Why would the Giant Bomb staff favor the 360?

Topic started by GreatFunStuff on July 1, 2009. Last post by DRE7777 4 months, 1 week ago.
Post by SathingtonWaltz (569 posts) See mini bio
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I don't think they really favor the 360, they seem to be pretty fair in all their game reviews for the PS3. I think they just play it more because the multi-platform games they are sent are generally the 360 versions. Also, I've never really felt that Xbox Live was really "better" than PSN, just far more active and mature. 


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Exactly how I feel. I prefer my PS3 more but just as this guy said, I feel more free on my 360. When I get on my 360, I get a party chat invitation, whip out the mic and just start chatting away with my friends, online or off doesn't matter. On the PS3 though, maybe I do a little text chatting here and there and basically never talk on my mic, unless I'm playing with some friends (rarely) on Warhawk or CoD. On the other side though, I hear way less kids on PSN than on Live. I guess it can go both ways.


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@slinky6 said:
" I fucking hate that people mistake rational preference for fanboyism. "



Post by Keyser_Soze (1,171 posts) See mini bio

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Jeff takes bribes from Goldman Sachs. Some even say he was inside man for Goldman in the videogame industry.


Post by Kyle (350 posts) See mini bio
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I think there's a lot more to what makes the 360 good, but that's part of it.

I just think that when you look at it objectively, the 360 is just a better system, plain and simple. But that's not me (or the Giant Bomb guys, or anyone else) being biased. I think a lot people forget that preference doesn't equate to bias or fanboyism. Even though I like my 360 far more than my PS3, it's not because I have an Xbox boner and I worship everything Microsoft touches, I just think they made much smarter choices in this generation than Sony, thus providing me with a more enjoyable entertainment experience. If the PS4 is way better than the... 720 or whatever, sweet, I don't care. Whatever's more fun.

And of course it has nothing to do with the games. It's not like the Giant Bomb guys are gonna give higher scores to 360 games just because they may or may not find the 360 to be a better system. It would not only be completely childish to do such a thing, but is completely childish to think that it has happened, or would happen.


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@GreatFunStuff said:
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Apparently, some people seem to think the Giant Bomb staff generally appreciate the Xbox 360 more than the PS3. While I can't speak for them personally,  I can say that it would make perfect sense. Whether you're talking about online play or system functionality, it seems that the Sony zealots are fucked both ways. But hey, you 360 kids are still just a bunch of dicks, so both of u, keep reading. I should add, I guess, that most of my points are no-brainers to most people, and the problem seems to be that people are just afraid to confront their wasted money, religious-like devotion, and their pointless child-like aggression.

Let's talk online. There are just so many damn people online for the 360. When u own a system like that, any form of trophies or achievements for any other platforms become pointless. (Don't say otherwise either... I mean... unless ur retarded.) Like, for the PS3, they might have some cool PSN titles that come out, like Crash Commandos... and I kinda liked Cell Factor, but give those games a week(a day, for the latter) and you will see a tremendous drop in online attendance. Matching up games will prove annoying and depressing... and after awhile, u will just say, "What's the point?" and turn the game off - for good. For disc-based games... like GTA IV, there's a large "occupancy" problem. GTA IV has been out for awhile now, and I recently went on my ps3 to see what was up with its months-old online component. I found it really hard to get a full game(4 people) going in Hangman's NOOSE, noticing my fellow player body guards(besides tending to - still - crash their helicopters into the ground and shout "WTF!") are either rank 1 or rank 8(The in-between seems to be less common somehow.) On the 360, this isn't a problem. You may have a lot more people at lvl 8 than when the game first came out...no shit... but there are enough people out there who JUST got the game, so that you can have an enjoyable, slightly-more-balanced match than you can on the ps3. It seems the "fuck it" mentality comes with low online population. Early on, it was pretty easy for me to enjoy a nice Online Freeburn in Burnout Paradise, but now, way after its release, im seeing about one person dropping every couple minutes. I'm guessing it's for the same reason that I say Fuck it: There's like five people playing, one of them is a toy car, one is across the map in the airport, one just wants to fly around really fast in the Marty Mcfly hovercar, and me and some dude have been doing u-turn take-downs for about twenty minutes. Plus, im the purple dot.

Anyway. Get away from all that online stuff, and you've got a very obvious issue that many people, as well as me, have a hard time coming to terms with. The numbers just aren't there. As Bethesda CLEARLY demonstrated with Fallout 3, developers just aren't gonna give a shit about the ps3 version of their multi-platform games. Not a big enough audience, not enough income, too little gain. It really is that simple. And well... sadly... the PS3 does have a harder time dealing with anti-aliasing(ability to smooth out potentially jagged lines in the game world. Really, just play Fallout 3 for PS3. Yep. Fuck Bethesda.)

