Just to show I'm not a PS3 Fanboy lol ...

Playstation 3 vs. XBOX 360 - One Year Later

November 20 Carl Nelson

It has been exactly 1 year to the day since we published our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 article, written for us by a friend of mine who is a lead programmer for a game company working on all three consoles (and PC).

His conclusion was a controversial one at the time. That the XBOX 360 pretty much owned in every category; price, performance, graphics, and game selection.

However, a lot can change in a year. Both consoles saw price drops, and firmware updates have the potential to improve both gaming and non-gaming features. Developers have had time to ‘learn’ the intricacies of the PS3, and several new exclusive titles have been released for both.

Conclusion

Recently I received an email from someone, asking if I still “stand by” our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 review. He asked if the PS3 became better in the past year.

I think after looking back a year, more than anything the statements we made were justified. The Playstation 3 didn’t get much better in a year, and in fact the hardware got worse with each revision. It started out with full PS2 backwards compatibility, and now it has none at all. It started out with SACD support, and now it doesn’t support it at all.

However, it also got better in many ways; more than anything, it’s an excellent multimedia hub. With multiple video format support (and DivX AVI support coming), and the ability to stream to the PSP, it’s clearly superior in that regard. Furthermore, it’s a better home video player, since it not only has a better interface for such things, but it doesn’t sound like a jet engine taking off.

But in the past year, we haven’t seen a single HUGE title drop for the PS3. The closest thing is a very good platformer/shooter with excellent graphics. Instead, exclusive games get delayed (MGS4), or end up failing miserably (Lair), or do not live up to expectations (Heavenly Sword).

Multiplatform games continued to be developed on the XBOX 360, then ported to the PS3. I’m sure that developers aim for simultaneous releases in most cases, but this rarely happens. When the PS3 versions of the games do come out, they often suffer from low framerates and poor image quality.

As of now, there is only one multiplatform game being developed on the PS3 later to be ported to 360, and that’s Haze. Update: Haze is now going to be PS3-exclusive. We’ll see how things go with that in a few weeks. I have heard that Unreal Tournament 3 is looking real good on PS3 too, although I’m sure that’s more of a case of Epic’s confidence that they can knock out an XBOX 360 version in a short period of time. The only major issue they are likely to come across is mod compatibility on the 360.

There will always be the speculation that the Playstation 3’s performance will increase; that it is only a matter of time. After all, we saw that happen with both the PS1 and PS2. Since Sony’s systems are powerful yet inherently difficult to work with, this always seems to happen. However, in the year since its release, the only titles to really WOW us graphics-wise are two Sony-published games, Heavenly Sword and Ratchet & Clank.

Sony has yet to catch up with XBOX 360 in terms of online features, although Home has interesting potential. We’ll have to wait and see if it is feasible as an online interface, or just a silly gimmick. This is one area where we should at least see the PS3 get some vast improvements in the years to come.

So do I stand by our statements we made last year? Absolutely. I’m happy that we were ‘proven right’ in the events of the past year. Do I think XBOX 360 is clearly the better console to buy? Not by a long shot. Each console has their own advantages and disadvantages. Read through this article, and you should be aware of most of them. From there, you can decide which one is right for you.

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SOURCE: http://www.hardcoreware.net/playstation-3-vs-xbox-360-one-year-later/

360 FTW !!!!! lmfaooooo

bjyounggotti wrote:360 FTW !!!!! lmfaooooo

read the full article... depends on if you want 'just' a gaming system or a multimedia center ... the article makes a lot of great points for both systems ... and as much as i miss my XBox360 exclusives i couldnt trade them for Resistance 1&2 or Metal Gear Solid 4 for that matter

gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

bjyounggotti wrote:gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

yea but a sweet gaming pc will run you close to 10 grand... if you want all those bells and whistles that is

yea true but PC is for media like movies n music n stuff and 360 is for games i think the biggest game i played on pc is GTA san andreas not too big on pc games except some MMO's ( STar WArs Galaxies , CIty of Heroes ) and San Andreas thats about it

Detroit313734 wrote:

bjyounggotti wrote:gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

yea but a sweet gaming pc will run you close to 10 grand... if you want all those bells and whistles that is

wtf u on... u crazy.... a gaming pc dont cost no where near 10 grand.... ever heard of newegg.com???

bjyounggotti wrote:yea true but PC is for media like movies n music n stuff and 360 is for games i think the biggest game i played on pc is GTA san andreas not too big on pc games except some MMO's ( STar WArs Galaxies , CIty of Heroes ) and San Andreas thats about it

the PS3 is a Multimedia Hub... im not big on PC games either... but i use my PC to get movies and its great saving them to the 250GB drive in my PS3... i dont even use my dvd slot unless its a game...

DJ UnReaL wrote:

Detroit313734 wrote:

bjyounggotti wrote:gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

yea but a sweet gaming pc will run you close to 10 grand... if you want all those bells and whistles that is

wtf u on... u crazy.... a gaming pc dont cost no where near 10 grand.... ever heard of newegg.com???

i said with all the bells and whistles... the top of the top of the line... the best lcd HD screens (up to 4)... 4 drives of 1.5TB ... i could go on lol...

but you will get a decent gaming PC for about $1500 or less now a days

bjyounggotti wrote:gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

i just reread that i mean i want a system for gaming..... 360 can be a multimedia hub too minus the internet browser (there is ways to mod 360 HDD just like PS3) also i just stream all my movies and music from my pc to my 360 with my router

bjyounggotti wrote:

bjyounggotti wrote:gaming i got a pc for all the rest of it honestly and in todays day almost everyone has a PC so yea 360 FTW !!!!!

i just reread that i mean i want a system for gaming..... 360 can be a multimedia hub too minus the internet browser (there is ways to mod 360 HDD just like PS3) also i just stream all my movies and music from my pc to my 360 with my router

but you cant stream good in HD ... and you have to mod your XBox360 to save movies to its hard drive ... ps3 also browses the web out the box ... mail, google, youtube, social networking sites all work online on ps3 out the box too ... its a greater multimedia hub than the 360... but the 360 does have a lot more games to offer

yea true thats why i said i have a pc for all the rest besides gaming but i do see your point on having one and i too plan to get one down the line just to have one (ps3 and wii are probably the 2 sony / ninetendo systems i dont have )

bjyounggotti wrote:yea true thats why i said i have a pc for all the rest besides gaming but i do see your point on having one and i too plan to get one down the line just to have one (ps3 and wii are probably the 2 sony / ninetendo systems i dont have )

i had a Wii also... but before all the newer games and online capabilities were implemented... but its better for younger kids or people who play games for fun... not for the competition... but it was fun as hell lol

Wii is for Kids...

DJ UnReaL wrote:Wii is for Kids...

most definitely is... but that shit was fun lol

true but gamecube was labeled as " for kids " untill The released Resident Evil Remake for it and it looked better than ps2 ..then they dropped Metal Gear SOlid Twin Snakes , HItman and mad other stuff well see if Wii goes that route too