Date: Early 2010
Reason Never Published: I only had the 360 for a few months and wanted to make sure I knew the 360 well enough in case I said something incorrect about the console. So I left it unpublished and forgot about it until now. :oops:

I have had both my PS3 and 360 for quite awhile now, and I must say, it is great having 2 consoles. I have noticed some differences, both good and bad, that I would like to share with you guys.

Price: IMO they are the same in some respects. The PS3 you pay more up front, for the system. The 360, you sort of pay along the way. If you don't want to be limited to 1 area, you have to pay for the wi-fi adapter, or alternatively you could buy a long enough Ethernet cord. It is cheaper, but a pain in the ass if you have an awkward household like mine. You also pay for Xbox Live Gold, of course this IS optional, but highly recommended if you want to get the most out of your games. Also battery packs are a must, unless you want to go through chunks of batteries.

Winner: Equal, however I could give it to the 360 as you don't necessarily need ALL the add-ons

Features: Both the PS3 and 360 offer a wide range of features. The PS3 has PS Home, Vid Zone, Play TV, Internet browser, and others. However the 360 has a lot more when it comes to well implemented features. Parties, photo booth, facebook, installing games onto the HDD, and my personal favourite: listening to music while in-game. I actually don't see many people do this, but I reckon it is great and adds a different experience to a game. Playing the game Fuel, while playing the song Fuel, is pretty awesome :P

Winner: 360

Marketplace: Both the PSN store and XBLA marketplace have a wide variety of games to offer. The XBLA does serve it's name justice by having a wide collection of Nostalgia Gems for old-school gamers such as myself to get a hold on once again. Also lets the new generation of gamers experience what gaming was years back. PSN store, though, does have a better library of games. With the XBLA, I have trouble finding games that I am interested in, however with the PSN store, there are load of games that appeal to me. When I add money to my PSN account, it runs out fast, with XBLA, I have trouble finding games that I believe are worth the MS points.

Winner: PS3

Hardware and Compatibility: Getting a 360, after a PS3, has made me realised that the 360 is a little outdated. Batteries in the controller and no wi-fi are very noticeable when making the transition from PS3 to 360. However, MS does manage to to cater this problem with add-ons you can later buy for your 360. When it comes to compatibility, I don't think there is any competition here. I have managed to store photo's, songs, movies with ease via USB drive. Not to mention I can record TV shows and transfer it to the PC via Play TV and replace my 40 GB HDD with a massive 500 GB HDD which I bought from a PC shop. Hell, I can even transfer songs from my iPod to the PS3, my PC can't even do that! With a 360, you have to use a disc or rely on your PC to stream the media.

Winner: PS3

Multiplayer: I have been online with both the PS3 and 360, there really isn't that much difference. The 360, you can get a better experience with online, through party chat. Even though this feature isn't for me, I can see why people would enjoy it. However, what really is greatly implemented with the 360, is split-screen multiplayer. Not only for normal games, but also XBLA games.

//I am not sure what I mean by 'what really is greatly implemented with the 360, is split-screen multiplayer' however my guess would probably be because there was many PS3 games with no split-screen support at the time, or at least any games I had heard of. However, I have seen more party games with the 360 than the PS3 so I would still give the point to 360.

Winner: 360

Exclusives: This is really opinionated and not really up to me to decide. I can tell you that both consoles do offer plenty of great games. I honestly reckon the PS3 has better exclusives. I am quite biased being a PC gamer, but even if I wasn't, I still like more PS3 exclusives than 360 exclusives. I have had the PS3 longer than the 360, so I am biased in that regards.

//At the time, many 360 exclusives were 360/PC exclusives which is what the comment 'I am quite biased being a PC gamer' refers to.

Winner: Equal, up to you and preference but if I were to go by my opinion, it would be the PS3

Well those are the main points I wanted to make. I think it comes to no surprise that the overall winner is:

[spoiler] There is none ;) [/spoiler]

The reason why there are a lot of fanboys from both systems is simply this: they are both great consoles, but only in their own respect. There is no right or wrong console, only which console best suits you as a gamer. I honestly can't believe that I have heard people say the console X sucks. They should try out the Philip's Cdi first and rethink their statement :P Well that's it for me.

Next Stop: Nintendo Wii :)

//I didn't have a Wii back then :P