What Gaming Console U Got ..?

PC Hardware & Gaming Gaming and Consoles
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I think the title is self descriptive ..
Just to get the account of which console has caught the fancy of T.E members.
Do write abt the pros and the Cons of ur console .. or whatever u wd want to..

Ofcource if u got anything else, u can jot that down :slight_smile:

Preferred Format :-

Console Name:
Price: Rs XYZ/- (Do mention the Location u sourced it from )
Purchase Time:
Rating: /Out Of A Total Of 5

Console Name: Sony PSP (Slim)
Price: Rs 6800/- (Got It From U.S :cool2: )
Purchase Time: April 2008
Rating: 3.5/5
Pros:

  1. Portable.

  2. Good Games.

  3. Great Screen.

  4. Allows Homebrew.

  5. CFW + Plugins are a great draw.

  6. Movies/Games makes it a gud mmedia player

  7. Been using it primarily as an e - book reader.
    Cons:

  8. No Touch Screen.

  9. Speakers are a let down at times.

  10. Battery Life Cud have been better.

  11. TV output cud have been full fledged.

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Console Name: Sony PS2 (Slim)

Price: Rs 7500/- (inclusive of extra controller and memory card)

Rating: 4/5

Pros:

  1. Great Games.

  2. Allows Homebrew.

  3. Good graphics and gameplay.

  4. Force feedback which is really good when coming to hack slash games

Cons:

  1. FPS is bad when comparing with PC.

  2. Need to depened on TV.(my case :frowning: )

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Console Name: Sony PS2 (Slim)

Price: Rs 7900/- (inclusive of extra controller and memory card) 2yr ago

Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:

  1. Great Games.

  2. Low Profile.

  3. Good gameplay, more enjoyable than 25k low end gaming rig.

  4. Cheap accessories

  5. Can play DVDs

  6. Plug n Play

  7. Lower power consumption

Cons:

  1. No campatibility with newer titles.
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Console Name: Sony PS3

Price: Rs 23000/- (Got It From Hypercity, Mumbai )

Purchase Time: April 2008

Rating: 4.5/5

Pros

Good & Stable Console

Free Online Play

True next gen{AAA}Titles (MGS4, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword…)

Cons

Lack of Pirated Games

Frequent Firmwares

Lack of Software Lineup

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Console Name: MS XBOX :stuck_out_tongue:
Price: $270 (Inclusive of wireless cont. and 2 titles)
Purchase Time: June 2004 (Best buy, chicago)
Rating: 4/5
Pros:

  1. Good Games.
  2. Allows Homebrew.
  3. Loads linux and be used as downloading rig !
  4. Great Media Player

Cons:

  1. Huge n heavy
  2. Games dont look as good as newer consoles and feel lil dated
  3. Doesnt looks very good on normal TV
  4. Some problem in latest version cause problem in loading linux

Console Name: Sony PSP (Slim)
Price: Rs 9600/- (± Rs 200) (With Screen guard,logitech casing,4GB card,modding)
Purchase Time: April 2008 (Palika Bazaar)
Rating: 3.5/5
Pros:

  1. Portable.
  2. Good Games.
  3. Great Screen.
  4. CFW is a great draw.
  5. Movies/Games makes it a gud media player

Cons:

  1. No Touch Screen.
  2. Speakers are a let down at times.
  3. Battery Life Cud have been better.
  4. TV output cud have been full fledged

Compilation : Thanks to spacey :slight_smile:

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Console Name: Sony PS3 40GB

Price: Rs 25,000/- Purchased from Planet M, Mohali.

Extra Accessories: Splitfish FragFX Controller

Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:

  1. Great Game library.

  2. Good Graphics.

  3. Excellent exclusive titles

  4. WiFi (no need for using LAN cables to get Internet Access).

  5. Controller with built-in battery. Lasts a very long time on each recharge.

Cons:

  1. Games are costly.

Console Name: Microsoft XBOX 360 Elite PAL

Price: Rs 35,000/- Purchased from Planet M, Mohali.

Extra Accessories: None

Rating: 3.5/5

Pros:

  1. Great Game library.

  2. Good Graphics.

Cons:

  1. Games are costly.

  2. Not too great exclusive titles.

  3. RRoD Phobia.

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I am a casual gamer.. I game maybe an hour a week… sometimes 2hrs…but rarely game more than 30min at a stretch.

Console Name: Xbox 360 Pro

Extra Accessories: Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 VGA Cable

Price: Rs 21,500/ (modded)

Rating: 4/5

Pros:

  1. Great Game library.

  2. Good Graphics.

  3. Battery doesnt last long

Cons:

  1. Games are costly.

  2. RROD Fear

  3. Need to pay to go LIVE

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(I will just edit Lord Nemesis’s post :P)

Console Name: Sony PS3 40GB + GT5 Prologue Combo
Price: Rs 24,990 Sony World, Noida
Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:

  1. Great Game library.

  2. Good Graphics.

  3. Excellent exclusive titles

  4. WiFi (no need for using LAN cables to get Internet Access).
    5)Controller with built-in battery. Lasts a very long time on each recharge.
    6)Great Features (Wifi streaming of movies etc).
    7)Regular updates through firmware.
    Cons:

  5. Games are costly.

  6. PSN does not work for Indian addresses.

  7. No PSN store in India yet.

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Console Name:PS2 slim- japan-modded

Price: Rs 7600/- (including one additional original sony controler+8mb memory card)

Purchase Time:August 2007

Rating: 4.5/5

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Pros:

1)A Classic libraries of games(MGS Series,ico,okami,svr series,tekken etc-yet to explored a lot)

2)Light n portable

3)Easy availability of games -original/ahem*

4)Cheaper games

Cons:

  1. Latest released games are crap

2)too adictive

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Console Name: Sony Playstation 2 Slim (Model: SCPH-9006)
Purchase Date: 02/04/2008
Price: Rs.9,000 (Including One Original Dual Shock controller + 8MB Magic Gate Memory card + 2 free games)
Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:
Excellent range of titles & some exclusive ones too
Ease of use
Very slim & portable to carry
Dirt cheap games
Can be used as a MP3/Divx & DVD player
Games can be played via HDD after some hard work
Very less prone to heating issues.

