These comparisons are always rife for creating senceless debates but it is always good to see people actively standing up for the systems they prefer. Which is a good thing as continued support will only bolster the games industry and as far as I'm concerned that can only be good. I'm lucky enough to own all three of the current consoles and if for nothing more than to throw my hat into the ring my preference is for the 360. Now I have no doubt that PS3 titles will eventually surpass the 360's as it is the more powerful system. However this can only really be applied to exclusive tites as developent houses will not create a disparity by adding additional content or features to a multi-platform game as that will only alienate owners of one system and harm overall sales, just simple economics really. With that being said however as an overall package the 360 is a better system, Live for one thing is worth it's weight in gold. Gaming, achievment points, additional content, movie downloads all great features that add so much to the systems appeal. As my final comment look at the review scores of the multiplatform titles they are pretty much identical which can only stand to prove that they are equally entertaining on either platform as for exclusives well that's what sells a particular system to you isn't it.

I really can't understand Sony's approach to the European market. We seem to get treated with a great deal of underlying contempt. Perception aside, I don't believe the backwards compatibility is going to prove and issue. It would have been a completely different story had they said you wouldn't be able to play any PS2 games at all. Let be brutally honest there was a fuss kicked up about the 360's backward compatibility being software based and dependant on a Live account to patch the game. No one seems bothered now. The biggest concerns for Sony I'm sure are going to be volume related. So far the PS3 is the only Next-Gen console which hasn't sold out prior to launch and with the whopping price tag associated with the machine I'm not one bit surprised. Your average household in the UK is not going to be able to dispose of almost £500 for a console. It's this apparent disregard for the European market that confuses me with Sony. The company as a whole is losing money. The cost of developing the Blu Ray diode production factories has cost them a great deal. Combined with poor returns from recent acquisitions and a general drop in market sales. One would consider it a prudent decision to lower the price of the PS3, sell more units and reap profits from the sale of software. Unless Sony considers this I do believe the PS3 will struggle in Europe.