Thread: Is it worth owning both consoles?

Weren't they expecting a down year due to the manufacturing price vs. retail of the PS3? I believe that they got the manufacturing costs under control this year.

Originally Posted by MalReynolds

Weren't they expecting a down year due to the manufacturing price vs. retail of the PS3? I believe that they got the manufacturing costs under control this year.

The price to make one and what they sell the 80GB is about 1:1 as of a few months ago.

On the discussion about console v PC peripherals, some games were meant for the PC, some weren't. RTS games are shit on a console, a gamepad just doesn't cut it for those sorts of games. A mouse is a much better controller for point and click games. I also prefer FPS on the PC over a console.

I don't know that people would stay clear of PC gaming because it is seen as nerdy, I have never considered PC gaming the realm of the nerd. Does that say more about me than it does about PC gaming? I have always loved both. The PC has some simply stunning games on it and I will always play on my PC.

As for owning both consoles, I intend to. I have a 360, I just had to have GTA4, and they were doing deals, 360+GTA4=£300 I think it was. Had to be done. There were only 3 reasons I would own a PS3, that is now 2 since FFXIII is 360 bound aswell. The other two are God of War 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4. MGS is just brilliant, one of the best franchises around, Snake is one of the all time iconic, legendary video game characters. AS for God of War 3, I posted a trailer for it in VV, nuff said, it looks shit hot.

I will eventually own a PS3 once the price comes down some more. At this point in time, the price just isn't justified when you look at its competitors. I don't know what they were doing to bump up the price, whatever it was, it just wasn't needed on a fricking games console. And the only 2 reasons I will own one is for those 2 games listed, and also because Sony occassionaly publishes some terrific, god like games (GoW being an example, along with Ico and SotC), if they can repeat that with the PS3 then it would be well worth having.