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Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:48

Not loving:

Unlike the 360 you can't access your Friends list midgame. If you can then I've yet to find out how.

You can't read messages midgame either, same as above really.

Am loving:

Dead quiet.

The online stuff is free, so I can play online for nothing unlike the 360.

The controllers are light, unlike the heavy 360 pads.

It seems to load quicker with less loading screens.

It boots up faster.

Blu-Ray films are immense!

[Edited on 18-11-2007 by Nath]

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:51

I'll add to this as and when I discover more stuff.

Kurt

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18th Nov 07 at 15:54

i went round to my mates house the other nite and played some resistance and the graphics really didnt impress me at all

Steve

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18th Nov 07 at 15:56

the loading thing wont be true, as half the reason its quieter than the 360 is it spin up to 1/3 of the speed or something, the end result is a quieter drive but slower loading times

dannymccann

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18th Nov 07 at 15:56

im going to be getting a ps3 soon to compliment the wii and 360 already in the living room. when are they going to fall to a more realistic price?

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:56

Thats because that particular game is a luanch title, not a very good one at that.

I'd not base your opinion on one game either.

dannymccann

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18th Nov 07 at 15:56

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
the loading thing wont be true, as half the reason its quieter than the 360 is it spin up to 1/3 of the speed or something, the end result is a quieter drive but slower loading times

and less disc scratching

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:57

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
the loading thing wont be true, as half the reason its quieter than the 360 is it spin up to 1/3 of the speed or something, the end result is a quieter drive but slower loading times

Have you even played one yet?

COD4 is straight in there from start up.

Steve

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18th Nov 07 at 15:57

could well be yes, never had a scratched disk on mine though, mines lay flat

Steve

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18th Nov 07 at 15:58

quote:
Originally posted by Nath

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
the loading thing wont be true, as half the reason its quieter than the 360 is it spin up to 1/3 of the speed or something, the end result is a quieter drive but slower loading times

Have you even played one yet?

COD4 is straight in there from start up.

cod4 is straight in on the 360 too.

yes iv played on a mates

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:58

Both my consoles lay flat too. Although not so much the 360 as that's in a UPS warehouse waiting for repair.

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:58

quote:
Originally posted by Steve

quote:
Originally posted by Nath

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
the loading thing wont be true, as half the reason its quieter than the 360 is it spin up to 1/3 of the speed or something, the end result is a quieter drive but slower loading times

Have you even played one yet?

COD4 is straight in there from start up.

cod4 is straight in on the 360 too.

yes iv played on a mates

Maybe it's just COD4 then.

I'll retract that one.

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18th Nov 07 at 15:59

quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Both my consoles lay flat too. Although not so much the 360 as that's in a UPS warehouse waiting for repair.

ups repair xbox's now

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 15:59

quote:
Originally posted by Kurt

quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Both my consoles lay flat too. Although not so much the 360 as that's in a UPS warehouse waiting for repair.

ups repair xbox's now

Have you had to send it off yet?

UPS pick them up

Kurt

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18th Nov 07 at 16:02

yeah i sent mine off and ups took it to belgium

Nath

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18th Nov 07 at 16:03

Harsh times.

Mine went to Hampshire where they fix them.

Tim

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18th Nov 07 at 16:05

It may spin up slower, but that's doesn't mean Bluray transfer speeds are lower than DVD

Steve

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18th Nov 07 at 16:07

apparently they are

however im quite willing to review transfer speeds for both consoles and retract my statement should it be wrong, as iv only read it on the net

Steve

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18th Nov 07 at 16:15

a wee article

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/04/ps3-to-load-games-slower-than-the-xbox-360/

quote:
"Admittedly, Blu-Ray looks dicey from several non-capacity angles. Blu-Ray movies require a 1.5x Blu-Ray drive, or 54Mbits/second. Sony announced that PS3 uses a 2x BD drive, which is 72Mbits/second or 9MB/second. The Xbox 360 uses a 12x DVD, which should give it about 16MB/second. That is significantly faster for games and will result in shorter load times. And that 12x DVD drive should be a whole lot cheaper. (Note that the PS3 drive will do 8x DVD, and even that is faster than 2x BD.)"

[Edited on 18-11-2007 by Steve]

Tim

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18th Nov 07 at 16:19

Yeah but that's 16Mb *peak* transfer as DVD drives are CAV. The Blu-ray drives can achieve speed over the whole disk, plus I thought Sony was now starting to ship PS3's with 4x blu-ray which blows that out the water.

Whatever you're getting more data for less noise, which a more consistent transfer speed over the disk.

That's only going on the max bitrates though -- some games may have been badly laid out on the disks which cause the seek times to really start affect loading