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[atarian63]

onlysublime, on Mon Dec 5, 2011 9:02 PM, said:

atarian63, on Mon Dec 5, 2011 6:20 PM, said:

most of the 360 exclusives have no appeal to me, so for me anyway a 360 is just duplication of my ps3 and without Blueray.

did you forget you said this in post 13?

no, it's comment vs a vi 360 exclusives comment in someone ealier post. the 360 exclusives are irrelivant to me.

[JamesD]

I can't afford to play all the great titles for my 360 let alone for multiple consoles. For that matter, I still have games I purchased for the PS2 I haven't played through yet.

[LynxVGL]

I just made the jump and added a PS3 to my setup. Was running a Wii before. Last Gen I was running a PS2/Xbox and eventually a Gamecube too. Initially I didn't go for the PS3 because of sticker shock, and I wasn't ready for the HD upgrade of TV's and stuff at home. I'm there now, so a PS3 seemed the right choices right now, and the fact that Nintendo seems to have basically given up on the Wii altogether. The Wii U info that is dribbling out didn't give me enough confidence to hold out f for the Holiday 2012 launch of that system.

That said, the few Wii exclusives will still be in high rotation against the PS3 titles. My son is into Metroid right now (Trilogy) and my two youngest are huge Mario fans.

[Emehr]

One console for me this gen.

Turn-offs:
- the multiple SKU system. It really took off during this generation and, frankly, I think it stinks. $200 is the sweet spot where I will pull the trigger on a console I'm interested in. Give or take fifty bucks. But unless you want a gimped system, you have to shell out $300 or more. Sorry, I can't justify that. The beauty of previous consoles was there was only one core unit. Sure, there were bundles that didn't include a game or only had one controller or didn't include the light gun, but the price was adjusted accordingly and the core unit never suffered with loss of features. With today's consoles, they'll add a bigger hard drive to give it more perceived value so they won't lower the price. Then they'll take they're most-gimped model, give it last year's model's hard drive (if that) and keep the price where it's at. So basically the prices stay the same. One model. That's all I ask for. As the years progress, lower the price. Simple.

- online play and draconian EULAs. If I ever do buy the other two consoles, I will invoke a self-imposed online ban. I'm not playing the battered housewife game.


For previous generations, I almost always had at least two of the consoles. And I'd typically pick up the remaining console(s) after the shelf-life expired. With this generation, I work myself up to the point where I'll say "Yes, I think I'll finally jump on the 360 bandwagon" then I hear some horror story about disks getting scratched if you look at the console cross-eyed or you sign away your legal rights by putting the thing online and end up changing my mind. Or I'll think, "Man, the PS3 is starting to look enticing" and there's be stories about Sony suing an owner because he tinkered with his PlayStation and they punish existing owners by removing features if you, again, put the damn thing online. It's crazy.