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The competition is harder on XBOX.  I always feel bad for PS3 players when I play it on my nephew's PS3.

Performance wise, it seems to be about the same.  Same problems with lag, etc.

If your friends are playing on XBOX, sure grab a cheapy from the pawn shop.  Otherwise, I would say no.

I've got it for both consoles and there is virtually no difference in the gameplay, it lags on both, not all the time but it is noticeable.

What I will say though is that the game definately looks better on the Xbox, try and convince your friend to come to your house with his Xbox and set up a temporary account to try it, a lot of games come with a 48hr Xbox live trial code these days.

It might be worth it you could save yourself some money bearing in mind the next gen consoles will be out around Xmas time.

Hope this helps.

I started off playing CoD2 and 3 on my buddies xbox in college. I like the system but was too cheap to pay for the xbl each year! I have a PS3 slim (~3 years old). I am holding out for the new consoles and I will make my choice then, not now.

I bought my first 360 for CoD4. I've also owned a PS3 since then. As soon as I became accustom to the xbox controller I could not play games on the PS3 anymore. If it wasn't for blu-ray my ps3 would just be collecting dust. Oh wait, it does that anyway.

I dont have "much" lag iissues. Every game will run smooth, then ill get into a bad one. Not often though. I may be wrong but I think xbox users get the dlc stuff before the ps3 people. Which is a little perk.

Dear Dan,

I am afraid that there is a quite substantial difference between the game's playability on both consoles.  The PS3 version, in my opinion, should not have been released in the state in which it resides currently - it is my opinion that this game is not fit for purpose on the PS 3 - it is defective.  I have previously logged an issue with technical support, and have yet to receive any kind of response - except for the removal of my post in one of the forums.  In fairness, it is still within the technical support one (unfortunately, hardly anybody reads that forum).

Anyway, following is what I posted - I hope it helps to answer your question.

Kind regards,

FunnySpaceBear

:-)

My original post...

Severe lag, poor frame rate isssues black Ops 2 Playstation 3 / PS 3 - moved to Xbox 360.

Posted by FunnySpaceBear on 19-Jan-2013 06:44

Note: this is about xBox and PS3 so I will post it in both forums.

Dear Activision,

During the festive period I committed to purchasing Black Ops 2 for the PS3 / Playstation 3.  I was initially very impressed with the work that you had produced. However, as time progressed (a matter of minutes) I begun to discover the following problems with Black Ops 2 on my PS3 / Playstation 3.

1.  On the map Carrier, if I were to look towards the centre of the map, in which is located a burning jet, the frame rate drops dramatically, especially when turning around.  If my character spins around slowly, it is possible to see the image start to jerk. I have also noticed this issue within the Turbine map.  If I stand toward the bottom of the map (near to the pick-up truck) and look upwards (I.e. along the shaft of the fallen turbine) I again notice a significant drop in frame rate when turning left and right.  This drop in frame rate makes targeting an enemy extremely difficult, it creates a barrier to being able to play the map effectively.

2.  This point is something of which I expect you are already aware.  The network latency is making the playability of this game significantly more challenging than I believe it should be at this point in time.  For example, there are times when my character is shot when behind cover (I.e. shot even after the character has turned a corner), yet when the killcam shows the shot, I am still in clear sight.  This inevitably makes the competition more about a lack of network interference/lag than it does about skill.  At other times, I appear to be invincible - I would imagine that my opponent is at that poor end of the connection at this point.

As a result of the abovementioned issues, and a lack of a fix/acknowledgment that Black Ops 2 on the PS 3 suffers crom these problems, I decided to buy an Xbox 360 so that I may enjoy the game - as I believe it has amazing potential (and I had read many articles stating that a lot of these issues do not exist on the Xbox 360).  I am quite fortunate on being able to do this, as I had been saving up to buy one for some time..  Anyway, long story short, the game on the xBox plays much better, the difference might be described as night and day - someone might even say that the PS 3 version of Black Ops 2 is not fit for purpose.  Rather than battling against drops in frame rate, I am now more often battling against my opponents within the game.  Unfortunately, there still exists an issue with lag on this console too. :-(.

I have since purchased the Revolution pack on my Xbox 360, which looks really good.  Unfortunately, I had previously bought it on the PS3 / Playstation 3.  As the product has not been released, would it be possible to obtain a refund for the Revolution pack on the PS 3, as I now longer Play Black Ops 2 on the Playstation 3, due to it being overly difficult to play because of the problems listed above.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this request/question.  I sincerely hope that you nail that issues being experienced by end users of the game, as it is clear that it has the potential to be one of the best first person games out there.  Congratulations for the parts of the game that work without issues - just need to nail down the other bits now.

Thanks,

xbox is better than ps3 but more of a rip off price wise, if you have the coin to spend get a flashy gaming PC which is what I'll be doing when the next gen consoles roll out

I wouldn't buy it for Black ops 2. Waste of money with this laggy game.

With the scheduled release of a new console this year I would forgo any purchase if you have means to play already.

It would be interesting to see how everyone's experience on their console has been during the "Double XP" weekend.

its hard to justify buying any console for one game, unless that game is grand theft auto

Thanks To the makers of this tripe for making this a double points this weekend !

     Really unhappy now !  I can not get a good game at the best of times, now I have to compete with the influx of users making this impossible to play ! Lag and extremely poor hit detection make this a nightmare !

I guess I will have to stay off line untill the week end is over ! Why did I buy this game, the X-box, Gold membership, big pond Internet and the elite membership if I can not play it ? I am temped to send back the game and the elite membership for a demanded refund !