Today I read an article from Electronic Theater. It concerned the state of the PS3, financially within the industry. Recently Activision complained that if Sony did not drop the price of the system, they would remove support from both PS3, and PSP. Personally I think Activision, as well as other companies want development cost cut for the PS3. That is understandable. With Sony pulling dead last in these so called console wars. And we all know just how lazy we can be sometimes. Easier is always better. RIGHT?!? Well that’s what so many believe. Anyway, I’m here to set the record on this whole X Box 360 vs. PlayStation debate. First off I have both systems and they are both great. I am here on behalf of my PS3. time and again price and quality of the the two systems. What ever your preference is, I’m not here to dispute that. Only to show that truly the systems aren’t very different. We just think that they are.The differences are there and they do set the machines apart. But the core of the systems do the same things.
PS3: Blu-Ray: Allowing for true high def games. More disc space. And Blu-ray playback. Upgradable hard drive up to 500 GB. I have it in mine. The PSN is free. And the firmware upgrade allowing for Divx video playback. Let me explain this little part. Most of us own DVR’s. I don’t. And I never miss a show. There are places to download TV shows, cartoons ect. After you download them. Transfer the videos to your PS3. And Presto…TV shows to watch at your convenience without a time limit before it deletes itself. Whatever you may be into. You can find it and download it. I can’t even describe the amount of shows I have. Anime and all.

X Box 360: This system gets all it’s glory from X Box Live. I can’t say I know anything about the software the internet service runs on. But it can guess it would be safe to say that it runs on something a kin to windows. That gives X Box a better network to run on. And also more room for problems. Three rings of death. The cheaper development cost allow for more developers to lean towards Microsoft. Giving them a broader library of games.

Pricing: This is where things get really ugly. It’s always WOW the PS3 is SOOOO expensive. I can get an X Box for less. And yes you can. Especially if you’re a 12 year old kid with no job. I broke down the things that set the consoles apart, from out of  the box. Comparing what it would take to make buy each console and have them on equal footing. Because that’s what this is all about. Right?!

PS3 Uncharted Bundle:( 160 gb hard drive, wi fi free PSN, Uncharted game, and Pain down loadable voucher.) PS3 head set. HDMI wire. $549.97

X Box Elite Year End Bundle: (120gb hard drive, HDMI cable, head set, Halo 3 and Fable 2), wireless network adapter, 12 month subscription to X Box Live. $549.99

PS3 Standard: (80gb hard drive, wi fi free PSN). $399.99

X Box Arcade: 60gb hard drive, wireless network adapter, and X Box Live subscription. $449.96

As you can see it is relatively equal. We can debate all day and night about who is better and why. But in the end to achieve the same value of game play and to receive the highest quality from each machine, they fall on EQUAL ground. Now I say, let the the software do the talking. That is really going to suck for my wallet. I have so much to buy for both. Well Some guys have all the luck.

Please leave your thoughts on this. This debate goes on continually at my job. It would be cool to hear what other people think.

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It doesn’t matter which console you own. Or witch you  ay be looking to buy. You can’t lose regardless. Game On People!!!!

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