Comments on: Console snobbery http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/ I'm going to have to put you on the game grid. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: JimPanzee http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-10 JimPanzee Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:48:21 +0000 http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-10 Subscription!?!?!?!? That is stupid and by stupid I mean "not fresh." I just found out...thanks to this post...that PunchyPunchy has a 360. That was going to be my tie-breaker and now you tell me I have a fee on top of having to learn a new skill?! When is this world going to start thinking about JimPanzee? Subscription!?!?!?!? That is stupid and by stupid I mean “not fresh.” I just found out…thanks to this post…that PunchyPunchy has a 360. That was going to be my tie-breaker and now you tell me I have a fee on top of having to learn a new skill?! When is this world going to start thinking about JimPanzee?

]]> By: themcp http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-8 themcp Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:28:35 +0000 http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-8 Yeah, I was oversimplifying a bit the masses that will surely be following this blog soon. You can basically do the media stuff on either system (but not the Wii). The 360 requires some add-ons (hard drive, HD player) that come built into the PS3. In general I think thePS3 is probably a better home media system than the 360. The Xbox 360 uses Windows Media Player, though, so if you are a WiMP fan, it's pretty easy to integrate with your other network appliances. Also - PS3 online play is free, while 360 is a subscription. That might affect your decision. Online play is usually dictated game-by-game, but most games offer the ability to put together your own group or tournament or room or whatever. Yeah, I was oversimplifying a bit the masses that will surely be following this blog soon.

You can basically do the media stuff on either system (but not the Wii). The 360 requires some add-ons (hard drive, HD player) that come built into the PS3. In general I think thePS3 is probably a better home media system than the 360. The Xbox 360 uses Windows Media Player, though, so if you are a WiMP fan, it’s pretty easy to integrate with your other network appliances.

Also – PS3 online play is free, while 360 is a subscription. That might affect your decision.

Online play is usually dictated game-by-game, but most games offer the ability to put together your own group or tournament or room or whatever.

]]> By: JimPanzee http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-5 JimPanzee Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:51:24 +0000 http://themcp.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/console-snobbery/#comment-5 You know, strangely I came away from that conversation thinking I should buy the PS3. Maybe I was only hearing what I wanted to hear. Can I do all that crazy "my game console plays movies through my TV" stuff with the 360? And...when you play online...can I choose who I play online with or do I have to subject myself to playing Madden 08 with 15 year olds who think it's hee-larious to use the screen name P3yt0nMann1nG69? And...after you answer those questions, I would like it to be known that my real dilemma results from the fact that you and Dale Cooper own opposing systems. If you both owned the same damn thing I would buy it and not be worried about whether I would have fun or not. But since you're the guys I'm likely to be playing with, I hate choosing to play with one and not the other. I wonder if GB has an online-able system yet... Good post tho. You know, strangely I came away from that conversation thinking I should buy the PS3. Maybe I was only hearing what I wanted to hear.

Can I do all that crazy “my game console plays movies through my TV” stuff with the 360? And…when you play online…can I choose who I play online with or do I have to subject myself to playing Madden 08 with 15 year olds who think it’s hee-larious to use the screen name P3yt0nMann1nG69?

And…after you answer those questions, I would like it to be known that my real dilemma results from the fact that you and Dale Cooper own opposing systems. If you both owned the same damn thing I would buy it and not be worried about whether I would have fun or not. But since you’re the guys I’m likely to be playing with, I hate choosing to play with one and not the other.

I wonder if GB has an online-able system yet…

Good post tho.

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