I...played an xbox 360..and i must say

It was amazing. I played King Kong. The graphics were amazing there was a lot of detail. Gameplay was probably the smoothest I have seen. Everything was responsive. The only problem I had was the controller. It wasnt as comfortable as i would have expected.

tell me please what the joysticks are made of. people have said they are plastic not the rubbery stuff as the past. i plan on savin money for one but im still a long ways away

I played on in walmart the other day and I thought it kicked butt. I was playing some game called ...well I forgot what it was called but it was about war along time ago...Modern Combat or something like that. It was nice as crap though. My friend has a computer with a 7800 GT OC in it and it almost resembled his perfectly.

The analogs were made of hard plastic as i recall, and the controllers were actually less comfortable. The game I played with king kong was good. I loved the graphics and gameplay. Everything was so crisp and sharp it was crazy....IMO ps3 will own it

I agree with you on that. PS3 will own the 360, it always has. I can tell you that it is going to be faster, and more powerful than the NVIDIA 7800 GTX, by a loooong shot.

Oh defintly. Microsoft once said that the xbox 360 would be as powerful as as a macintosh G5 pc. Sony before that said that the PS3 would be more powerful than most pc's out today. The new cell chip technology is going to be amazing. w00t

Yay pro PS3 people. At the moment you only get the xbox360 people who cant even think about the PS3 in a good way, even thoguh its twice as powerful, the only actual advantage xbox had over ps2.

I wouldn't put too much faith in what the Sony and Microsoft Marketing machine are telling you. They have made such claims in the past and never delivered so why should this time be any different?

Is the XBOX360 a poweful machine? Well yes it is, ive actually played it and with a good HDTV the graphics look on par with today's high end gaming PC's. (The PC still looks a bit better in my opinion)

Will the PS3 become the machine that is sooo superior that it will completely crush the competition? Of course not and whoever says any different is just caught up in Sony's bull# marketing.

At the end of the day it won't come down to which machine has the better graphics, but which console has the better games, and that's the most important thing here to remember. The PS2 and the original XBOX were complete and total dissapointments to me. It seems to be that as the years pass, game quality just keeps getting worse.

As for me Im going to wait and see what games come out before deciding to buy any of these next gen machines, which are basically small form factor PC's when you think about it. But for now I'll stick with my High End Gaming PC which has provided way more entertainment than any console ever has.

The Xbox360 is awsome, but I have a nice computer so I aren't going to get one.

Apparently Quake 4 runs really bad on the Xbox360, I've only got the demo, but I maxed the settings and it runs really smooth on my computer with X850XT PE.

cya

Chaning graphics settings on 360 is possible? Ehh, ok. I like the XBox360 dont get me wrong, but im more for PS3. Xbox has alot of media options (Hence the Windows Media Edition OS). Cant wait to see the new cell chip technology working together with Blu Ray.

The graphical settings on the Xbox360 should always be maxed out, for something that powerful.

I love mine. I've got King Kong, Kameo, Gun, Quake 4, and Perfect Dark Zero so far. I can't wait for Saints Row to come out and I have to say I'm excited about Halo 3. I wish Gears of War would come out sooner I think it's scheduled for July.

I love the controller. You CANNOT get a good feel for it in the store. The controller is way better than the Xbox controller and the batteries last longer than the ones in my Wavebird. The wavebird doesn't have rumble like the 360 either. I'd have to say this is my favorite controller of any system so far. I think I'll buy an extra one to use on my computer.

It looked great on my standard TV but it was way better on my HDTV.

And contrary to popular belief Quake 4 is actually really good. I didn't play the computer version so it may be a step down. I can say it is a little rough in just a couple of spots. (we're talking about 10sec total in the whole game) Quake 4 is awesome on Xbox live. I have alot of fun on there.

[edit on 11-12-2005 by alternate]