Hey guys

Okay so I usually wouldn't be posting this if it was about any other game.. but this is Brink we are talking about, and I have HIGH hopes for this title. My question here is a bit cliche I guess, but I am looking for SERIOUS insight on the matter...

I have been an Xbox 360 owner for several years now, and most my old buddies are on there so it was my primary console up until recently, when I purchased a PS3. I got the PS3 pretty much because..well..it does everything hahah, I enjoy the free internet, built in wireless, blu ray, etc.. however, I find myself occasionally missing my buddies and the scoop over at xbox. Right now it looks like two of my old buddies on xbox plan on getting it, but what is drawing me away from xbox lately is having to go out and buy those darn live cards haha. Now I know with mostly all Multiplatform releases, Xbox seems to be the better route to take, however I noticed the amount of support and backing Splash Damage has put into Brink on the PS3, and I believe they are really making PS3 owners get a really good version of the game rather than a crappy port that most titles get on that console....

My question is (finally I know) as an owner of both consoles which system do you think I should get Brink on? One point of interest I need insight in from the community here is your take on the community of the game based off of each console... Community - Which one will be more receptive to the title, work better as team members, and push the life span of the game to the limits?


Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just would like to get some insight as to which console version you guys think in the long run would cater better to my points of interest. Thanks in advance


PS: I know the PC version will be the best, but my pc just can't handle games of this caliber haha.

the 360 sounds like the best choice it sounds like a lot of people on here have em if im not mistaken if i am sorry but 360 all the way

before posting I did notice the XBOX GMERTAG thingy.. but I didn't see the PS3 one at all.

No worries, really, the only thing drawing me towards the ps3 is the free internet... I know a lot of people on the gamespot forums back in the day (and probably still) would claim that ps3 has more mature casual gamers... but I found just as many annoying young kids bashing me in COD on both consoles haha.

But at the same time Xbox fans will boast they have more hardcoe players.. which would to me mean more teamwork if possible?

I am not trying to start a flame war haha.. just trying to say this is what I have heard and read and I'm sort of basing my decision off similar points.

I would probably say that if you have enough friends getting it for xbox, then you might go with that. But it's your preference. I'm trying to stay away from being so biased to xbox. hahaha. My comp hardly plays TF2 correctly and I don't own a PS3 so I might not be any help. hahaha

Well, thats a good question, you mentioned your friends play the xbox version, which means you should probably go xbox, but it really matters on how much gold membership time is left on your account, and your thoughts on having to pay for the online. But, you could go PS3 and play online for free should you not want to purchase more time on the xbox.

But, overall I'm saying go xbox cause your friends will definitely make a more enjoyable experience.

Get it for the 360. This game is team based game, and in my experience, the PS3 don't have too many players with mics.

Hmm this is getting more evened out as time goes on haha... the mics thing seems to be a problem on ps3 huh? I noticed the PS3 list thread just now and out of 100 something people only like 40 something had mics... that could be an issue.

My account for Xbox live runs out on the 25th of March, I have a free 1 month card I got for sending the xbox in for repairs they gave me a free card, and then I guess I gotta go get one from gamestop afterwards. I was paying with credit card, but we had some fraud issues so I made sure I disclosed that information over live.

I do have a question though, it may be biased, but do you guys really feel that the Xbox version of brink will have a community that suffers from the annoying players in cod and halo on xbox?

I am also getting it for Xbox. I get all my multi-player games there first because thats the platform with more friends on it. Which should be what you base your decision on,brink being team focused and all. Friends and fun outweigh performance issues every time! :hugs:

Just start an Xbox live party and you are good to go. I have not used game chat since MW2 which restricted it,when you can fit your whole team into your party ya don't need it. Cross game chat is the best thing live has ever added EVER. If you do not want to use party chat just mute the douches,its what the cool kids do. B)

@thatkhajiitbock

You have a point there haha.

problem is I think maybe only 2 of the kids I know from school days are getting it, but the buddies and people I met online, probably a lot for sure.


Looking through the ps3 and xbox gamers lists on this forum, seems like its pretty close to evening out in the long run based off the forum.. but do all those xbox gamers have mics? I assume so haha.

Yeah thanks everyone as of now it seems like I will be going for Xbox after all, and just have to svck it up and buy those darn live cards hahah.

But hey, if anyone wants to game at all with anything I'll be posting my tag and psn id in my signature ina moment, I am all about teamwork and having a fun environment to play in (by which I mean friendly to one another), but that doesn't mean I am not competitive

lol. lotsa xbawks owners here. I myself am a PS3 owner. My online buddies/clan are all PS3 gamers, so I am set. but do what you gotta. go where you're friends are. My IRL friends all have Xboxes though, and it doesn't really bother me that I don't always get to play with my IRL friends.

I have online friends to play with. Sure it isn't the same thing, but it works.

