Poll: Which console has worse problems?

[OldAccount]

A couple weeks ago I would have told you that there could be no bigger screw up then the RROD. I have been proven wrong. Microsoft can and has put out better hardware while continuing to support the old Xbox 360's issues at Microsoft's own expense. It was an expensive but fixable problem. Sony lost people's most important personal info and by extension their trust. It'll be difficult for Sony to recover from this and no amount of money will help.

 

[Warforger]

I'd have to say the Xbox's RRoD is worse than Sony's current issue. Nothing serious was stolen from Sony other than credit card numbers, but nobody is sure if they've actually been taken and the security numbers are definitely safe. 20 days of no online is better than having consoles become giant paperweights in my opinion.

Erm with RROD you can just get a new one, with Sony's hack it causes identity theft. That and my console has yet to RRoD ever since I bought it IDK 6 years ago?

 

[GeorgW]

You make a good point, but Microsoft handled the RRoD a lot better. To be fair though, we've yet to see how Sony will finish this all up. Also, who knows what they actually stole and what impact it will have in the long run?
Are you only considering RRoD and PSN, cuz they've both had, and have a lot more problems.

 

[=HCFS=Discoman]

the wii has to be the worst then, it only offers motion controls

And all those games that aren't motion controlled, they must be figments of everyones imagination...right?

mostly more child or family oriented games

Like every Nintendo console. Why is this a problem? Why does every console need to have a focus on mature games?

and does nothing the other consoles can do. no blu-ray, no HD, no possibility of 3d, no standard controller with the system, etc.

Again, why does this matter? If you believe that all consoles should essentially do the same thing...then why have different consoles at all?

Personally, I'd rather have the freedom of choice to choose whether to play on the Wii or the Xbox360/PS3 since they're so different.

pardon my stupidity.
allow me to expand on what i was saying
wii offers primarily motion controls out of the box. it's what the system is built around.
it doesn't come standard with a regular non-motion based controller.
there is nothing wrong with child or family oriented games in general. some are great fun.
some though are quite childish and won't be fun. they don't need to be mature games. there's nothing really wrong with childish either-it's just marketing at a different crowd of people.
seriously, i'd say nintendo has made plenty of child or family oriented games that are very good without being childish.
actually, mentioning what else a console can do is a benefit-someone may want a blu-ray player, but those can cost more than a ps3, and the ps3 plays games, runs netflix, and works as a media center pc. those things individually are very expensive. xbox doesn't work on blu-ray, but does the rest of those things. and wii has no blu-ray, no media center pc, but can play netflix, just not in the high quality images that the other consoles can.

basically, my suggestion for someone with money looking for basic games is to get a wii, they have the money to buy a high-quality blu-ray player and a top of the line media center pc.

besides, the other systems offer some child oriented games that are good, and some that are childish.
oh, and please recall i am stating my opinion on the matter.
the wii is fine, if you don't mind the occasional game with really gimmicky accessories, and the fact that anything else for a home theater needs to be bought as well. for those of us who can't afford all that, xbox 360 and ps3 would be best.

 

[psicat]

They each have their problems. Xbox 360: Poor hardware, higher failure rate on early versions but does still exist on slims, Poor customer support, and no online service except access to marketplace unless you pay. PS3: Poor video game lineup at launch, removal of backwards compatibility (Who the hell cares about other OS that's what a PC is for), and PSN currently down (As for security, who the hell gives them credit card info anyways that's what PSN Cards and Microsoft Points Cards are for). Wii: Motion controls and focus on casual market not for everyone, poor online service, Too few truly good games. But, I'm still a happy PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 gamer.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

The wii because it is a load of bollocks as a console. I would rather have a Russian pimp buy 400 tonnes of fertiliser on my credit card and have so many busted xboxes that I could build a house than buy a single piece of the wii's shitty shovelware.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

COUGH*xbox*COUGH

 

[Vilcus]

I'm lucky, never had a problem with my 360, ever. Got it from a pawn shop less then 3 months after the console was released, and I've had it to this day.

