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Friday, November 18, 2005
xbox360? ps3?
in my previous post, i've mentioned that i was torn between the xbox360 and the ps3... and today, there's news that kojima (MGS founder) said that xbox360 has enough juice in them to play the great videos that ps3 can... i.e. in terms of power, they may be equals...
link (via kotaku)
japanese have been wildly loyal to the sony lineup so far... but with their homebrewed games taking sides with microsoft (or for many, releasing multi-platformed), it is quite hard to see how japanese will choose between the 2. that being said, i feel that japanese aren't really very keen on the xbox360.
when i visited the big yodobashi at akihabara, in the games corner, which is about the size of 2 normal classrooms, most of everything is filled with playstation games, consoles, and nintendo ones... the xbox360? it was just occupying a desk space at a far corner, and no japanese was near it.
let me then compare the xbox360 and ps3 by my own standards....
games support:
ps2 used to hold the upper hand here, as most great games are made by japanese, for the japanese machine.
however, microsoft did well this time by pulling in many of the great game developers to release their popular games on their xbox360.
hence, probably a draw here.
graphics:
ps3 reputably runs on a cell microp, which should be much more powerful than the xbox360. but how they can utilise the full potential cannot be seen yet.
for now, probably the diff cannot be told.
ps3, by reputation, maybe a slight advantage.
release date:
xbox is out this week? next week? ps3, next spring. and if you remember how sony usually releases their new consoles (ps2, psp, etc.), you can expect ps3 to be released next spring probably only in japan. that of cse is my guess... so ppl somewhere else, can expect to get their hands on one much later than spring, maybe autumn or winter will be a better bet.
1 year later for a machine which may or may not be better?
clearly xbox360 wins this one.
piracy*:
there are so many mod chips that cater to ps1 and 2, enabling gamers to rip and burn games to play at a super low cost. there are too, for the xbox, but not as wide-spread. it is believed in some quarters that this ability boosted the sales of playstation consoles much more than it should have been, if without piracy. of cos, for the next generation of consoles, whichever the hackers and pirates can break down, the console will clearly be a better sell.
summary? i'm still torn. just sit and wait first lor...
*the blogger is against piracy and what he wrote was just an observation...
posted by winz at 9:57 AM
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3 Comments:
Patience...wait for the PS3, you'd be richly rewarded...
By
Unknown, at
4:11 PM
Your post
=p
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Anonymous, at
4:25 PM
shhhhhh!!!!!!!
of cos i am kidding other ppl one lah... in my earlier post.. heh
By
winz, at
4:30 PM
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