Well considering you can churn out a game in pretty much any state, charge £40 for it and at least a 100k people will buy it + £8-12 a pop for DLC, then its obvious thats where the money lies, theres no refuting that. Even wii games can fetch up to £35 which is out right ridiculous.

Developers themselves have said PC gaming is ahead of consoles by at least a generation and thats not just on a hardware level, its also been said PC gamers are far more smarter over what they want and expect in the game i.e the quick cash churn won't work, etc.

TBH as a consumer i can't see how the former is good for other consumers, its good for devs yes, but as a buyer? no, i don't think thats anything to be proud of, especially when nothing changes from title to title, just look at CoD (again).

I would be interested to know whether the PC market has diminished substantially (i.e. the number of people buying PC games) or whether the proliferation of console gaming just means it occupies a smaller percentage of the overall pie. Percentages are good for justifying why a focus on consoles more but doesn't necessarily give the full picture.

I remember reading something from Infinity Ward when MW2 was released saying that the PC market only accounted for 15% of sales. But from over 20 mil sales it is still a lot of people!

Best bit about PC gaming is you're not playing with 13 year old idiots quite as much. Every little fecker out there has a 360 or ps3

Biggest problem with consoles and i doubt it will ever change,hardly ever use the microphone to speak as i have it turned off.

Some of the stuff you here when in gaming lobbies is unbelievable and on many occasions i have turned on my microphone just to rant at idiots on there playing loud music or think that for some reason we all want to hear someone constantly whistling or making stupid noises.

Yea I've heard all sorts, kids screaming, domestics in full swing etc
Good thing about it is that it makes me realise that I live a wonderful peaceful life
The joys of living alone and not having kids

I am thinking of purchasing a PS3 slim ..so tell me which is the latest model..i am confused whether i should go for x box or ps3.. so please make me clear which is the better option...
if PS3 is better than xbox then which model should i go for...?


playstation 3 slim

That's a personal opinion as to which is best regarding the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360.

Both have slim versions and both have different size hard drives and both have different games exclusive to there consoles.

As to which is best then that's something only you can decide as they are both sound consoles in there own right.

Biggest single factor to consider and in the 360 favour in Multi platform releases is they all tend to be better on the 360 with 90% of playstation 3 games been the inferior product graphically and with frame rate issues.

In the Playstation 3 favour they have some fantastic exclusive games out this 2011 and far more exclusive than 360 has to offer,when a game is made for the PlayStation 3 they always looks very nice and don't get multi format issues.

This year we have Little Big Planet 2 in a few weeks ,followed by Killzone 3 in Feb that is stunning,then later in the year we have the new Uncharted 3 and infamous 2 followed by Team Ico New game The last Guardian who are the makers of Ico and Shadow of Colossus.

You want the best that gaming has to offer and you have plenty of cash then you get both consoles,if its only 1 then you have to decide based on what you think and what you like to play.

Playstation Slim

http://www.shopto.net/PS3/HARDWARE/

Xbox 360

http://www.shopto.net/XBOX%20360/HARDWARE/

Edited by time2die (Mon 10-Jan-11 15:02:14)

TBH I find the simplest 3 questions to ask are:

Do you want the best out of the online out of the console?
Do you want the best out of the multiplatform games?
Do you need a bluray player?

If the answer to the first two is yes and the last one no then get a 360. If you don't care about the first two but do about the last one then get a PS3.

Obviously as t2d the exclusives are something else to look at, IMO the only title out of the ones which is worth considering is the last guardian but due to the lack of details i don't think that will appear soon however thats just me, i haven't seen enough ps3 exclusives to persuade me to buy one, from what i've played at friends they're rather generic/done better else where with the exception of one or two.

I'd use http://www.hotukdeals.com/ to track console prices

The last Guardian believe it or not is down for release this March.

http://www.shopto.net/PS3/NEW%20RELEASES/PS3TH15-The...

There are a few gaming sites that have it listed as above,last time i heard it would be more like end of the year so this news may not be correct.

There are many Exclusives this year with the Playstation 3 with the most,depends on what you like Falcon as there are many i have not mentioned that will sell like hot cakes.............

Xbox 360 Has Mass effect 3 sometime this year and the game i am looking forward to is multi platform..................BULLETSTORM.........This Feb along with Killzone 3 playstation 3 exclusive.............Have you ever played Killzone Falcon as i am curious since you dont have a playstation 3 but may have played such games at friends.

PS3 = mans console/media center
360 = little boys games machine