In current games, 360 ports to the PS3 are terrible. Example: Madden 08 runs at 60fps on the 360, 30fps on the PS3. However, PS3 ports to the 360 result in higher quality 360 games, such as Virtua Fighter, which is one of the few 360 games that can natively run in 1080p.
In terms of games, the 360 has a larger current library of 360 games. I'm pretty sure the 80gb PS3 has a larger library than the 360 overall, when you consider it plays ~85% of PS2 games + ~100% of PS1 games. The 40GB PS3 plays no PS2 games, but plays ~100% of PS1 games. (The 360s with the harddrive also plays some Xbox 1 games once you download the patch)
I'd like to point out the fanboy comment #2, who states that the harddrive in the 360 is larger. It is not, except in the 360 Elite which has a 120gb drive. The Premium has a 20gb harddrive, and the Arcade has a 256mb memory card. However, the PS3 has a user upgradeable harddrive rather than a proprietary $100 20gb drive. So if you get a 360, don't get the Arcade. It's kind of a gimped model unless you want to buy a lot of memory cards for all your DLC.
In terms of reliability, the PS3 is better than the 360. PS3's failure rate is at under 2%, whereas the current offerings of 360s are at about 16%, according to an insurance company that has to pay for repairs (like the extended warranties you buy from Gamestop. Somebody has to fund them). The original batch of 360s had failure rates in excess of 33%.
In online play, it's debatable. The 360 charges for online multiplayer, which is free on the PC, Wii, and PS3. However, they do offer services such as enhanced matchmaking. The 360 also offers achievements, which I must say are quite fun. People do become obsessed with those, and freely give away their account information for people to farm more points (stupid, in multiple ways). Just pointing that out before you're tempted for someone to "boost your gamerscore" just by giving him your username/password. People can very easily steal credit card information once they log into your account.
The PS3 will have the features of the 360's dashboard, along with "trophies" (can't call them achievements), by Summer 2008.
Also, the PS3 has a Bluray player built in, allowing you to watch Full HD movies. The 360 had a HD DVD drive which is now $50 since HD DVD is dead. MS has announced no plans to offer a Bluray 360 add-on. PS3 includes wifi; the 360 has a $100 wifi add on.
So it's really whether you want to have a wide variety (and by that I mean FPS/sports/racing since other genres for the 360 are still mediocre. There's a few gems, but the GotY candidates are from the above genres) of games now or wait for the future potential of the PS3. Those games get better by leaps and bounds, whereas the 360 is limited by the DVD9 capacity. Metal Gear Solid 4, if it came to the 360, would be 6 or 7 DVDs long. Also, search for Resistance: Fall of Man screenshots, and then screenshots from Resistance 2. That's the leap between 1st generation games and 2nd generation games. Imagine further in the future. The PS3 may not have many games now, but this year alone there are going to be over 180 titles released on the system (including multiplatform).
So you're either buying for the now (360) or for the future (PS3). Take your pick.
As for which is better, that's going to depend on you. The console that plays the games you want to play is the one you should buy.
For me, thats the 360. Better selection of games, better exclusive titles, better online service.
The PS3's biggest advantages right now are its blu-ray player, and free online play. It has a lot of games lined up for this year, but it remains to be seen if they'll actually be any good (same as any unreleased game.)
and theyr almsot the same but the 360 is like 1% better because its a little bit darker which make it more look realistic.....
anyway the ps3 has a better hardware..... i hope developer will utilize it before the new PS gen comes :P
Because the tech. is newer and all is 1080p
PS3 will win the console war, no doubt. Xbox 360 and Wii are so weak from technological point of view, that in couple of years they won't be capable of dealing with serious graphics. GTA IV, for instance, isn't even announced for Wii - this toy won't be able to cope with the game's requirements. Xbox 360 is getting GTA IV, however, the game is going to be released on several DVDs - Xbox 360 owners will have to interrupt gaming process and switch discs (Rockstar complained about this issue). Only PS3 will have it on single BD-DVD.
Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:
1). A third of XBOX 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%. Despite some people say, that new 360 has no breakdown issues - just visit Xbox section of Yahoo answers and see for yourself an amount of complaints.
2). PS3 has 7 kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3.
3). PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 25 (single layer) and dual layer 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual layer DVD-9 (8.5GB). It's possible to get HD-DVD (max. - 30GB) for 360, but it'll cost you around 50$. Besides, HD-DVD had lost the format war with Blu-ray. Toshiba had stopped to manufacture them, Microsoft too.
4). Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
5). PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in 4 slots card reader (except 20GB and 40GB versions), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
6). PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
7). PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $
8). From the first technical sight - graphics are stronger in 360 (it has a stronger graphics chip - Xenos), BUT PS3 can use it's Cell CPU for graphics too, which gives you better graphics in total. PS3 uses a weaker RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. RSX runs on 550 Mhz. It's difficult to compare their graphics, because 360 has a video chip with totally different structure and operating memory is divided differently in both consoles. Xbox isn't that versatile in dividing tasks between CPU and GPU as PS3. That's why PS3 exclusives look better than 360's exclusives.
9). Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 15 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it. That's why in some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".
10). Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.
11). In 2008 PS3 will get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4, The Agent and other great exclusives. Here is the good link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......
12). PS3 online is free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.
13). There were reports, that 360 scratches discs. No reports on that in PS3.
14). The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console. Biggest games weigh only 25 GB (Xbox 360 will need more than 3 discs even for those).
15). On PS3 you can install other OS, such as Linux Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and others. Sony officially lets you do it. There is no such thing in 360.
16). PS3 HDD can be replaced easily with any 2.5" SATA 5400 RPM HDD (used in laptops). 250 GB will cost you around 170$. In 360 you have to buy exclusive HDD, where 20GB will cost you 100$.
17).Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. Also Sony reduces price now. There is a cheaper 40GB version of PS3.
18).Sony constantly upgrades PS3 software (free updates for OS) - you get new functions and improvements.
19). PS3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. Wii has it, Xbox 360 - doesn't. PS3 is getting rumble controller (Dualshock 3) on 15.04.2008, Japan already has it. On www.ebay.com I saw those controllers on sale 50$ and up (unofficial import).
20).On PS3 you can help sick people by running Folding Home project. Wii and Xbox 360 didn't even think about it.
21).New 40GB is 399$ or 399 euro (depends on the region) - it has no backwards compatibility with PS2 games, has 2 USBs instead of 4, no built-in card reader, but it's the same PS3, strong, reliable, less noisy, different cooling system. The price is friendly.
22). But, to be just, I'm not a PS3 fanboy, so (despite I own one) hear this - PS3 games (exclusives) are very hard to develop due to complicated Cell's architecture. We have to wait till developers will figure out how to develop games properly. Sometimes multiplatform games run not so good on PS3 due to the same developing issues - it's hard for developers to get a grip on such advanced technologies.
I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it. Leave it for kindergarten and casual games.
Sources:
www.teamxbox.com
www.kotaku.com
www.qj.net
www.ign.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.newegg.com
www.ps3fanboy.com
www.ebay.com
and many other sources.
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