So  there you go. From a Sony kid's perspective, too. If u still can't see why the Giant Bomb staff generally gravitates towards the Xbox 360, well... then you're retarded. And another thing. Stop with all the PS3 bashing. We payed $700 for that thing.

Edit: re-read it and took some gay shit out

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Do I really need to Dissect your thread to point out the fail? Anyway, yes, tehy do tend to be sorta 360 prone for some un to god known reason. really kinda anooys me actually. in there reviews, they never comapre both versions of the game. What about people like me who own both. Do they jsut ASSUME the PS3 version is the same?


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@Kyle:

I really dont see how its a better syestem. PS3 didnt break down all the god damn time. and they both get the smae Multipatlform games (which is over 80 percent of games usually) so that cant be a point in favor of either. so the only thing your left with is Exclusives and online. Online Live sint THAT much better than PSN now. yes, tis still better, but not by a whole lot. also, the Exclusives, many would argue, are better on PS3. I kinda personally think PS3 is the better syestem. amd I saying 360s bad, no of course not. Im jsut saying I have a personal Preference for PS3. now, im not a Reviewer, so I can have this prefernce. when you review and cover game seriosuly, like Giantbomb does, you really cant have that Because your site covers both 360 and PS3 games, not jsut 360 games. meaning you have to paly both versions of a Multipalt game so you can better serve teh community you have by telling them "if you have both syestems, go for this version" and no, its not always 360 version. If you have that Prefernce (i was gonna say bais, which may or maynot be true for them) than I dont think you can be considered a reliable Review source.


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Sony must have really screwed up when even people who own PS3s automatically assume their version of the game is going to be shit. 


Post by JeffGoldblum (1,531 posts) See mini bio
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Do we have to bring this up about once a week on this site?


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@JeffGoldblum:

actually, its a Legitimate Concern to peopel who want the Best Videogames coverage for the consoles they have. would you trust a reviewer that perfers one console over the other?


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@Raven_Sword said:
" @JeffGoldblum: actually, its a Legitimate Concern to peopel who want the Best Videogames coverage for the consoles they have. would you trust a reviewer that perfers one console over the other? "
Why do you randomly capitialize words? Its very strange. Besides, reviews are opinions usually based on facts about a game. Find a reviewer that you have similar tastes with and stick with them.


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They are humans, and like any other human they have preferences. They said it before that this generation the Xbox 360 is their to-go-system but in no way, shape or form are they fanboys. Who knows, maybe down the line their preferences will change. Personally I doubt that but you never know. 

EDIT: Do we really need another "GiantBomb Staff are Fanboys" thread. I mean really, do we?!. Just make a special forum for that topic and let the people who are interested in that useless debate a place to fight it out there. Someone please Alert Snide.


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@Raven_Sword said:
"@JeffGoldblum: actually, its a Legitimate Concern to peopel who want the Best Videogames coverage for the consoles they have. would you trust a reviewer that perfers one console over the other? "

but its been dealt with, and people like you who are to lazy to spell right try to keep agrivating everyone by refueling this dumb topic.


Post by JeffGoldblum (1,531 posts) See mini bio
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@Raven_Sword said:
" @JeffGoldblum: actually, its a Legitimate Concern to peopel who want the Best Videogames coverage for the consoles they have. would you trust a reviewer that perfers one console over the other? "
WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM? They use one system more than the other and are very open about that fact. It does not make the biased in any way or form. Im sorry you could only afford to buy one console. Im also sorry that the staff has all of the current gen consoles and happens to prefer one in the slightest. Never has a PS3 title been treated unfairly on this site and one never will, I will vouch for this with my life.


Post by Kyle (350 posts) See mini bio
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@Raven_Sword: I'm not sure how many people would argue that the exclusives on the PS3 are better. PS3 has like, what? Killzone, MGS4, uncharted, and Infamous? All great games, but there's like 5 billion more great 360 exclusives. I feel like the amount of exclusives is pretty much equal now, but the 360 had a huge head start on the PS3.

And what makes Xbox Live so much better than PSN in my opinion isn't just about playing games online with people, it's also about the way the marketplaces are set up. The 360 is very simple and well designed while the PS3s store is slow, clunky, and cluttered. Maybe I would cut the PS3 a break, but considering that it came out AFTER the 360, they should have been able to look at the 360 and say "ok, how can we make something that's better?" but instead, it was like they said "how an we make something that's pretty much the same?"

