What's better; the PS3 or the 360?

Question

I'm trying to think of which one to buy.... which one's better, in your opinion?

Answer 1

The Playstation 3 for many reasons.

*Cell Processor- The cell processor is an extremely powerful micro processor built of 8 processors (PPE's) and one PPE. This processor is built for extreme amounts of processing and is very useful for multi tasking through artificial intelligence, physics, lighting navigation, etc- The Xbox 360 has a 3 core xenos CPU, which is fine for general processing (ie. an OS) but in raw processing (as in anything) the PS3 is twice as powerful as the 360 due to it's intricate design.

*RSX GPU- The RSX is a powerful GPU which is specialized to work with the cell processor to render DX10 like graphics by pooling it's RAM.

*Blu Ray- The next generation disc medium which can store up to 50GB (100GB in experimental models) The extra space allows game developers to make large responsive environments, complex artificial intelegance, HD video and audio, etc. without compression.- The xbox 360 can only use DVD for games, which can hold up to 8.5GB, which is outdated for game use.

*Other operating systems- The ps3 can get different operating systems installed, such as Linux, allowing it to be an alternative computer, and you can install many diferent programs.- The 360 cannot do this.

*Web browser- The ps3 has a decent web browser, which you can go to many different web sites with, it does have basic flash updates, but it does need to be improved upon, including in java, though this can be fixed easily via a firmware upgrade. Many popular sites like myspace and youtube are accessable though.- The 360 Does NOT have this

*Play TV- Pretty much Tivo for your ps3, a tuner that you can record things with. Though it has only been announced to launch in Europe so far.

*Interchangeable hard drive- This pretty much means you can change the size of your hard drive with any hard drive so you can store more things.- You have to buy a MS HDD for a 360, which are very over priced.

*Built in wifi- With the xbox 360 you have to buy a wifi adapter for $100, this comes standard in the PS3.

*Free Online- For the xbox 360 you have to pay $50 a year.

*Playstation Home- Playstation home is an interactive community of ps3 users where you can play games or meet up with friends and hang out at your virtual home and hang outs, as well as stream live media(releasing early 08, and is FREE)

* Games- Many games are coming to the ps3 soon, such as Warhawk, heavenly sword, lair, ratchet and clank, Uncharted, Haze, Unreal tournament 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII, White Knight Story, LittleBigPlanet, Heavy Rain, Gran Turismo 5 etc. Over 300 games will be released by next spring.

Answer 2

I will keep my answer brief cause some of them above are huge.
I own all three new systesm, i.e., the Wii, 360, and the PS3. After playing all three for several months now the PS3 has emerged as my favorite. I got the 360 first and now that I have the other two (even with Halo 3), I play the PS3 the most by far.
Graphics wise the 360 and PS3 are equal. The 360 has more games, but you just get so much more with the PS3 system. I love that it has a built in Blu-ray player. I payed $399 for my 360 and didn't want to fork out another $180 for the microsoft Hi-Def DVD add on player. $180+$399 = $579 plus tax. I got my 60 gig PS3 for $450 and it plays high def movies out of the box.
Also I love playing Resistance Fall of Man, Motorstorm, and Warhawk online, and I can play all three for free!

If you get a PS3 you have to check out these upcoming games:

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
Unreal Tournament III
Haze
Rachet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Killzone 2

All of the above Titles are PS3 exclusive.

Good luck!

Answer 3

ps3 is BETTER FOR MANY MANY reasons
i'll list some of the reasons

- ps3 has a built-in blu-ray player

- ps3 has much more and better exclusives, most of them cant go to xbox 360 because it cant handle that many data(DVD- 8.5gb, blu-ray 50gb)

- online is free for ps3 not like 360

- ps3 will have over 300 games released by this spring

- when developers get used to the system, the graphics will be WAY better than 360. should take them a year to get used to it

- playstation home is coming out this spring, its a virtual community where you can hang out with friends and customize your own apartment which xbox doesnt have(FREE)

- ps3 is a true HD console. xbox 360 upscale games to 1080p and ps3 DISPLAY games up to 1080p

- built in Wi-Fi

- xbox 360: 33% hardware failure
ps3: .2% hardware failure(see the decimal? less than 1%!)

- rumble returns in spring 2008

- you can upgrade your harddrive without voiding warranties with any 2.5 HDD, which xbox cant because you have to buy a xbox HDD
(they actually have the step by step on how to upgrade it on playstation.com)

those are the ones that i know right off my mind but there are much more reason than this

Prices as of today:
ps3- 80gb: $599
60gb: $499
xbox 360(premium)- $399 (if you want the accessories that ps3 comes with, that would add up to over 700 dollars)

Answer 4

Technology wise if the 360 is a 7th gen system then the ps3 is an 8th or 9th gen by comparison..

