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Flamebait Friday Debate: Is the Xbox 360 becoming redundant? Smoking
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This week’s FFD focuses on our old friend, the Xbox 360.

We have seen countless amounts of fanboys on the net claiming that the Xbox 360 is becoming redundant, and we usually shrug it off as the usual trolling you would see on any given day, but do they actually have a point this time around?

Sure, the opposition have their own issues, but today we look at the problems with the Xbox 360 itself.

One of the biggest stories of the week is that the Xbox 360 just lost its console exclusive of Mass Effect 2, which in my mind is one of the greatest games to grace this generation of gaming. Heck, I liked it so much I gave it my first, and only ever perfect score.

When it comes to a gamer wanting to purchase a new gaming system, is there any good reason for him to want to pick up an Xbox 360 instead of a PC or that other HD gaming console? The console competition’s (free) online network is getting better with every update and also happens to pack a Blu-ray player (which if you haven’t noticed, is becoming a pretty popular format).

Kinect is only looking appealing to families and casuals for the most part, the hardcore exclusives are either failing to impress or being lost and then there is the fact that it no longer enjoys being significantly cheaper than the competition.

To put it quite simply: If you didn’t already own any gaming systems, is there really any reason for you to want to spend your hard earned money on an Xbox 360 instead of the competition if you could only afford one?

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  • Bobby Kotick

    Awwww! Comeon M@GE, I can change… honest honey. You can’t break up with me now. Who’s going to buy you cheese curls and coke or help clean the dirt and grease out of your xbot fat rolls? :heart:

    There is no future for me… because AC!D smells of mothballs, Lans is probably certifiable and eager to eat my liver, Nick is Nick, Geoff is an Aussie and Fox1 is probably 3 years old. :ermm:

  • lans

    -___-

    i got my degree with a first class pass!

    my only weakness is gaming too much

  • lans

    sweet thanks ACID :cheerful:

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    What you incredibly smart sony supporters don’t realize is that exclusives are only a fraction of a console’s lineup. My guess is it’s about 5%. I finished the “incredible” Killzone 2 in 4.5 hours, fiddled with the online part a bit, then it was over. The majority of this generation’s greatest games are multiplat -> RDR, Bioshock, Mass Effect (only recently), Half-Life, GTA 4, Borderlands, ect ect.
    You sony loyalist are probably extremely frustrated by now. I mean, incredible after incredible exclusive gets released on the PS3 and still the xbox is selling well. Oh dear!

  • lans

    @Steve Hofmeyer clearly you dont understand a thing about sony fans, sony fans dont care about sales, sony fans care about exclusives and games selling well enough to get sequels, or spawn more exclusives.

    on the other hand people like you seem obsessed and point out constantly how halo has sold 10 million etc, Steve if you wanna act smart do your research man

    And Steve its not about Quantity its about Quality. I would rather have metal Gear Solid 4 then all other multiplatform titles so please, you dont understand sony fans and don’t pretend to

  • Bobby Kotick

    There’s no denying that the xbox 360 controller is ideal for shooters, but you do know you can use an adapter to allow you to use an xbox 360 controller on your PS3?

    Google XCM Cross battle adapter. Works perfectly for Killzone 2

  • Bobby Kotick

    I have to agree with lans (very good point mate). It would be a sad day indeed if quality was measured only in sales, because sadly that would mean MacDonalds is the pinnacle of fine dining.

    :vomit:

  • RSA-Ace

    The Move bundles come with a ‘microphone’ now. The PS Eye has a pretty good microphone. Just as long as there aren’t a few people talking in the room.

  • RSA-Ace

    GTA4 was a joke. Bioshock is amazing (started as an exclusive, Mass Effect also essentially an exclusive).

    LittleBigPlanet, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake, Uncharted, God Of War, Gears of War, MGS4, Splinter Cell, Infamous, Valkyria Chronicles, Fable, MLB the Show, Left 4 Dead, Halo.

    I would hardly say that the best games are multiplat. Almost all the must have games are multiplat with a few exceptions.

  • .47.

    These debates always end the same way. Everyone feels the need to “defend” their console of choice with all kinds of facts and statistics and exclusives etc. The truth is simply that the best console to get is the one that best suits your needs.

    Sales mean nothing and guess what exclusives mean nothing either. I love Gears and Uncharted but hate MGS4 and find Halo okay but nothing groundbreaking. I enjoy playing online with like minded people which is easier and more enjoyable on Xbox but I like watching movies in HD with 5.1 surround so Blu-Ray is a big +. So to satisfy my needs I have both.

