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Comparing the PS3 and 360

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the apples-and-oranges dept.

Yahoo! Games is running a piece comparing the PS3 and 360. They look at the hardware, software, and HD offerings for Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles. From the article: "Unlike the last generation, where Sony clearly held a commanding lead, the next generation of gaming is going to be a much closer race between the behemoths of Microsoft and Sony. Though there were many skeptics last fall, the past eight months have shown the Xbox 360 to be a very capable system and more than powerful enough to challenge the PlayStation 3. Microsoft also believes it will have 10 million units in the global marketplace before Sony even leaves the gate. So the question becomes: Which system do you buy?"

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  1. This is pointless! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The PS3 is vaporware until it hits final production status in the ramp up to release. Let's compare today's Honda Civic hyrbrid with the future hyrbrid offerings of GM based on speculation of performance values pulled out of someone's ass! huzzah! Look! Honda wins! But GM catches up well! Full story on Dvorak's blog tomorrow!

  2. One word... by no_opinion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wii!

  3. Which One? Simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The one with the most impressive "jiggle physics" in Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2

  4. From the article by jugglerjon · · Score: 5, Funny

    This means that unless you pre-order, chances are good the only place you'll be able to find the PlayStation 3 in November is on eBay (at an insanely high cost)

    So they'll have them at retail cost?

  5. The one by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 4, Funny

    That renders GTA4 in the best possible fidelity with the least possible load-times and disk swaps.

    Unless they release it for the Wii with nunchuck controller support for the baseball bat. Then all bets are off.
    But I'm not holding my breath - because - well, I like oxygen...

    Chainsaws and 1080p. Mmmmmmmalllllarghhhhdrool.

  6. Re:No blu-ray by harrkev · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This assumes that one WANTS to buy blu-ray. I, for one, do not welcome our HDCP overlords that come riding in on the back of HDMI.

    Thanks, but I'll pass for this lifetime.

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  7. Re:No blu-ray by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This makes sense if:

    1. You can afford $600
    2. You have an HD tv
    3. You are in the market for a game console
    4. There is a catalog of available movies for BR
    5. You are in the market for a HD video player

    I think a very small segment of the population fits these criteria. Personally I would only buy a PS3 to use as a video player if I knew for a fact that BR would be the winner. BR could bomb and you would have to go buy a standalone HD-DVD video player anyway.

  8. Don't bother with TFA... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article is next to useless if you've done any reading about the PS3 or 360 in the last year; you'll know it all anyway. You can basically sum up the advantage of the PS3 over the Xbox is that the Bluray drive is able to store quite a bit more data. The 360 does have the advantage of a mature on-line experience with Xbox Live, besides the price advantage.

    There is a much better article at Ars Technica that goes into a little more detail about the visual differences from the point of a game developer. Visually, what does a game designer say the difference is going to be between a 360 and the PS3? None. Hardware wise, the 360 and PS3 are actually pretty evently matched, and considering that there are still going to be a lot of cross platform games even if one machine had a decided advantage over the other game studios aren't going to push that advantage given the time and cost involved in just getting a game out the door in the first place.

    According to game developers, side by side you aren't going to be able to see a difference between the two systems playing the same game. Pretty much what I expected.

  9. Re:No blu-ray by masklinn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because Blu-Ray will go the way Betamax went and you'll end up with a useless Blu-Ray player that you'll have to replace every 6 months cause it'll be as reliable as the PS2's DVD player?

    (and 25GB per layer? Who cares when the access times and transfer speed don't even reach DVD's. )

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  10. Easy answer by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which ever one has the games you like.

    If you like western style games (very easy FPS, racing, movie tie-ins) get an XBOX 360. If you like Japanese style games (difficult RPGs, 2D/3D fighting games, anime tie-ins) get a PS3.

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