Playstation 3 - Finally Attractive!

To date Playstation 3 here and the advantages / disadvantages quickly summarized:

Benefits:
- Less power consumption
- Larger hard drive (120 GB)
- Takes up less space

Disadvantages:
- The ability to install Linux operating systems, among other things has been removed
- No backward compatibility with PS1 & PS2 games will not come back even according to Sony
- May no longer stand vertically (without accessories) you

And compared to the Xbox 360, I see the following advantages / disadvantages:

Benefits:
- Can play Blu-Ray movies
- Sixaxis controller detects tilt (unfortunately used rarely useful)
- Always quieter and now also less power consumption
- Online games is free (PSN), Xbox will cost 60 per year

Disadvantages:
- On Xbox Live is just busier and there are more addons, demos, Live arcade games, HD movies offered etc. - should you expect when you pay for it. Overall, my Xbox Live and everything that has to do with like much better and is better integrated into the console.
- No downloads in the background, or even playing possible
- Controller is not so pleasant (especially L / R Trigger buttons) as the Xbox360 controller (but since one can argue)
- Game selection but not quite as large, the most important is present. However, some games on the 360 ​​liquid or look better, with the more and more into perspective with current games.

About the shape of the housing and the material used can argue admirably. But does not matter, because what counts are the games and accessories. And at the point you should times the exclusive list of Xbox 360 and PS3 compare (eg Wikipedia). In the first place there are so many exclusives not, the "Gotta have" the predicate condition (with me so warens only 3-4 per console), secondly, you really have to look closely at the PS3 because many exclusive items are not in Germany / Europe to have while in the Xbox 360 exclusive title just so many "exclusive" are because the developers did not port, and are usually the no good title.

Generally one can say that is the Sony console from gaming experience tinged tend Japanese, especially with the exclusive titles, but come on the one hand many PS3 developers from Japan and the console is in accordance with a strong presence in the Japanese market. But that also means that many games are not available in Europe, so far the games available on the Playstation but is significantly lower than on the Xbox 360. Although there for 360 titles also available only in Japan / USA, however, relatively few , Only, as we see it depends on what you play / preference and how many games you buy on average - the least is the stand out negatively. But you should consider that if one hires pure number comparisons, such as total number of matches or the number of exclusive titles.

Another point you should still keep in mind when you look at the games, there are also on the Xbox 360. Since the 360 ​​is technically similar but larger quantities sold worldwide and is used particularly frequently and for longer, put the Xbox 360 game developers as a development scale. Add to this the PS3 more difficult to program and the GPU is actually slower than on the 360 ​​(it is a myth that was the PS3 better graphics, that you can not say so flat rate). As a result, the multiplatform titles only now are really equal on both consoles, and you will never look better in essential points on the PS3. Anyone who wants to buy a Playstation 3, because you've heard that she was the better technical equipment and eventually expects the PS3 games graphically the Xbox 360 to pull away, will wait in vain. Only the exclusive title can graphically points if they exploit the Blu-ray medium full - but that is then usually: rendered cutscenes and has basically nothing to do with the performance of the console. So if you want find graphical differences in multiplatform titles, you have to be the pea and pixel counter. I'm curious what flame wars is because of a few pixels or a few lines more or less result in the resolution as soon as Rage is out. Basically, that's damn. Both consoles are down to details in terms of performance identical.

Because Xbox Live I'm not saying that the PS3 "still more expensive" than would be the Xbox 360. If you add two years Xbox Live it, the Playstation 3 is clearly cheaper no matter how you look at it. However, I find the PSN service is not particularly attractive, the same applies to Home. Those who only occasionally plays online, and rarely what will download with PSN but well served and can be satisfied. I just always have the impression that the only do because it is in vain and have not yet made the comparison in everyday use people find the PSN better. If it mainly goes to me the feel online then you can not get to Xbox Live and is also 60 See in as justifiable. After all the "Friends" that you then, the Avatar of increasingly in games and now the 1 vs 100 Game Show occurs, the Live parties in which one with multiple users can chit same - no matter what makes the individual - or together in a can enter new game and generally the offer is to download content to overwhelming. However, I am also a download junkie and have to try everything, not everyone has this gene

Overall, one can say that Playstation 3 is the console for the Blu-Ray movie fan, the Xbox 360 is the console for multi-player online and Ausprobierer. Both deliver a great gaming experience with just gerinfügigen differences here and there - that should really notice the fewest. It comes ultimately plan on how much value you put on (certain) Exclusive title, whether a Blu-Ray or Xbox Live is more important, and not least, the games offer.