wii with motions. And I'm pretty sure not only with the 360's be more accurate, but it'll probably have better games to play with the feature too. So get that amazing PS4 in 5 years that still won't go past 40GB and still have a graphics system behind Xbox.
3. PS2 to PS3 was a major upgrade, but it was just an "upgrade" and it wasn't a jaw-dropper or "new system". Also, you still can't a play a fair some of PS2 games on PS3 and almost any game I wanna play on the PS3 is available for 360. From Xbox to the 360, it was like a completely new system.
But I will give PS3 a win in that your controllers are lighter, however they don't have changeable battery packs, so when your battery is low, you can sit the whole 5 feet away from the PS3 with the cord they give you, while I can go and either A. Change the batteries or B. Sit back about 10-15 feet.
But ya know, maybe if you wanna play Halo sometime, wait nevermind. How about Gears of Wars, wait nevermind again. Hey, you can still watch netflix movies instantly, wait again, nevermind. Well go enjoy that amazing PS3