PS3 is $499 and the Xbox 360 Elite is $479. $20 dollar difference...

PS3 games produced are on Hd 50gig blueray (more space for better graphics without sacrificing game levels and game size..) GTA4 developers even stated that the game will have better graphics and gaming on the ps3 version and are having issues with the 360 version because of 8gig dvd game format... They may have to make the 360 version on multiple disc so if you like getting out of your chair alot while playing, .....

360-elite games produced on dual layered 8gig dvds
game developers are finding the 360 format to limiting and finding that they have to sacrifice game graphics or gaming levels and challenges...

Ps3 for the extra $20 you get a full HD entertainment system that also surfs the internet. You can goto any website and watch or download videos like YouTube...You can access your email and print it etcc...

Ps3 Blueray hd movie player that also upscales regular dvds movies to HD...It also upscales ps2 games to hd..

Ps3 comes with rechargeable controllers...

Ps3 comes with free online play and Wifi

All of the above the 360-elite can't do.
360 and elite -For hd movies you have to buy the hddvd player for $200. For

360 elite for quick charge kit you have to buy it for $20.

360 elite no interent browser

Ps3 hdmi 1.3 (supports deep color)
360-elite- 1.2 doesn't support deepcolor 1.3

Ps3 Nvidia RSX GPU Graphics at least two years ahead of it's time. And programmers aren't even close to using it's full potential yet.
360-elite is hardware locked into outdated DX9 graphics-Game programmers are developoing for DX10 (full 4d and 3d motion realism)

THe ps3 8cell broadband processors. CPU-Designed specifically for highspeed calculations (Games Capable of more AI charactors )

Xbox 360 -Elite-- The New 65NM CHip....Isn't any different then what they used in the 360 core except it cost less to produce....

Ps3 you can buy any external usb harddrive and hook it up loaded with music videos , etc...You can buy any brand 2.5 ata harddrive and upgrade the harddrive size for ps3...

THe elite and 360 requires Microsoft harddrives only- for a 20gig it's $100, for the 120 it's $189

360 -elite for wifi you have to pay an additional $100 and online gaming is $50 a year...And for that $50 a year to play online you also get stuck with third party in menu advertising...

To use 60% of what the 360 and elite can do you have to buy the addons and you'll spend over $750 before you even insert a game.

THe elite and new 360s hdmi, 65nm, red ring of death--Microsoft has no Idea what the cause is, You can't fix what you can't find. So yes they are all vulnerable.

Get the ps3 you can use it for so much more. We own all three. THe wii, elite and ps3

Answer 5

Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:

Almost a third of XBOX 360 are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%.
Let's compare them

PS3 has 7+1 kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3x2
PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual DVD (9.5 gb).
Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in card reader (except 20 gb version), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $

Graphics are stronger in PS3, due to RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. To estimate its power (roughly) - take 8600 nvidia graphics card, multiply it by 2 - get a result, still PS3 stronger, because 8600 Ultra runs on 400 Mhz and RSX runs on 550 Mhz.

PS3 has a chip from AGEIA company. It does to physics of the game same thing GPU (videocard processor) does to graphics. This card is on sale for PC. The price is around 350$.

Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 8 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it.

Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.

In 2008 we'll get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4 and other great exclusives. Here is the great link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......

PS3 online world will be free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.

In some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".

The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console.

Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years.

I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it.

Sony lets you install other OS, such as Linux Ubuntu or especially developed for PS3 Linux Yellow Dog. Also I've seen experimental installations of WinXP (through Linux, you won't be able to play games on that WinXP).

Answer 6

It depends on what you're looking for. If you want better graphics, better over functionality such as being able to play BlueRay disks, and using the console as a central hub for your home entertainment system, then the PS3 is great.

However, if you want a larger and better selection of games and a better multiplayer and on-line experience, then the 360 is the way to go. It's really a matter of preference and what you're looking for.

Answer 7

Well, they, IMO are both great consoles and I have both. I use my PS3 for gaming as well as a Bluray player. I use the 360 for HDDVD playback with the optional player. From a gaming standpoint they are both great, however, the online community is much better on the 360, more robust, they have been doing it much longer.

Everyone has an opionion, but I am telling you, I barely notice a difference from a graphics standpoint. The reason I have both, game choices, some are available on only one format.

Answer 8

PS3 is an XBOX 360 KILLER!!! The PS3 owns everything. Plus the XBOX 360 has that overheating and red ring of death problem I don't think you want to deal with that.

Answer 9

The 360, less problems

Answer 10

I think ps3 is way better because it never lags and better graphic and way more newer.