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More PS3 Words From the Horse's Mouth
Game|Life had the chance to sit down with Ken Kutaragi, Phil Harrison, and Kaz Hirai; Chris Kohler has some details on things left unsaid at the PS3 conference. From the article: "Q: You're the head of Sony's worldwide development studios. What the hell is up with that Africa game? A: Video games have a function in life, and that is: wish fulfillment. You can become a mercenary, a fighter pilot. On PS3, we can expand the realm of that experience. Africa allows you to experience a very interesting part of the world, a safari in the plains of Africa. The gameplay is entirely non-violent. You don't kill the animals. It emphasizes the positives rather than the negatives. It's about collecting experiences and keeping them for posterity."
Sure. Basically it comes down to frame rate and detail. A number of the heavier 360 games can't always maintain their frame rates and also don't look as good as the PS3 games. MotorStorm is a great example of this. It has incredible detail and great backgrounds as well as solid effects all around. And not a single frame lost that I could see. Not even when things got hairy. Everything pretty much looks like a cutscene...
This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the 360. Realistically, if the games end up being better (in terms of gameplay and not graphics) on the 360 then that's the way to go. It's still early in and who knows how the platforms will develop, but as it stands, the PS3 appears to be the more technically advanced platform, but also for twice the price (clearly all the budget for which is not soley spent (squandered?) on the Blu-Ray drive).
On the sales front, ya, the 360 is dead in Japan. But to their credit MS is giving it the old college try. They had a huge booth and I heard they are planning to re-release (3rd time?) with a new Akira Toriyama (Mr. Dragonball) game, whose name escapes me at the moment (Dragon Quest Blue maybe).