I had both an Xbox and PS3 at one time, but due to financial situations at the time, I had to sell them. I’m looking to buy another console for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edtion v. 2012 (a mouthful…) and Street Fighter x Tekken. Which console should I pick up? If it matters, I still have my TE-S. It’s an Xbox stick. I’m also picking up an Asus VH236H (the EVO monitor and standard tournament fair). If you take other games (non-fighting) into consideration, I play all of them on my Macbook (yes, the macs can play games w/ bootcamp). Mostly Skyrim, Mass Effect series, Fallout series, TF2, Portal 2, etc… I even have AE on my macbook. AE runs at 60 frames and smoothly, but the resolution is low. I’m also afraid I won’t be able to run SFxT on it. (Plus it doesn’t come out until May for PC anyways)
PS3 Pros:
- Tournament Standard (only Majors it seems like…)
- No paying for online
PS3 Cons:
- Worse netcode (PSN)
- Only a few of my friends play on PSN
- My stick is Xbox. I’d have to dual mod it with a ChImp ($35+ installation)
Xbox Pros:
- Superior netcode (XBL)
- Most of my friends play on XBL
- My stick is plug-and-play already.
Xbox Cons:
- Not tournament standard (But I see a lot of local tournies being run on Xbox. Even some streamed stuff like WNF)
- $60 a year for XBL