<p>Hey guys. I am a junior in high school currently and I was wondering what are your opinions on the best consoles (of PS3, Xbox 360, and the PC) to have around in college. Some of the aspects I'm looking at include cost, longevity, community (campus networks/leagues and friends), and just a summary of the overall experience you've had with different consoles in college. The reason I ask is that I'm about to purchase one and I plan to bring it to college (for PC I will build a desktop in addition to buying a new laptop for class) and I want to make the most informed decision. Money is not really an object as well.</p>
<p>I am not trying to start a debate. I simply want to hear peoples' experiences with different consoles. Thank you for any help!</p>
<p>Everyone in my dorm has an Xbox 360, so im sure you can imagine the competition. As far as the longevity I really don’t know, I have not had my Xbox 360 that long. I chose Xbox over PS3 because of the awesome games it has.</p>
<p>It completely depends on the type of games you like to play. Strategy (Civilization, etc) get a PC. Sports or FPS? Get a PS3 unless there are games coming out just for x-box that you want, since it’s cheaper after a few months of not having to pay for online gaming and it has a blu-ray player.</p>
<p>NHL 10 is all you need…PS3 vs Xbox? I donno…doesn’t really make that much of a difference unless you’re into Halo which I assume you’re not. I find it’s kind of like Macbooks vs PC’s…everyone will tell you to get an Xbox because it’s somehow cooler. But like chuy said, PS3 has the blu-ray and is cheaper so I’d probably go for that.</p>
<p>One of my friends brought an N64 and Super Smash Bros (the original), so now we play an ungodly amount of video games. Like, we play so much that any of us can win with Yoshi. This game system has been going for 10+ years and still works fine.</p>
<p>I’d suggest 360. I’m going to assume you already have a PC. Wii can be fun as well for stuff like Super Smash Bros., and you can’t go wrong with older systems also.</p>
<p>If you’re into Halo or Call of Duty, definitely get a 360. They rock for multiplayer gaming when you make friends. My brother and his wife, when they were in college, would always play Halo 3 and Guitar Hero with some people from the same hall as them. They also played Oblivion, but that’s not multiplayer. Personally, I’d just use a desktop. If I want to play an n64 or ps1 game, I can just emulate it. While CoD is fun, it’s nothing I’m willing to spend over $200 for (console and all). I don’t even enjoy Halo.</p>
<p>To the people suggesting 360, why? I’m looking at getting either a PS3 or a 360 soon and I’m heavily leaning toward the PS3 since there aren’t any games exclusive to 360 that I want (mostly just Madden/NCAA and NHL), online gaming is free on the PS3 and it’d give me a blu ray player. Is there something I’m missing?</p>
<p>I never realized 360s were that popular but that really does seem to be what everybody is playing at my school and my boyfriends. If you can afford the PS3 then it sounds like it’s the better choice. I think a lot of people probably eliminated the PS3 immediately because of the price and when faced with the xbox or the wii picked xbox, since from what I’ve heard wii doesn’t have that many popular games.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s really a “best” console. It’s all preference… I don’t know anything about the PS3. 360s are very popular, and Xbox Live is definitely a reason alone to buy a 360. But there are real advantages to having a nice PC. However, a gaming PC is going cost well over the price of a 360, or even of a PS3.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d go with a 360 and a PC with enough juice to handle Starcraft 2 :). (Or is it about time for Microsoft to announce its next console? XD)</p>
<p>One potential reason for the prevalence of 360s could be they earlier release than PS3, the initial cheaper price, etc. I’m sure more people are bringing pre-existing consoles to school than buying new ones when they go.</p>
<p>I dunno, I thought you had to pay to actually play games online but maybe they changed that since the last time I looked (a long time ago.) At any rate having to buy a wireless router would still push the prices very close, and the blu-ray still has me heavily leaning toward the ps3.</p>