Carl
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I was after an Xbox and I was considering taking one of those contracts out where you get an xbox with it as i'm sim only for £20 at the minute and I could go onto a £25 contract albeit for 24 months as a way of getting an xbox. Anyway when looking I can get a ps3 slim on the deal, am I better off getting that? I've not been keeping in touch with whats's best and what games are out for which so I really don't know?
I did buy Call of duty the other day for the xbox but left it at my mates, but obviousl;y i'd just sell that, am I right in thinking that the ps3 will be a lot more versatile as in can use for blue ray etc?
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Brett
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Just get whichever one your mates have, that's all there is to it really. Not much point getting a PS3 if all your mates are on Xbox Live or vice-versa.
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Carl
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
Just get whichever one your mates have, that's all there is to it really. Not much point getting a PS3 if all your mates are on Xbox Live or vice-versa.
None of them play online apart from a few on the odd occasion so I can't use that to help me pick.
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Brett
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Well, since your mates are boring then you may as well get the PS3 if you're gonna get kicks out of wasting money on Blu-rays.
EDIT: What kind of tarriffs are these? They're usually shit in my experience when you're getting a free gift. Just wondering as £20 sounds pretty good, so I'm guessing it'll have a poor amount of mins/txts?
[Edited on 05-04-2010 by loafofbrett]
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Blade_sri
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ps3 has a poor menu system tbh free gameing thou,xbox is good.....
whos that deal with?
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Adam_B
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Ive been looking at those tarifs too, i think there unlimited txts, 300 mins. I fancy the deal with the TV, Samsung 32in.
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobiles-free-gifts
[Edited on 05-04-2010 by Adam_B]
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Marc
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In a none biased opinion.
I'd go for the PS3 - Quieter, free online and Bluray player.
360 has a lot of exclusives, but you pay to get online (cable or adaptor) then take out a subscription to play online
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Adam_B
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is the 360 online more reliable? or is that internet warrior fanboy shit?
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noshua
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360 online is far better than ps3 but you have to pay. You can get a year for £27 though so hardly breaking the bank.
I'd go with a PS3 over 360 unless if I didn't go online much.
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bigboykarl
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rrod
ps3...at least it will still work in 6 months
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Captain_Rosco
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RROD was only a problem with the early 360s.
The newer ones don't suffer from those problems any more.
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Brett
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Funny how Sony's wank warranty never gets mentioned.
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Funny how Sony's wank warranty never gets mentioned.
1 year warranty?
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Brett
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Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Just get whichever one your mates have, that's all there is to it really. Not much point getting a PS3 if all your mates are on Xbox Live or vice-versa.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
I'd expect it to be good with so many of them fucking up 
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Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
Shouldn't really have needed to extend the warranty though?
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Eck
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Originally posted by noshua
360 online is far better than ps3 but you have to pay. You can get a year for £27 though so hardly breaking the bank.
I'd go with a PS3 over 360 unless if I didn't go online much.
In your opinion.
But as Brett said, get whatever your mates have.
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Welsh Dan
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Before I go further, I have both a 360 and a PS3.
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Originally posted by Captain_Rosco
RROD was only a problem with the early 360s.
The newer ones don't suffer from those problems any more.
Yes they do.
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
They don't often charge for out of warranty stuff. But either way, i've had mine since release and no problems.
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Captain_Rosco
RROD was only a problem with the early 360s.
The newer ones don't suffer from those problems any more.
We get loads of new consoles going back with it.
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Marc
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Quote Sales of Goods and you can have a 5 year warranty
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Tom G
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l33t l33t l33t
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Joe
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
Shouldn't really have needed to extend the warranty though?
Even so, it's a nice reassurance over Sony's single year. I actually fixed my xbox myself last week too, it's not that hard.
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Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by Joe
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
Yeah, then somethin like £120 for a refurbed console, as opposed to Microsofts excellent extended rrod warranty.
Shouldn't really have needed to extend the warranty though?
Even so, it's a nice reassurance over Sony's single year. I actually fixed my xbox myself last week too, it's not that hard.
Yeah I understand that, but if there wasn't such a huge problem with the 360 that would just come with a year warranty aswell.
For the record I'm no fanboy, I've had both the 360 broke the PS3 hasn't so far but I haven't switched it on for way over a month as I don't really play games anyway but I do prefer the PS3.
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Nic Barnes
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i have both. the ps3 is better for watching films on.
wouldnt really say there is a great deal of difference online anymore.
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