Meanwhile my friend's Ps3 yellow lighted on him when he and I were playing Mortal Kombat at his place. Sucked because we didn't really have much to do after that. So we just ended up playing Brawl on his Wii, and he had no characters unlocked, so it wasn't that fun.

Yea, kinda wish people would just learn to shut up, and leave it alone. If you don't like a console, then you don't like it. Getting tired of hearing people complain, but what I think doesn't matter, and people will continue to whine like school children untill there is only one console left, and that's their choice.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

The Wii has the largest problem. A severe lack of good third party games.
Although, the Virtual Console and Camecube compatibiliy help make up for this.

 

[Warforger]

I'm not sure whether I should laugh, cry, or post a facepalm picture.

OT: Unlike the PSN hack, the RRoD has been ongoing for years, and so far, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest credit card info was stolen, so I think that the RRoD is the winner. It's the thing that gave the 360 the highest failure rate of any gaming system ever.

Because someone having access to all your personal information and Sony admitting that it's there to be taken but Sony hasn't said it has happened means that it hasn't?

I don't know whether I should laugh, cry or post a facepalm picture.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

COUGH*xbox*COUGH

You're doing it wrong.



By the way,OP, your poll doesn't work.

Do I care? Nothing ever seems right these days.

 

[Ashcrexl]

interestingly enough, i find my blu-ray player (yeah, i own a blu-ray player AND a ps3) is the least reliable thing i have.

and yeah, RRRRRRRROD is the worst, defos. the psn thing isnt hardware.

 

[noble cookie]

Well, xbox 360's dont RROD that much anymore, especially if you look after them.

Mine has been fine for 4 years and it's still going. Sure its a pretty bad problem but at the moment I think PS3 has it the worst.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Seeing as how I've never had a single problem with my 360 (4 years old), had my PS3 get the YLOD, and am always on XBL with zero issues (DLC, connection, etc.), I say the PS3 has worse problems.

But yeah, that's TOTALLY subjective.

Objectively, on a massive scale, the 360 is worse - but goddamn if Sony isn't trying to catch up.

 

[Grey_Focks]

Regardless of what the PS3 owners have recently gone through, the Xbox 360 is still worse. Games become literally unplayable if the DLC for them is downloaded and the console is offline (same goes for XBLA games)

...Wait what? My internet sometimes goes down, and I am still fully able to play all of my games with DLC, including Fallout 3, both Mass Effects, both Dragon Ages, Borderlands, Halo 3+Reach, both Gears of wars...what you said just isn't true at all. I've also played quite a few XBL arcade games offline. Sounds like you're just unlucky? Will agree about them dicking over non-gold users though.

Honestly, every system still has it's problems, and I'd say that, for the 360 and PS3 atleast, the pros still out-weigh the cons. Also, isn't this kinda a versus thread? Aren't those not allowed? Even if this doesn't count as one, 10 points from Griffindor for the OP starting a pointless flamebait thread.

 

[General_Potatoes]

The xbox has tech issues.
The ps3 actually doesn't have as many issues other than the hack
And the wii...... is just plain bad.

 

[Lt. Dragunov]

Both have issues, right now sony is in the spot light but when this all has died down microsoft will have it's next big problem, and the baton will be passed back to sony and so on and so on.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

I see much ragging on the Xbox's free membership abilities.

Which is totally valid.

Here's the thing that baffles me, your closest competitor offers everything you do for free, how do you counter this?

You raise the price and make free memberships worse.

Just my personal bitchings, right now Sony is ass-deep in all kinds of problems.

 

[bluewolf]

Well, my xbox crashes allot when I play games like fallout 3 and dragon age, but I would say my ps3 is worse due to harder controlls and the hacking.

 

[Macrobstar]

I prefer the 360. While I'm enjoying better games and better online service, everyone else can enjoy no games and no online service.

While we don't have online services, I'd say PS3 has far beter games than 360.. unlesss you have a fetish for masculine space marines