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3.5 stars
"Blu soon..?"
Pros: amazing gaming power, HDMI outputs for high-end/future televisions
Cons: too much first gen technology for ealy adopter's not to get stuck with a lemon. rigid, hard-to-develop-for CELL CPU, bandwidth bottlenecks in initial specs, slow drive
Summary: One thing the PS3 camp has always held over the X360 is the brand new Blu-Ray drive. Since it seems new and cool, and most people just hate Microsoft by default, this has given rise to rhetoric like "the XBOX 1.5 (har har har)" and "uses the aging DVD format."
Even though the original XBOX DVD drives were 4x to 6x I was pretty disappointed when I found out that the X360 was going to have a 12x DVD-ROM drive instead of a 16x (can you even FIND a 12x drive for sale anymore?) until I found out how slow the PS3 Blu-Ray drive was going to be. In an interview with IGN a Sony spokesperson said that there was only an outside chance of the PS3 drive being 2x, and that Blu-Ray 1x = 4.5MB/s. Even at 2x (9MB/s,) it's still almost 7MB/s slower than X360's 12x DVD drive, and over 12MB/s slower than it could have been with a regular old 16x DVD drive.
Perhaps it's time to stop adding Blu-Ray to the list of PS3's credits, and time to start asking why you're being forced to swallow a new Sony-patented format with your PS3. It?s hard to agree with the point of view that Microsoft is being irresponsible by rushing the X360 to market when Sony seems to be doing the exact same thing with their console? the fact that X360 is hitting the scene first seems incidental. One would hope that Sony would add a faster Blu-Ray as soon as it's available and/or economically feasible, but what of the early adopters? Microsoft even said they might put a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive (if Toshiba?s format takes off) in later versions of the X360. This is probably because they want it to be the ultimate media center and would want to include high-def video playback if the public began demanding it, but in the interest of maintaining compatibility with older X360?s, it?s not likely that games would ever come on these next gen disc types.
I know how everyone likes to debate which system's hardware is better, but let's face it, both systems are about the same spec-wise. It's almost as if MS got wind of the CELL processor's specs and asked themselves, now how many G5 processors do we need to keep up with this? The CELL processor hype doesn?t exactly reek of ?emotion engine,? but even hardcore PS3 supporters must have learned to take any Sony announcements with a grain of salt. I?m not sure anyone really believed that the PS3 was going to come with a 160GB laptop-style hard drive like the original spec said.
Microsoft seems to be sabotaging itself (inevitably, I suppose) by releasing these mediocre X360 launch-title game play videos while Sony is pumping out their brainwashing pre-rendered CG videos. It's a shame Microsoft felt that it had to be first-out-of-the-gates with this one, launching with what are (for the most part, anyway,) souped-up versions of games which could have been on the first XBOX. It's making it really easy for the casual consumer to conclude what they already want to believe... that PS3 will be better.
One thing the Sony camp is right about, it all comes down to exclusive titles. Personally I think there will be fewer exclusive titles in this generation because of the similarity of the hardware/performance and XBOX's continued growth in the market. Still, recognizing the fact that there will be great exclusives on both sides, let's all try not bash the other guys too badly just because you love devil may cry or because you hate halo. Neither system should be voted a 1(or below 5, really)... such a baseless partisan bias should really be reserved for presidential elections.
Since I'm not especially attached to any of Sony's current exclusive franchises, I believe I'll be getting an XBOX 360. I like the fact that it comes from an American company (that's something I think people forget when they're having their little "M$" hate fests) and that it acts as a wireless windows media center extender. If Final Fantasy XIII looks really impressive, I might be forced to get a $ony P$3, too.
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That is bullsh!t, how can you compare the speeds of a blu-ray disc drive and a DVD drive, are you crazy? Even worse I can't believe you said that we should buy an xbox 360 just because it is american, that is just fu*k!ng stupid, So when given the choice of a highly polluting gas guzzling GM SUV and a toyota you'll take the former because it is american, you should go to hell you patriotic dipsh!it
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youcan just read on other sites and developers for game and movies, they say HD-dvd is easier to use, but they love Blu-ray, they think it's better plus it holds more information than hddvd.
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I enjoyed your review and even though as an owner of the PS3 and both the xbox and ps2, i believe gamers should buy the ps3 my biggest argument with this is to compare the cnet's ps3 review with the LAUNCH review of the 360 just to even things out, in a years time who knows where the system will be ?? And dont just buy a system for one game, i did that with halo and the xbox and even though i dont regret it, i sometimes cant help feeling like i wasted money because halo and halo 2 were my ONLY games for the xbox, nothing else really attracted me
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First of all, 1x of the Blu-ray is the base the base capacity / 100, SO 1X IS EQUAL TO 34 MBPS Recording/Reading speed. Oh Yeah and to all you Idiots out there, Cel(Sti) doess infact exist and is available for liscencing " http://cell.scei.co.jp ", and the the 1080p real-time video was infact in real-time from epic games. Also, for all you N00Bs out there BLU-Ray Discs does in fact cost less then the regular DVD stated here "spaces.msn.com/members/rathesungod".
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First of all, 1x of the Blu-ray is the base the base capacity / 100, SO 1X IS EQUAL TO 34 MBPS Recording/Reading speed. Oh Yeah and to all you Idiots out there, Cel(Sti) doess infact exist and is available for liscencing " http://cell.scei.co.jp ", and the the 1080p real-time video was infact in real-time from epic games. Also, for all you N00Bs out there BLU-Ray Discs does in fact cost less then the regular DVD stated here "spaces.msn.com/members/rathesungod".
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I've gotta hand it to you that was a very well writen piece of work. Second I'm an xbox/ps fan. Third have you seen those ugly usless controlers for the new nintendo.
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I gues you don't know but remember optical discs in 86??? Oh wait you might know them as CD's and they were developed by Sony and Toshiba. A bunch of people thought those would never catch on but what happened? Same goes for DVD and the same will go for Blu-Ray. The fact that both systems will be supporting HD games who will have the better advantage for storing those killer cutscenes??? Not a 9gb disc but definately a 50gb disc??? By the way when has MS been reliable?? Who cares if it's an american company all the componets are made in Asian countries any way. Before you buy the 360 and look at the game line up, closely. 3 racing games, 1 rpg, 1-2 action/adventure games, and about 10-30 FPS think they are are trying to rely on the Haloesque to sell the console think again. PS3 will sell not only for it's old games but also it's amazing exclusive franchises and unique variety. MS relies on Halo like Nintendo relies on Mario, Sony relies on variety and choice.
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It's great that PS3 has an uncompressed digital output, but why did it have to be HDMI? There's no difference in quality between HDMI, HDCP DVI and regular DVI. If it was regular DVI then we could hook it up to our high-res computer monitors and any TV DVI port. It's all this copy protection BS! As far as I know X360 only has HD component output, but I'm pretty sick of these little compatibility issues flubbing everything up.
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