And what I was saying about reviewers having system preferences, what I mean is that just because a reviewer might enjoy playing games on a 360 more than PS3, they wouldn't score a PS3 game lower just because its on PS3. So like, if Brad DID think the 360 was better, it's not like he's gonna take a star off of Infamous because it's only on PS3 or something. That would be childish. It's the difference between preference and bias. Preference just means you like something more than something else. Bias means you're actually against whatever you think is inferior instead of giving it a chance.


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Did you see the article on arcade machines? They might be arcade fanboys... just saying.


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No matter how much you don't want to believe it, they do favor the 360, if that is a bad thing or not I'm not sure, but it pissed me off when they wouldn't do the Battlefield 1943 review earlier because the 360 version was broken, when they could have just went to the PS3 version which is fine.


Post by MatthewMeadows (400 posts) See mini bio
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Who gives a fuck.

Some people like PS3. Some people like 360. Some people like Wii.

We all like games. So how about we focus on that instead of posting a load of crap in what is essentially a troll thread.


Post by BODDAH (264 posts) See mini bio

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So instead of saying why they aren't biased, you justify it?

Not that I care, just sayin' ...


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@Bucketdeth said:
" No matter how much you don't want to believe it, they do favor the 360, if that is a bad thing or not I'm not sure, but it pissed me off when they wouldn't do the Battlefield 1943 review earlier because the 360 version was broken, when they could have just went to the PS3 version which is fine. "
I can see your point. I also had a red light going off in my head when they would not review the ps3 version of Battlefield 1943. I don't think that makes them fanboys just a regular human with preferences. It seems to me that Vinny likes to play his PS3 better so maybe in the future they could let him play the ps3 version and have his take on it. Plus, I remember Jeff, Ryan and Brad saying that they play the 360 version for the points and that all their friends are on XBL. I at least recpect the fact that they have the balls to say that they prefare the 360 over the ps3 and not try to hide behind double talking lame ass explanations.  


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For some reason, my live freinds are never on when im on, so im not getting the msot out of live. sigh.


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I admit that the 360 has good online. But now they both are good. I played Battlefield Bad Company and Call of Duty 4 on both systems and they are exactly the same. Yeah the user base is better because c'mon people Xbox Live back during the original Xbox was fantastic. That's what brought the people here. Anyways, show the people that the PS3 has the same thing and you will get the same user base. That's what we have GiantBomb and other game websites for. They are the speakers.


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PSN is actually very good for a free service.



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I have both,  and like other people said before me, I think PS3 is a fantasic peice of kit, but I only get exclusives for it, all multiplatform games I get for 360 unless its a singleplayer only game and on special offer for ps3.

The 360 has a much better online system, and more people using the online system so when they come to review the online component of a game, which are they gonna use, a sparsly populated PS3 enviroment, or a huge packed active 360 enviroment.

Ive noticed only a few PS3 games stay active online after initial launch, whereas with 360 you could boot up chromhounds ( a launch window game(i think) and not a very good one at that) and still get a good number together. whereas I struggled to get a good game on LBP from its launch.

and come on,  somehow i doubt very much its down to achievments, if you think it is or even value them,  theres something wrong with you and you maybe need to switch off for a few day or at least a few hours.


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@Raven_Sword:
It is good for a free service,      but free doesnt make it better than XBL.


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@GreatFunStuff said:

Edit: re-read it and took some gay shit out

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not enough 


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From what i have read of everyones comments, it looks like everyone is completely missing the reason why the 360 is perfered over the PS3. Yeah online is a big reason but it only comes in second to the real reason that the 360 is usually chosen over the PS3 and that is what the soul of these products are, THE GAMES. Take every multiplatform game and throw it out of the descusion and then look at the game selection, the 360 has the PS3 dominated in every gaming catagory. In the past generation of games the PS2 was a base for more hard core gamers with a taste for RPGs, Adventure games, Shooters, and everything in between while the Xbox was a mainly shooter console with games like Halo, Halo 2, Fear, and other great shooters. Which is basically why the PS2 had the best sales or essencially "won" the console war of that gen. In the transfer to the current gen a lot of the game makers that were exclusive to Sony either became exclusive to Microsoft, or switched to both. One one big one being Square Enix.

So when it comes down to it the 360 outdoes the PS3 when it comes the heart of the consoles and that is the game selection. That on top of the fact that there is a bigger online player base with the 360 and the cheaper cost makes it the ideal console and therefore......

XBOX 360 WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And i have both consoles so dont even say i am a fanboy, its just a fact that you would be uterly insane to try and arguee against the 360 in this current GEN.