The Top 5 Reasons To Own GTAIV On PS3

If you are still up in the air as to which console you plan to buy for GTA I have compiled a top 5 list for you. April 29th is drawing closer and closer and many of you are still deciding which console you will buy or what console you will buy the game for(for 360 and PS3 owners). So here if your top 5 reasons to go ahead and get it for the PS3.

#5) Free Online

You probably have already been lulling over the gameplay it offers not only from a console stand-point, but a online prospective too. You will not be disappointed with the standards of the PSN. You get PSN for free and it offers good quality. So for those of you who plan to spend long hours and potentially months online, you may want to budge for the PS3 due to the costly Xbox-Live.

#4) Special Bundle

Ok so this is probably a bit overhyped, but you have to love the box. It also makes it a lot easier to grab up a copy if you live in Europe where this will surface on launch day. These are a great addition to any collection, and there will not be many people owning that particular edition.

#3) Processes

This will be a very important deciding factor, mark it down. The PS3 has the cell broadband processor which contains 8 cores (essentially 2 quad-cores), while the 360 only sports 3 cores. This is going to be a very big difference, with more processes comes less lag and less processor strain. The PS3's version of GTA will run smoother than the 360's.

#2) Graphical Capabilites

While most people disagree and make the claim that the 360 offes just as good, if not better graphics than the PS3, I still have a firm belief that the PS3 offers the superior graphical capabilities. With that being said, I also believe that you will have to wait a year or so more before you completely see the difference. I think though that GTA on the PS3 will be a step in the right direction graphics wise. Point and case, the developers making games have had a lot more time to work with the Xbox360 than they have for the PS3, try over a year. The capabilities on both sytems are still trying to be maximized though, until both are completely maxed up we will not see a clear victor. Developers for both systems have claimed that the PS3 has the better graphics capabilities, I am paraphrasing "we just learn to optimise in different ways for the PS3".

#1) Blu-Ray

This is probably the best argument the PS3 sports. Overall though, we really have a lot of unknowns with this game. For 360 owners the big questions are, will we have just 1 disc or 2,3... for PS3 owners it is "will I be getting as good of content as 360 owners", but I think the real question here will be; which game is bigger? If they are both equal then those poor 360 owners will be swapping discs halfway through town. If the downloadable content is going to be as big as supposed 'the size of san andreas' how is there any way on Earth that this game stores on one DVD. In which case the PS3 absolutely slaughters the Xbox360.


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The Top5 Reasons This Is A Harsh Console War

A largely debated topic since the beginning of the conole war has been--why is there a console war at all? Well there really is a lot of hate floating around, and it is coming from all the systems. People are trolling and pointlessly arguing. I have decided to list the top 5 reasons this has been a harsh console war and will continue to be.

#5) Video Games Growing Popularity

When video games were first release we really didn't see such a divide in fans. The divide was there, just not as much. With video games ever growing popularity though, it has become almost a ritual to support one side of the fence or the other. This may be due to a mass amount of people who now play video games.If you were to throw two people in a ring who completely hated each other-- one guy likes Sony and the other guy likes Nintendo-- they probably will begin to dislike the other persons favorite company, that is just how it works. So with more people you get more hate.

#4) Different Types Of Systems

Today is a lot different with consoles, instead of just really two main companies--you have 3. If you look back to the late 80's - early 90's, the main two companies were Sega and Nintend. Then in the mid 90's - late 90's it was Nintendo and Sony, although Sega was there they were in serious decline. Then for a few years it was kind of dominance by only Sony, 2000-2002. Then we suddenly had Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft all in a console battle, the exception here though is that Nintendo and Microsoft were playing catch-up and it never really became a contest. Now though, all three consoles were released within a year of each other roughly. This in turn has made no large gap in sales and little time to make a decisions. Now though we have the Wii which is such a different style of play which attracts different people, then we have a Xbox360 which attracts the people looking for the in-between experience with good online play, and finally we have a PS3 which offers a great high-definition experience and hardcore gameplay. When you have 3 different types of gaming you will normally get people choosing that one category and defending it, normally leading to arguments.


#3) The Internet? :O

Yes, that is right. I believe the internet has spun this console race into a war. Back when there was the NES the internet was used so little that no one could express the way they felt, and up until 10 years ago it would have been hard to find the message boards filling with information about the console war like they do today. If there is one thing that communities and forum boards do it is that they make people post their feelings. One disagreement on a forum board can lead to a never ending flame war, people 20 years ago wouldn't have the first clue as to what you were talking about if you claimed you had a flame war.