    If you need to base your decision on what other people say then you need to go out and get yourself a personality so you can decide for yourself what you like.

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Gavin Mannion

    Geoff is not an Aussie… There are many insults that I think we as writers need to accept but you overstepped the line on that one.. I think you owe our Scottish/Asian midget an apology
    :ninja:

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za Geoffrey Tim

    Yeah…umm…this relationship is over.

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    HAahahhaha!!! You guys are really precious. Tell that to the fanboys who jizzed their pants when the PS3 slim got released and it was selling like hot cakes. AS soon as Sony start to lose, you just change the measurement. It’s not sales anymore, itz tha qualiteez!

    BTW, $$$ is a tangible measurement of success. Quality get’s measured how exactly? At the end of the PS3′s life cycle, management will present to shareholders that the PS3 ended up third, but no worries guys, we had tons of quality :)

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    @ lans
    “first class pass”
    lol, thanks for the laughs lans

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    @ace

    According to gamerankings, 8 of the top 10 rated games for the Xbox is multiplat. 7 for PS3. The exclusives obviously gets all the attention in the media because of the fanboy wars but when you put all the fanboy bs asside, there are more than enough quality multiplats to justify buying any console.

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    I would like to make the statement that although I prefer the xbox 360, I would like to distance myself from anything this ‘tard has to say.

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    @ lans
    “when sony makes mistakes, sony fans attack sony”
    Yet again lans. Thanks for the laughs. Every one of your statements are absolute zingers!

  • RSA-Ace

    The problem with the argument is that there are hundreds of multiplatform games released and only a ‘handful’ of exclusives. But you are right, according to the data multiplatform games do seem like the better choice. I’d don’t necessarily agree with the data since GTA is the top game on most sites, but the average ‘gamer’ might see it like that.

  • Bobby Kotick is called Helga

    :whistle: :blink: :blush:

    Well… oyyy!!

  • M@GE

    Bobby I’m breaking up with you, no matter what you say. But we can still be friends, is that okay?

  • lans

    @Steve Hofmeyer i can see that you are struggling to understand what im saying. Sony fans are the first to point out sonys mistakes. And yes we do complain and bitch alot but at least sony listens.

  • lans

    Dear Steve
    Why are you so concerned about Sales? do you own shares in microsoft?. your saying ps3 is 3rd and all that crap, but the ps3 has sold 38 million, and the Xbox 360 41 million, plus the XBox 360 had a year and a half head start in japan, and europe.

    So seriously Steve you are a very short sighted person, you are clearly a person of average intelligence and i suggest we end this discussion for your own sake. The more you speak the more it shows Steve…….im truly sorry i wish you were born smart.

    Yours Truly
    lans

  • lans

    @Steve Hofmeyer have you been promoted at mcdonalds yet? i hear you might be employee of the month, your a big boy. Now you got cash to by a tazz and party in benoni. You’ve made it big time!

  • Steve Hofmeyr

    @ lans

    This is the console wars so of course we are going to look at sales to determine who’s winning. Besides, you seem to know the numbers quite well for someone who isn’t concerned about sales ;)

  • Fox1

    I want my candy back :angry: :biggrin:

  • Aussious

    “PS3 TROLLS DETECTED.” Good greef I’ve never seen such blatant PS3 Trolling since VGCHARTZ forums.Lets look at the facts( not that it matters to SONY’s Blue Ray brainwashed hordes) the XBOX 360 is leading in sales, 5.3 Million to be exact and as we speak it is and has been outselling the PS3 for 10 months and the Wii for 9 since the lauch of the 360 S. So my question is how is it dead? FACT 2:Graphics don’t mean shit without software(and Xenos is more powerful than RSX)! If they did the Wii wouldnt exist let alone be so successful. FACT 3: The XBOX 360′s console exclusives have sold more to date than PS3 exclusives. FACT 4: The Xbox 360 has several 10 Million plus sellers were as the PS3 has none. FACT 5: Multiplatform tiltes not only look better on XBOX but actually sell better aswell (with the exception of FIFA and other euro centric games). FACT 5: WHo ever wins America (plus UK) wins the war! And the FINAL FACT: The PS3 is an a epic failure by any measure, and a very expensive lesson for SONY. They might be kissing your ass now only because they need to. The XBOX 360 is the true successor to the PS2 in many ways and the similiaries between XBOX 1 and PS3 make me break out and laugh. So tell me who beat who?

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