Cons:
Is slowly depleting with the range of titles
The 8MB memory is way too low
Using exploits for the console is pain in the butt job (Eg: Transferring game saves, using cheats & using HDD to play games)
FPS suck on consoles (PERIOD) :stuck_out_tongue:

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ATARI, MEDIA LITTLE MASTER, SEGA MEGA DRIVE…

none of dem are working :frowning: i loved dem all…now they resting with fishies :slight_smile:

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Console : Xbox 360 Core

Price : Rs 19900 for the console + 2800 for a 512MB memory card and Rs 1650 for a vga-hd cable.

Sourced From: Mumbai

Purchase Date: July 2008

Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:

A great competitor to Sony’s PS3 and has a good library of games

Games are well priced

Second hand games can be purchased for as low as Rs 500

Can be connected to a CRT/LCD monitor with a vga connector.

Is the only media center extender available which works with Vista.

The dashboard sports a great interface and xbox live silver is free.
Cons:

Xbox Live isn’t free. The upcoming price cut is crucial.

Some games are launched a little late in India

The units sold here were manufactured in Aug 2006. The RROD problem existed in these batches.

Is a power hog eating away 175W while gaming. Newer falcons have not reached the shore yet.

The DVD drive can be noisy in some consoles. Yet to face such a problem here.

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Editing Nemesis post from above :stuck_out_tongue:

Console Name: Sony PS3 60GB

Price: $900- Purchased from Circuit City, Fresno, CA w/ 2yr warranty in May 07 + 2 Games (Oblivion / F1 06 Championship Edition)

Extra Accessories: 2nd Controller, 120Gb Hdd, HDMI Cable, Optical Cable

Rating: 5/5

Pros:

  1. Awesomeness on my 40" 1080P Samsung :smiley: , Love watching blue ray’s!!

  2. Nice Exclusive’s including GT, MGS ..

  3. WiFi/ Good browsing Capability

  4. Controller with built-in battery. Lasts a very long time on each recharge.

  5. Ability to stream media via wifi/lan from other comps

  6. Can install Linux

  7. Swappable Hdd

  8. Frequent Updates keep adding features.

  9. 60Gb has hardware emulation for older psx games.

  10. Media Card Reader.

  11. Free Online Play

Cons:

  1. No Dual Shock at launch

  2. Prices got reduced a month later I bought it for.

  3. Now there are more games, at the time I bought it dint have a lot of good games.

  4. Resting in my house in gurgaon :frowning:

  5. Motion Sensing Sucks.

I wont say the games are expensive since 360 games cost the same here.

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I am a casual gamer.. I game maybe 4 times a week for a couple of hours and I never play online (mostly coz I get my a** handed to me all the time !!! :flushed_face: )

Console Name: Xbox 360 Halo 3 Edition
Price: Rs 26,900/
Extra Accessories - 1500 for extra wireless controller + 1650 for VGA cable
Rating: 4.5/5

Pros:

  1. Great Game library.
  2. Excellent Graphics !!! (On my LCD Monitor).
  3. Cheaper games than PS3.
  4. Works on my old CRT/LCD monitor as well (And it works well too)
  5. I can use my headphones while playing.
  6. Excellent controller with vibration ! (Can’t stand the PS3 controller)
  7. Can play most older Xbox games.
  8. Xbox Live is awesome ! Lots and lots to download.
  9. ALL games can be upscaled to 1080 res.

Cons:

  1. Games are costly. (Compared to PC games)
  2. RROD Fear !!! :@
  3. Need to pay to go LIVE (PSN is free !)
  4. Freezes once in a while
  5. Less hdd space compared to PS3 (20 GB vs 40 GB)
  6. You can’t buy a standard laptop hardisk to use (You can use ANY 2.5" hdd with a PS3)

I am very happy with the Xbox 360 and I don’t regret selling off my comp and buying it even once ! :blush:

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PSP and PSP slim are the same thing.

That said, Atari2600, SNES, Game gear, Saturn, Gamecube from the others.

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Oh Absolutely ..
i mean who cares abt the TV output which certainly has caused flutters offlate as homebrew developers mite get the full screen gaming pretty soon ..

i mean who gives a damn !@$# :@
PSP and PSP Slim Are same indeed..

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my snes64 teh contra player,up up down down left right left right B A select start,best game and cheat code ever.:cool2:

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Nicely said!:stuck_out_tongue:
Exactly what I had to say!:slight_smile:

Just got to change the personal bit:P

Price: £325 With Assasins Creed - (Got It From ADSA, Wigan, Manchester, United Kingdom )
Purchase Time: Hmmmm? Cant Remember Exactly, Bout March 2008
Rating: 4.5/5 :stuck_out_tongue:

Additional Pros
MGS 4 Exclusive:):):slight_smile:
Free Online Play (No Costly Memberships)

Additional Cons
PSN Store Could Be Better

Thats It Really!

Great Console!

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PSP and PSP Slim Are same indeed..

Yeah, and the DS lites’ four modes of lighting are inconsiquential. So are the differences between the X360 and elite versions. Same goes for the GBA and advance versions. They’re all the same.

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I have none!