owners of both consoles, how do you choose multiplats?

just wondering how owners of both consoles personally choose which system to get multiplats on. i know this is the ps3 board, but if you own both consoles you obviously like the xbox for something. how do you guys pick? or if you have a rule of thumb, what is it?

Almost all multi plat games, I will be getting for PS3. The only exception is when the 360 version clearly has an edge for whatever reason.

Reasons:

1) I'm less afraid of running my PS3 for extended periods of time than my 360.

2) One BluRay is easier to manage than multiple DVDs.

3) Online gaming on PSN is free.

4) The graphics on the PS3 versions will usually (not always though) have a slight edge over the 360 version.

5) I like the PS3 controller better than the 360 controller.

Almost all multi plat games, I will be getting for PS3. The only exception is when the 360 version clearly has an edge for whatever reason.

Reasons:

1) I'm less afraid of running my PS3 for extended periods of time than my 360.

2) One BluRay is easier to manage than multiple DVDs.

3) Online gaming on PSN is free.

4) The graphics on the PS3 versions will usually (not always though) have a slight edge over the 360 version.

5) I like the PS3 controller better than the 360 controller.

hey, out of curiosity, but shouldn't this be posted on the system wars or general games forum?

Well in the past I have gotten all my multiplats on xbox but since my xbox live expired I have been showing the ps3 some love. I probably won't renew my live until reach comes out.

I always used to buy my games for 360, then one day i got fed up with paying to play online so i started buying for my ps3 and i hardly touch my xbox now

this should be in system wars ;) also, i'd get most for ps3 if i did since blu-ray is a more durable medium than dvd.starwarsjunky

If the game has online and i've recently renewed my xbox live account then that's a big factor. Might as well play it on xbox seeing as im paying microsoft! But it also depends on how the game performs on each of the systems.

just wondering how owners of both consoles personally choose which system to get multiplats on. i know this is the ps3 board, but if you own both consoles you obviously like the xbox for something. how do you guys pick? or if you have a rule of thumb, what is it?

jlevin860

I only get single player exclusives for my 360, all multiplats multiplayer games I get for my PS3 because I don't pay for XBL year around.

as has been stated by others already, I default to PS3 unless the Xbox 360 version of a game is clearly better.

There really isn't a set way I choose, the 360 was bought mainly for Halo and Gears of War and I have bought a few multiplat games for it but looking over at my tv now, there are definitely more PS3 titles. Online play being free certainly helps, Bioshock got on 360 but Bioshock 2 got on PS3. I do worry about the reliability of keeping the other one on all the time but to be honest, I don't follow a pattern of buying multiplat on just one system.

i posted in here and not system wars because i wanted people's opinion on the ps3 forum, (meaning i wanted the opinion from people whose main console is the ps3)

it seems a little more people get most of the multiplats on the ps3. i'll check out those websites as well. im just asking because i got a ps3 recently, i like it, but all my games are on xbox (and all my friends play xbox) so i'm just trying to decide if i should start buying multiplats on the ps3. (next one would be RDR)

Almost all multi plat games, I will be getting for PS3. The only exception is when the 360 version clearly has an edge for whatever reason.

Reasons:

1) I'm less afraid of running my PS3 for extended periods of time than my 360.

2) One BluRay is easier to manage than multiple DVDs.

3) Online gaming on PSN is free.

4) The graphics on the PS3 versions will usually (not always though) have a slight edge over the 360 version.

5) I like the PS3 controller better than the 360 controller.

psyko0815

same but i think for multiplats the 360 usually has the slight edge

but i dont pay for online so its very rare i would get a game for the 360....personally i have a gaming pc so the only time i get a 360 game is when i cant get it on pc ie. fable2, gears of war 2 and dead rising...

lol i also won my 360 at a LAN tournament so i dont feel obligated to buy games for it

Almost all multi plat games, I will be getting for PS3. The only exception is when the 360 version clearly has an edge for whatever reason.

Reasons:

1) I'm less afraid of running my PS3 for extended periods of time than my 360.

2) One BluRay is easier to manage than multiple DVDs.

3) Online gaming on PSN is free.

4) The graphics on the PS3 versions will usually (not always though) have a slight edge over the 360 version.

5) I like the PS3 controller better than the 360 controller.

psyko0815

This, plus I like the smaller game cases of the PS3.

The only thing I get for XBOX are exclusives like Mass Effect.

I buy all multiplats for my Xbox 360. I just think that it is a much better system.

I always by multiplatform games on the 360 because I just want to. I only don't if the game is infinitely better on the PS3. I buy all the exclusives for PS3 and 360 and buy what ever game I want that release for Wii (because there are just to many crappy third party exclusive games on Wii...).

mostly since im trying to build up my playstation 3 library im getting games i don't have on the 360

I buy PS3 exclusives, sports titles and platformers on PS3. Everything else I buy on 360. I'm a big guy and have huge hands, the 360 controller fits my hands perfectly, and I like the way the analog sticks are set, and the trigger buttons feel more like triggers. I however, helped that issue by buying a PS3 controller made by Dreamgear that is set up much the same way. It made a difference for me when playing Killzone and Resistance. Very cool!

I buy mainly for my PS3 and just the exclusives for the 360 and Wii.

currently been 360 exclusives and multiplats and ps3 for exclusives for me.

360 usually gets a lot more love from devs; and the game servers aren't run by third party servers

like how they are with psn.

I choose multiplats on my PS3, mainly because im just used to the controller (PS user since the PS1) Unless games like Bayonetta and Orange Box are better on the 360, I may get them on my 360. It really depends for me, if they are both equally good on both systems i get them on PS3 cause like i said im used to the controller.

i get all multiplat fps games on my 360 cause i like the controller better for fps but everything eles i get on ps3

I have 98 people on my friend list on PS3 & about 30 on the 360 so generally go with the PS3 plus i do prefer the controller and overall set up of the PS3.

My 360 is for the exclusives only (Gears Of War 1,2,3 / Fable 2 etc.) My Wii is for Mario games only My PS3 is for EVERYTHING.........Cholibriosis

Agreed....minus the Wii...which ISN'T a bad system either!!! lol

I have my Wii for exclusives, which beat out the 360's exclusives by far. And my PS3 to do everything else.

By the way...this should really be in System Wars.

I dont choose. I play videogames on both consoles. Even as a full-time student and holding down a 40 hour work week.. I still manage on the weekends. This is a situation where you dont have to choose. Elian2530

Then you would have to choose. If you want a multiplat game, which do you get it for? Or do you just choose randomly?

[QUOTE="Elian2530"]I dont choose. I play videogames on both consoles. Even as a full-time student and holding down a 40 hour work week.. I still manage on the weekends. This is a situation where you dont have to choose. Khadaj32

Then you would have to choose. If you want a multiplat game, which do you get it for? Or do you just choose randomly?

Btw, PS3 exclusives all the way. I collect them as well lol.

[QUOTE="Khadaj32"]

[QUOTE="Elian2530"]I dont choose. I play videogames on both consoles. Even as a full-time student and holding down a 40 hour work week.. I still manage on the weekends. This is a situation where you dont have to choose. Elian2530

Then you would have to choose. If you want a multiplat game, which do you get it for? Or do you just choose randomly?

Btw, PS3 exclusives all the way. I collect them as well lol.

S'all good. And I wasn't meaning to sound jackassish, I just thought you might have misunderstood the thread or something, thought the TC said "multiplayer" instead of "multiplat." It's happened before. :P