#2) Fan Boys

Today is a different type of console war, people go out of their ways to put on t-shirts or dress up as their favorite game character to show what team they are for. People are prowling forum boards telling everyone how great their console is and how bad the others are... just to show who they support. Put your frikken favorite console in your forum signature and forget posting, posting leads to flame wars and useless arguing. What does anyone else care what console you support anyways, I mean seriously--why should your opinion make anyone elses any different?

#1) Competition

The competition these consoles have brought to the table takes me back to the early 90's when Sega and Nintendo were battling it out. At this point in the console war any console still has a legitimate chance at winning the battle, all of the consoles are still fairly close. The closer the competition the more likely you are to argue over what console should win, who will lose, and what the better console is. Having said that, I think that these posts are important to the console race and that we need these kind of posts without the negative.

The Top 5 Reasons GTA IV WIll Disappoint

I know you all have your opinions, and don't get me wrong, I think it will be a very good game. I just don't see it living up to everything everyone is saying. I think it is likely that a few of you will be disappointed, and maybe that is just because Rockstar is so darned good. I love the GTA series and I really do hope it is the best installment. Here are the top 5 reasons you can plan to be disappointed.

#5) Same Old Or Brand New

From what I have been reading across several forum boards, you guys seem to believe it will be an entire new experience or a near exact clone of III with a few enhancements. This to me is bad, you never want something that is a complete change-up because it could potentially lead to flaws. At the same token though, you don't want the same game in a different box. I would think you would want a mix up, a good amount of new and some of the old.

#4) Won't Revolutionize

Grand Theft Auto III did so much for the game industry it is unbelievable. I do not really see the new GTA matching up in this category though. The industry has changed so much from the time of GTA III's release. From what I have seen on footage and trailors, you can probably expect worse graphics than you have gotten from other games so far in this generation.

#3) First GTA Of This Generation

Now I know that GTA III was also a first for its generation, but also you must realize that there was no other market and competition was almost nil. It is going to be an entire new experience for Rockstar and there was a lot of pressure on them to make sure they didn't screw up. So you can expect some pretty safe gameplay, no glitches, and few new features.

#2) GTA III Sets The Bar Through The Roof

You all remember GTA III, and we all rate it as one of the top games of all time. Most of you believe that GTA IV will beat that, not only is that unrealistic, it just won't be happening. Rockstar has huge expectations and the pressure to live up to them are just too high.

#1) No Game Can Ever Live Up To GTA's Expectations

This one is almost self explanatory. GTA IV has been hyped so much and with Rockstars delay that hype has just been multiplying. The bar has been set above the level of possible, it is so high no game could ever possibly reach it. So you can expect to be disappointed.

There is the top 5 reasons you will be disappointed. Yes it will still be a good game though.

The Top 5 Reasons Xbox Live Should Be Free

In an attempt to help you better understand my stance on Xbox Live being free I decided to post a T5 on it. So here is the Top 5 Reasons Xbox Live should be free.

#5) PC Online Is Superior and Free

The PC offers an online experience that is far superior to anything you will find on a game console. This poses problems for XBL and ultimately takes away customers. I think Microsoft should start to re-analyze the situation.

#4) Playstation Network Is Catching Up

With the Home due out in full release sometime this year Micrsoft has reason to fear that people looking for a decent yet affordable(free) experience will be moving to Sony. Yet another reasons why XBL should be free.

#3) Doesn't Cost Microsoft A Lot

Providing the Xbox Live Service does not cost Microsoft a whole lot and is just another reason to be buying their game system. Microsoft can afford this hit and I am sure they would not lose money anyways.

#2) Microsoft Makes Load Off Downloads

Microsoft already makes a lot of money off their downloads and ads. They would be making even more if there was more people using their service. Sure there is a lot of money in selling the service, but in the case of downloads and ads it sells the service and would sell even better if the XBL was free.

#1) Sell More Consoles

If Xbox Live was free Microsoft would be selling a lot more consoles. They already have issues trying to sell consoles, and free Xbox Live would actually be a highly relative selling point. People would be more inclined to buy a 360, Xbox Live costs a lot and makes the consoles price a lot heavier than it actually looks.