this thread is about the long term run and not the short term as the 360 is beating the PS3 right now. I am no fanboy of any system but I will present my opinion of why the PS3 will win in the long run which could happen in one or two years.
The PS3 has over the 360:
1.Higher Resolutions support: the PS3 has HDMI 1.3 which supports upto 2560x1600 resolution vs what the 360 has which is HDMI 1.2 and that only supports 1080P. Also, the 1.3 supports 7.1 surround sound. I know what fanboys are going to say "we don't need it now...etc" Again, this argument I am making is for long term which I estimate will be a couple of years.
2.PS3 has Blu-Ray DVD format for its games. Regardless of how the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war goes, Sony will still support its console. Proof? PSP is the proof. UMD is still the format the PSP uses so I don't see any reason Sony will drop support for the blu-ray on the PS3. We all know what the 360 has, and it's arguable whether it could use more space as it still has some good lengthy games, and the DVD storage doesn't seem to affect it much, but I am pretty sure in the future they will need it as technology advances and more space is required. 1GB Ram on PC's these days is pretty standard or even 2GB. Heck, just a few years ago 512MB was an awesome amount of memory just to give you guys an example of how fast technology requirement changes. 2 hours of high definition video takes 22GB of space, so DVD will definitely become obsolete sometime as everything moves to HD.
3. PS3 has standard harddrive and it's easily upgradable. This is a big advantage for the PS3 as we see games like Uncharted have no loading times, plus the HDD is very easily upgradable and you don't have to buy it from Sony. Some of my friends have 250GB HDD's on their PS3's.
4. Sony allows for third parties to build accessories for the PS3. this isn't a big deal, but for all the racing fans like me, The Logitech G25 is simply untouchable vs what M$ offers for a racing wheel just to give you an example.
5. The Cell!!! Well, I could finally say the architecture of the PS3 is awesome. If it can give games like Uncharted, then you have nothing to say about it but good things. It will only get better from here. Only time will tell though, but it looks pretty promising right now for anybody who played and seen Uncharted.
6.To be fair, I think Sony should have put 1GB of memory in the PS3, so that would be one down side to it, but if it could produce games as good looking as Uncharted then I don't know, and I am sure Sony knew better than me, so I will just give this one some time to see what happens.
Now, you might be thinking why I am listing these things. Basically I am trying to say that the PS3 is a system that is built for a very long run. I believe that Sony will not release another system for at least another 8-9 years. Why do I think that? because it doesn't need to release one!!! See, Sony would not have released the PS3 as early as they did, but they were pressured by the competition and also were pressured by the need to release a system that supports the new leap in technology which is the HD format. The 360 is gonna become obsolete in a few years. that's because, we are going to see newer TV's role out with higher resolution than 1080P and standard 7.1 surround sound, and we are going to see games that take up as much as 30GB in space. Those leaps in Technology will make the 360 obsolete while the PS3 will support it easily!!! That would force M$ to release a new xbox. of course when that happens, M$ will drop all support for the 360 and concentrate on the new xbox to try to establish a new user base. At that time, the PS3 will be a well established system and the devs will be very comfortable programming for it and it will have a very large user base vs the newly released xbox. All of a sudden the scale is flipped, and you will see third party developers doing the same thing they are doing for the 360 right now unless of course M$ pays some big big big $$$ to do otherwise. They will drop support for xbox in favor of the PS3 which will be cheaper and probably easier to develop for at the time. How soon that time will come though is something that I don't know, but again technology goes fast. Anybody here is a Computer Engineer? Have you guys heard of Moore's law(if I recall the name right)?
So in short, because the PS3 is more advanced technologywise than the 360, it will beat it in the long run anyway, but that's not all. We don't even know how well the PS3 will do next year. It might even beat the 360 in user base just next year. Face the facts here. The 360 has already released all of its "big" titles. Everybody knows this. There is almost nothing coming for the 360 next year that has the same weight as Halo3 or GeoW except GeoW2 possibly, and NG2 (even this game is arguably is not as big as people want it to be). I can't even begin to list the insane games coming for the PS3 in 08, but MGS4, GT5, and possibly FF13 are very well established titles that will move systems without a doubt, and not to mention KillZone2, LBP and other titles. The PS3's sales lately have been more than the 360 worldwide and I believe that trend will continue and the gab between the two will even grow further as the big titles are near release.
The last point I am going to make is the multiplats. If Multiplats are going to move systems then it would go for the PS3. Who would want to spend money on a 360 when you could very possibly get RROD plus you get no value out of your system whatsoever unlike the PS3 which is one of the best buys for your buck out there.
I made this thread because I come to SW everyday, and I have been seeing some ridiculous fanboys make some seriously ridiculous threads about the "final nail in the coffin for the PS3", or "is the PS3 dead yet" or "the PS3 will die soon"....etc etc. These guys don't realize that the PS3 is just taking off!! Sit back and enjoy the ride!!!
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