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CNN's Game Over On The 360
An anonymous reader writes "CNN's Chris Morris has taken a look at Microsoft's new system. He calls the system 'good, but not great' in a fairly lengthy, well thought out piece. The article also has an amusing gallery of rejected prototype designs." From the article: "Admittedly, tastes vary - so you could easily find a game out this month that's a 'must have' for you. (We'll have a closer look at the launch games early next week.) But if you're looking for something that's ground breaking and sets the trend for the system (as 'Halo' did with the original Xbox), you're not going to find it."
With PC's comes an assumption of technical knowledge. Not only that, but the games, themselves, come with central servers to organize and report on the current games. This also means that the computers, themselves, can host reliable games.
PS simply can't do this right now. The structure is horrid and finding games can be impossible unless you know people who host them.
Using online capabilities between the PS and X-Box are very different, and X-Box has a CLEAR edge. They are concentrating on using it, while Sony appears to be ignoring the importance of it.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
The xbox which has been out for four years with a hard drive hasn't had a virus.
Why would there be an concern abotu virus infiltration? The PS3 would have the same problem if (and ps2) by your logic with the exception it would be network centric but still a threat.