It is a long lasting debate that essentially wonder around which is better? playStation 3 (PS3) or Xbox 360? Unfortunately, there is not yet a clear answer. Some might think it is the PS3 and others might think it is the best seller; the Xbox. This is not really our concern. It is the question of who is going to win the holiday season. According to this article, the winner could be and for the first time ever finally the PS3. In the following paragraphs, two industrial and developers views are going to be expressed.
From an industrial point of view, purchasing the PS3 for $299, which also has a built-in blue ray dvd player, rang warning bells for Xbox. The biggest challenge would be continuing the same price for the PS3 until the arrival of the holiday season. As a response to the price cut, Xbox and Wii prices were reduced last month to $199 which intensified the competition. As pointed earlier, the only hope for PS3 to swipe off the floor during Holiday is for people to realize the value gained from purchasing a world class gaming experience along with an impressive blue ray dvd player.
From a developers point of view, two main points may be looked at. First, the free online network offered by PS3 versus the prepaid service fee required by Xbox. This ultimately enables games developers to take advantages of that in a way that attract the customers into purchasing the online supported games. Second, the different platforms of the two consuls. You've got the Xbox with a windows like interface that is easier for programmers and game developers to work with versus an impressive multiple cell processors that if utilized properly will yield in a high processing power that can ultimately make a difference.
In conclusion, all we can do is wait and see who is going to take over? The PS3? or the Xbox360?
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ReplyDeleteThe debate about which console is better. $299.00 is a steal for a top of the line blu-ray player. I remember Nov. 2006 very well, standing in line to pay $600.00 for my prized PS3. The mistake taht XBox made was to back the HD-DVD instead of Blu-Ray. Maybe once and for all this holiday season customers will finally see the truth.
Haha Joshua's comment sounds so biased! Maybe the memory of that $600 purchase has something to do with his malice?? Anyway, I agree that the Blu-ray player AND free online play makes the PS3 a steal especially now that it's at $399. The bigger news to me though is the motion sensing bar that Xbox has in the works. Supposedly they will be releasing it soon, and it is supposed to just absolutely blow away the Wii's sensor too! The thing doesn't even require a remote control to play games...just motions from the gamer control the game! I'm not sure how well it will work, but I'm sure they won't release it unless it performs well. It sounds pretty cool, but I wouldn't mind grabbing a Blu-ray playing PS3 for myself as well! No one ever said you couldn't have both :)
ReplyDeleteI meant now at $299 not $399...sorry for the typo.
ReplyDeleteApology accepted!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I am not interessted in a console, a blueray player for $299 is really inexpansive.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I will buy one... Does they have the region code?!
The price cut is a great incentive for me to get a new games system since my console was baned. I feel these game systems are entirely to much especially if it's not coming with a game. These companies strategically cut prices right before Christmas. That's pretty interesting LOL
ReplyDeleteI think the XBOX 360 wins in every category like price, performance, visual quality, game selection and online support than PS3. The xbox360 has are currently FAR easier to take advantage of than the PS3.
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