Xbox 360

[Guest]

the thing I didn't like about GC was (at least at launch...maybe this changed) you couldn't play a regular DVD in it. Not that DVD players are expensive, just seems that if it had DVD options, more people might give them a look... But then again nintendo has been known for doing some odd things that have hurt sales over the years (cartridge based N64 for example...and breaking off a joint relationship with sony to produce a gaming console)

[PSiedTSi]

tjamz wrote:
the thing I didn't like about GC was (at least at launch...maybe this changed) you couldn't play a regular DVD in it. Not that DVD players are expensive, just seems that if it had DVD options, more people might give them a look... But then again nintendo has been known for doing some odd things that have hurt sales over the years (cartridge based N64 for example...and breaking off a joint relationship with sony to produce a gaming console)

they basically did it to be the cheapest on the market...not the best...it was a value thing...i believe they struggled to decide whether or not to have a dvd player right up until the end...

[Legacy99]

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614682p1.html

Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE

• 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
  total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
  GPU
  RSX @550MHz
  1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
  Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
  Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
  Sound
  Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
  Memory
  256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
  System Bandwidth
  Main RAM 25.6GB/s
  VRAM 22.4GB/s
  RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
  SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
  System Floating Point Performance
  2 TFLOPS
  Storage
  Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
  I/O
  USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
  Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
  SD standard/mini x 1
  CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1
  Communication
  Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
  Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
  Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
  Controller
  Bluetooth (up to 7)
  USB 2.0 (wired)
  Wi-Fi (PSP)
  Network (over IP)

AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE
OTHER SITES: http://www.cgno.com/news_live.php?name=sony
http://home.btconnect.com/hgi/ps3/

[24valvenotak]

Blu-ray Disc sounds neat

[assasain]

^ lol yea it does....

[assasain]

haha im still buying xbox before ps

[Legacy99]

More pics... http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?num=66859&table=game_ps03&main=ps

[SmitEvo]

What about the Nintendo Revolution?

[aliengotpsi]

So basically, Xbox's are going to continue to use the current generation of disks aka WE CAN STILL COPY them.

Good luck copying blu ray disks, atleast for a while

[amicheze]

PSiedTSi wrote:
they basically did it to be the cheapest on the market...not the best...it was a value thing...i believe they struggled to decide whether or not to have a dvd player right up until the end...

a big part of their decision was also because nintendo has always been a target for piracy. back with their cartridges they were fairly easy to copy.. which is one of the reasons they went with the smaller disks. as far as i know, you still cant copy them as easily as xbox/ps2 games.

[StangerBanger96]

99slowGSX wrote:
What about the Nintendo Revolution?

http://www.gametrailers.com/streambuilder.php?type=wmv&streamtext=m:t_revolution_mockup&h=436&w=480&r=

[24valvenotak]

aliengotpsi wrote:
So basically, Xbox's are going to continue to use the current generation of disks aka WE CAN STILL COPY them.

Good luck copying blu ray disks, atleast for a while

still sounds neat..

[Legacy99]

Blu ray discs are 54 GB, over twice the amount 360's discs are. The Cell processor on the ps3 has twice the processing power of the 360's, the video card is better than two geforce 6800's.. this thing will dominate the 360, like I said before.

[mym6]

Also note that consoles don't have to drive the same level of graphic detail as the computer based games. Even HD (1080i) is less resolution than anyone would consider running on a home machine for games if they're a gamer. 720p would be a bit more impressive, but still, the point is consoles can get away with lesser video cards because they're not driving the same resolutions as a computer.

[Pony_Racer]

Sony has finnaly gave some power to their playstation and hopefully they can market it right to recieve good sales.

[bluejays]

so ps3 will be superior powerwise? to bad they don't have halo 3 else i would be sold

[Legacy99]

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

[STiSchucky]

legacy 99 is a dork.

come fix my ps2

[assasain]

who knows but i think the new ps3 being released in spring and not christmas will hurt there sales i dont care what they say.....

i guess we will have to wait and see how those consoles power are used, that determines which is better im still buying xbox360 first

[Guest]

It looks like both the XBOX and PS3 will be around $400.

http://www.ps3land.com/news/article110.php