Can you bring a PS3 and/or a 360 on an airplane?

Question

My fiancee is coming over to live with me and he is currently in California. He wants to bring his PS3 and 360 but he doesn't think he will be able to bring it along. Do you know if he can or can't?

Answer 1

While there is no perfect system, each system has its strong points.

PS3: Pros

- Super reliable (0.2% breakdown rate)

- Overall better graphics capabilities

- predicted 10 year life span

- Cheapest and best bluray player

Cons:

-Not as many games right now

-More expensive entry price

360: Pros

-wide variety of good games right now

-cheaper entry cost

-Xbox live

Cons:

-Xbox live is not free ($50 per year)

-no HD movie player

-accessories add up $

-breaks down alot (over 30% break) Yes microsoft replaces the broken ones for free, but i would rather be playing games than wait for my system in the mail.

I had to make the same decision a few months back and I got a ps3. The 360 has better games now, but the PS3 will catch up. (Just compare how many games were on the PS2 vs. original XBOX)The PS3 has a very strong game lineup in late 2008 - 2009. The 360 came out a year before the PS3 and it seems like it is just coasting on the lead it established instead of actually trying to develop more games. The PS3 is more future proof, has better graphics capabilities. The PS3 has 7 core CPU units, the 360 has just 4.

Cost is also an issue, the 360 system is cheaper than the PS3, but Xbox nickels and dimes everything. $100 wireless network adapter, $20 rechargeable controller battery packs, 120GB hard drives for $180, $50 per year for x-box live. Wireless headsets for the 360 are $60.

PS3 has built in wireless and battery packs, free online, and you can use your existing external hard drive on a PS3 (or you can buy 300GB hard drives for around $150). Bluetooth headsets can be bought for as cheap as $20. Plus built in Blueray player.

By the time you buy all the necessary accessories, the 360 is going to be much more expensive, and it isn't even the superior system. Why pay more for something that isn't as good?

There is also the performance issue. The 360 is currently using about 80% of its potential. Games for the 360 have little room for improvement. On the other hand, the PS3 is using about 30% of its potential so it has a lot of room to grow. Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PS3 has better graphics than ANY 360 game and MGS4 is not even made by Sony. (In other words, Sony makes the best looking games on the PS3, Nintendo makes the best looking games on the Wii, and Microsoft makes the best looking games on the 360) Things can only get better for the PS3.

Even if you are not into watching HD movies, the blue ray discs allow a lot more data to be stored on them. (Xbox 360 discs have 9GB of memory on them; Bluray has 50GB and could go up to 200GB)

Can you imagine how awesome a game like Grand Theft Auto would be if it used the full 50GB instead of being crammed onto a 9GB disc like Grand Theft Auto 4 was? The map would be so big and awesome.

Finally, Sony has said that the PS3 will have a 10 year life span. This means that the PS3 still has over 8 more great years of fun left in it. Microsoft has never specifically given a lifespan for the 360 but it will probably be 5 - 6 years (since that is a typical life cycle for a system and the 360 is already at 80% potential). That means, in just 2 - 3 years Microsoft will stop making the 360 and jam a new expensive console down peoples throats. You want proof, almost right after the 360 came out, the orignal xbox stopped being made. Sony on the other hand, kept making PS1s for several years after the PS2's came out, and they have kept making the PS2's even though the PS3 has come out.

You should get a PS3 because once you do, your friends will see how awesome it is and sell their 360’s.

Here is a list of games for each system.

Xbox360 out now:

Halo 3

Gears of War

Mass Effect

Bioshock

Lost Odyssey

Forza

Blue Dragon

360 Future:

Gears of War 2

Halo Wars

Fable 2

Infinite Undiscovery

Too Human

PS3 out now:

Uncharted Drakes Fortune

Motorstorm

Metal Gear Solid 4!!!!

Heavenly Sword

Resistance

Folklore

Future PS3:

Socom: Confrontation

Resistance 2

Killzone 2

MAG

FF13 Versus

Little Big Planet

Gran Turismo 5

Infamous

Bioshock (yes it was on the 360 first)

ICO Project

God Of War

Metal Gear Online

As you can see the 360 has more good games right now, but the PS3 has a lot more great games coming out in the future.

Both Systems have great games like Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Devil May Cry 4.In the future both will also have Soul Calibur 4,Call of Duty: World at War, Rock Band 2, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy 13 and Star Wars Force Unleashed.

Sorry this is so long, I just hate it when people give one line answers like “Get a PS3, they RULE”

Answer 2

yes you can

They will let you keep it with you in the plane if you just keep the devices in a decent size bag. There should be no problem

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( I have cousins who bring them all the time on airplane from Las Vegas)

Answer 3

I am assuming you mean bring with you and not play on the actual plane. Yes you can bring the consoles as baggage, but be sure to cushion them very well as the bagboys are known to throw the baggage around quite a bit.

If you were wondering if you could play them during the flight, there is neither an electrical outlet nor a television to hook them up to, so no.

Answer 4

Yes you can you will just have to wait till the pilot tells you,u can bring out electronic devices.