Xbox 360 Banned in Germany

[LoveKuja]

To be honest I've never really understood the whole Sony/Microsoft fanboy bs. A little history lesson, the 360 came out in 2005, the PS3 came out in 2007. Take that into account and you have to wonder why the PS3 isn't a hell of a lot more graphically advanced than the 360. Both systems look almost identical when playing games on them. PS3 had 2 extra years in dev, so why isn't it superior?

The thing is, Microsoft is really good when it comes to software, and Sony is really good when it comes to hardware. So, Microsoft built a machine that wasn't exactly cutting-edge technology, but was easy to program for and to get a lot of juice out of. On the other hand, Sony made machine with much more advanced part, but their machine was difficult program for. For a couple of years, it was only exclusive titles that knew how to get any juice out of the PS3, while multiplats on the PS3 just tended to suck on graphics (I am looking at you, PS3 Splinter Cell Double Agent!). Such exclusive series as Uncharted and Killzone have proven that PS3 has more graphics juice, but you just need to know how to use it. If Sony had managed to make their platform friendlier for the developers like 360, it might have reached it's full potential far earlier.

Wait, why has this turned into a PS3 vs. 360 discussion again?

[Leegion]

I was just stating that I had no idea why people try to compare consoles.

Anywho, sucks for the German 360 gamers, I've always had 1 outlook on things that get "banned" and that is "No one person has the right to say what we can and can't do", that's my point on the whole ban thing. I never listen to the government, they're just like us, except they have their heads up their asses. Just keep jumping in Germany, don't let anyone push you around because the governments of the world have no right to tell you what you can and can't do.

[MattStar]

Sorry, didn't mean to start a system war. What I meant was that this will (likely) never effect me, and I'm entertained by others demise.

If PS3 were banned in Germany I might take this news more seriously.

[Higashi89]

Well, I don't know about you guys, but certainly there will be a LOT of german PS3 fanboys and theu have a reason, a reason called "Motorola" ¬¬

[RAiDeN-209]

To be honest I've never really understood the whole Sony/Microsoft fanboy bs. A little history lesson, the 360 came out in 2005, the PS3 came out in 2007. Take that into account and you have to wonder why the PS3 isn't a hell of a lot more graphically advanced than the 360. Both systems look almost identical when playing games on them. PS3 had 2 extra years in dev, so why isn't it superior?

Actually the PS3 was released less than a year after the 360. Plus, it is superior in many aspects, and graphics don't improve that much in a matter of a year. Either way, console wars are ridiculous since it's solely opinion thrown out as fact.

That sucks for people in Germany, though.

[mchapra]

Actually, On closer look the PS3 and 360 have very similar capabilities. It's mostly because no one understands how to develop for the latter.

Plus this shouldn't be surprising, German courts take this patent bullshit seriously.