I'm really hoping that it won't have the annoying cod/halo-esk community. My guess is that it will have a few annoying kids, but definatly not to the extent of CoD or Halo.

Sadly no matter which system you get any game for there will always be that group whose idea of "fun" comes at the expense of everyone else. The 8-12 year old kids who like to talk trash and cuss everyone out, and sing/yell into the mic at the most inopportune moments. The 12-18 year old teenagers who cheat and use the cheapest setups possible just because it's an easy way to win. Those are the kind of people I'm talking about, but in BRINK I think they will be a minority at best. From what I have seen there really just isn't any room for that play style, not if you want to be on the top.

That being said you should base your choice of system on which one you would have the most fun with - if you have friends on both, then pick whichever you feel more comfortable playing with. The whole "not having a mic" thing won't be as much of an issue as it would be in CoD due to the automated voice chat that is used to request ammo, health, etc.

I have a friend who used 1 month codes that you get from the Microsoft published games,he never paid for live for over a year. There forums where people post 1 months all over the net(especially xbox fan forums) so it should not be too much of an issue.

@Orin - I hear you, I personally have found myself in a situation where the online buddies on both consoles are pretty similar for me, but my real life friends seem to be more on xbox, and all plan on getting Brink I believe.

@Whalecore - I think after hearing the post about xbox live party chat, that sort of changed how I feel now as well. Its a great innovation to allow us to cancel out the annoying cod and halo childrens haha.


But what do you all think in terms of the longevity in the game based off the community on each console? Is that even a viable issue to bring up?

If you have friends who are going to be playing Brink, get it on 360. If they stop playing, or aren't all that active, you still have a perfectly viable offline mode. If it winds up unlikely that your friends will be getting it, then go for PS3 for the fact that it was the lead platform and you won't have to sacrifice online play (or pay for it at least).


MAG has 9,000 likes on FB. It's smallest game mode is 64, whereas it's largest is 256. It requires about 3/4 the players to start up a match. Over a year since release, there's ALWAYS games running and theres only really downtime when US/UK are offline.

Brink has 65,000 likes on FB months before release. It can only have 16 players per match. I think it's safe to assume that any community will be able to support the game a while.

Oh wow..I totally spaced party chat, which is stupid because I use it all the time to keep myself from having to listen to little brats while I'm playing Black Ops with my friends. haha

It is true PS3 gets shafted all the time, Brink has even stated something about PS3 being one of their focuses or something like that AKA it won't get shafted this time. I have a PS3 and I say you should get it on PS3 because for once Microsoft has not paid through the nose to make XBOX better than PS3; no offense to any XBOX players but frankly that is what happens and it is actually better to have that than a superior system when you get ported junk all the time.

@Immoral Saint - That is a good point I forgot about that! Hmm, well I have become pretty familiar with both now, considering I was pretty much raised off sony products for the longest time, and xbox for the past few years, which made the decision even harder hahah.

@thatkhajiitbock - For real? People don't get in trouble for all of this? I was watching Attack of the Show last week and they reported that Microsoft discovered something like 1.5 million dollars in fraudulent Microsoft Point distribution hahahah I was laughing so hard.. Don't quote me on that the numbers might be different, but they were somewhere in the millions haha.

@Super Pangolin
@fingerknitter

- I wasn't entirely sure if the PS3 was their main focus, I did notice 90% of the gameplay I saw footage was in the PS3 though, and I just assumed it was to show us all that they are focusing just as much on the PS3 version as the Xbox 360.

Three words POST RELEASE SUPPORT,games with a lot of dlc to buffer the community will have a ubiquitous increase in player base but at reasonable value. Bethesda know's the power of post downloadable content,Pete Hines did an OXM(like we do not have enough xbox stuff already) interview about it. I will go look around for it then post the link.
http://www.oxm.co.uk/26471/oblivions-horse-armour-still-sells-today/ itunes is a [censored] nightmare

There is some video interview somewhere where this one guy gives that lead guy from Brink a stupid WWE wrestling belt and he is dressed up like a gangster and in there he only mentions ps3 as a hardcoe focus (first time ever for ps3; I shed a tear).

Those were created because of an error discovered with MS points and the ones online are the unused codes in game cases. Like the ones that physically come with the game. EX:Buy halo in halo case is 1 month card.

Wow how about that, I am happy as a gamer and newly found lover for PS3 to see that!

And yes DLC - definitely true, I think its a safe assumption to say both consoles should be met with reasonable support from the community for a long time.

Just talked to a few friends, they are all getting it on xbox, and seem pretty excited for it... sort of leaning towards this option now... as long as xbox won't be neglected by the devs!

I mean, since is their main focus though, the xbox version shouldn't fall behind though will it? Sort of like how Batman: AA was generally an even tie for both consoles?

Xbox will never fall behind - Microsoft makes too much money off of it through subscription costs.