Advice for a gaming newbie: PS3 or Jasper

[yusuf]

Hi Friends,

I need an urgent advice - a friend wants to sell his PS3 for 9K with one controller. I am not much in gaming but just thought of picking it up. Then I saw it here that people selling xbox for around 10K so price difference is not much. Hence I like to know which one to get ?

One advantage of xbox for me is that I have one XBOX wireless controller for PC which is brand new and used it only 4-5 times and lying idle. If I buy XBOX, then I can use then with it and will have two controllers (correct me if I am wrong).

I played only a few games in my life on PC - mostly racing, sometime flight simulator, tomb raider and prince of persia. For these kinds of game which one is better? also, does flight simulator available on PS3?

Thanks

Yusuf

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I realized that I posted in a wrong forum, apologizing, pls delete the thread.

thanks

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Hey Yusuf. If you're a casual gamer, then either one of the consoles would suffice your gaming needs. How old is that PS3 that your friend is selling? If it's the old fat model, then it's probably best to stay away from it. You could invest in an Arcade Xbox 360 and YES, you will get a wireless controller with it. Most of the games which you have mentioned are available on both the consoles. PS3 has a better range of exclusive titles. Uncharted series would be a close equivalent of Tomb Raider series. You have the entire Prince of Persia HD collection available for the PS3. In terms of Racing, both consoles share a majority of multi-platform games, but both have their own exclusives Racing sim titles, i.e. Forza Motorsport 3 for X360 and Gran Turismo 5 for PS3. I have very limited knowledge about hardcore flight simulator games on the PS3, you'll probably have Apache: Air Assault, Blazing Angels series & H.A.W.X series. These aren't exclusives tough. They are available on the 360 as well. 360 has Ace Combat 6 as an exclusive title. It was an awesome flight combat game. So take your pick.