Slim PS3 Vs. Xbox 360 Vs. Wii – Best Games and *Total* Prices
With the release of the Slim PS3 and the Xbox 360 price drop, it seems a good time to compare what each system offers. The major factors that go into selecting a console to buy are cost and how many great games they have. This table offers a quick way to compare the games that matter for each system and the total price to an average user. It’s not going to match what everyone will spend on a console over the time they own it, but it gives a good idea of what provides the best value.
| PS3 Slim | Xbox 360 Elite | Wii | |
| Console | £249.99 | £199.99 | £164.99 |
| 2nd Controller | £33.93 | £26.05 | £26.53 |
| Wireless Adaptor | Included | £41.15 | Included |
| 3 Year’s Online Gaming | Included | £99.97 | Included |
| Features | 120 GB Hard Drive HD output Blu-ray Player |
120 GB Hard Drive HD output |
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| Total Price | £283.92 | £367.16 | £191.52 |
| Games rated over 85%.
Games rated over 90% are bold. (based on average critic scores, calculated at Game Rankings) |
Rock Band 2 Grand Theft Auto IV The Orange Box Bio Shock Call if Duty 4: Modern Warfare Street Fighter IV The Elder Scrolls IV Batman: Arkham Asylum Fallout 3 Rock Band Killzone 2 WipEout HD LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun of the Patriots MLB 09: The Show Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Dead Space Demon’s Souls Rachet & Clank Future NHL 09 Bionic Commando Rearmed Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Warhawk – Operation Fallen Star Fight Night Round 4 BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Burnout Paradise Wipeout HD Flower Madden NFL 10 Guitar Hero: Metallica Fifa Soccer 09 MLB 08: The Show Resident Evil 5 Resistance 2 Valkyria Chronicles Ninja Gaiden inFamous GRID Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Red Faction: Guerrilla Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Resistance: Fall of Man Unreal Tournament 3 Comet Crash Virtua Fighter 5 Madden NFL 09 NHL 08 Skate Super Stardust HD Battlefield 1943 Shatter Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Guitar Hero World Tour Soul Calibur IV Gran Turismo HD Concept |
Rock Band 2 Grand Theft Auto IV The Orange Box Bio Shock Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Street Fighter IV The Elder Scrolls IV Batman: Arkham Asylum Fallout 3 Rock Band Gears of War Halo 3 Gears of War 2 Braid Guitar Hero II Mass Effect Shadow Complex Geometry Wars 2 Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned Call of Duty 2 Castlevania Symphony of the Night Forza Motorsport 2 Virtua Fighter 5 Online Dead Space Left 4 Dead NHL 09 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Peggle Deluxe Project Gotham Racing 3 Rainbow Six Vegas Burnout Revenge Portal: Still Alive Rez HD Fifa Soccer 09 Fable II Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Burnout Paradise Madden NFL 10 Bionic Commando Rearmed Puzzle Quest BlazBlue The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Geometry Wars Fight Night Round 4 Ikaruga The Secrect of Money Island: Special Edition Trials HD Splosion Man Project Gotham Racing 4 Skate GRID Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Resident Evil 5 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Dead or Alive 4 Pure Red Faction: Guerrilla Viva Pinata NHL 08 Soul Calibur IV Fight Night Round 3 Bomberman Live Guitar Hero: Metallica Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Worms 2: Armagedoon |
Rock Band 2 Super Mario Galaxy World of Goo The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Super Smash Bros. Brawl Resident Evil 4 Okami Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Punch Out Boom Blox Bash Party Little King’s Story Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bomberman Blast Maboshi’s Arcade Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Guitar Hero: Metallica Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough |
Judging by this table we can see the average Wii gamer will need to spend around £100 less than a Slim PS3 owner or £200 less than an XBox 360 owner. The downside for them is that they lack Blu-Ray playback, a hard drive and HD output. More importantly, the Wii has roughly only half the amount of quality games that the other two consoles have.
The number games and features found in the Xbox 360 and Slim PS3 are a closer match. The total prices for the two consoles are still separated by around £100 in the Slim PS3’s favour. The Slim PS3 also has the advantage of being the only system which doubles as a Blu-ray player. Xbox 360 has slightly more high scoring games which is probably accounted for by it being on the market for almost a year longer. For some the decision of which to buy may simply come down to whether you’d prefer Halo and Gears of War or LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4.
Let us know what you think.
you forgot the fact that when buying a 360 your also buying a 50% chance of RROD
personally i find it a hard decision to choose between 360 and ps3, in my OPINION the ps3 is a better system and although has faults, is no where near as bad as 360. as for the games a mixture of both would be best but thats never gonna happen….. and as much as i like halo, i prefer the ps3 overall.