imo, ps3 is real joke. for me, buying a console meant spending money on a machine that i can make fun of it, but not a high performance computer. in this aspect, xbox and wii have much more potential (their games and concept), sony seems forgot they are doing a console but not a computer...

by midbie (Unregistered), at May 22, 2007 at 05:12AM

First of all, the PS3 does not have 8 processors.

It has one. The cell.
The cell CPU has one multi-purpose PPE core, and then 7 SPE core's, which are independent of each other, but are only suited to some tasks, and anything that goes to them, has to go through the PPE first.

As for graphics, currently, the PS3 and X360 are about the same, and while I think the PS3 probably has the potential to have better graphics than the 360, it will take time, and possibly only happen a year or so before the end of its life cycle.

Bluray? Don't have a HDTV, so have no use for it. The good thing about the 360, is that you have choice. I don't need wifi, so I haven't had to spend the extra to have it. I don't need a High def disc player, so haven't need to pay for one etc. Yes, if you want everything they come out at a similar price, but if you don't want everything, the 360 becomes a better buy.

With Live, I would rather have something that I have to pay for but is good, than something that Is free, but isn't very good. Yes, the PSN will get better in the future, but IMO, with Home, sony are going in the wrong direction. Hardcore gamers (which no doubt at its current price the PS3 is aimed at), will want to spend more time playing games rather than being in a second life clone.

@ Fully agree, all MS have to do if a game is bigger than 8.5Gb is put it on multiple discs. No-one had any problems with that back when we used CD's, so I at least would have no problem with it now. I do agree it would have been a better idea for MS to integrate a HD-DVD drive into the console, however, that would have meant delaying its launch, something which MS didn't want to do (as they thought the PS3 was going to launch on time in March 2006)

by WelshBluebird (Unregistered), at May 22, 2007 at 07:29AM

@ PS3 is showing the way

Resistance isn't on 360 because its published by Sony, and developed by a studio which have only ever made games for sony platforms.

As for MGS4, there's still rumours that it will go to 360. And remember, MGS2 (or was it 1) was spanned over more than 1 disc, so disc space wouldn't be an issue for MGS4 on the 360. The only barrier atm, is that sony are probably paying konami a fair bit to keep the game a PS3 exclusive.

by WelshBluebird (Unregistered), at May 22, 2007 at 10:45AM

Even the commercial says it has eight processors... =/

by Divine-God , at May 22, 2007 at 11:38AM

Why the heck are such trolling articles even accepted on QJ.

by Miles (Unregistered), at May 22, 2007 at 03:52PM

kojima said if they do port the game they won't change it.....
and therefore... it will be shait on xbox 360

by lol (Unregistered), at May 23, 2007 at 09:37AM

No. Definitely wrong. True they have won a lot, but GC sucked when PS2 owned. So don't just go out an say an absolute statement like that.

by fdsdf (Unregistered), at May 23, 2007 at 05:29PM

@14, your right, ps2 was saling better then gc, BUT READ THE REST OF MY COMMENT, DAMMIT :p

by uhlhjihliu (Unregistered), at May 24, 2007 at 11:29AM

The real point is, at this point in time the PS3 is under performing: an that’s a reality, love it or hate, but that’s fact. Both the Wii, 360 and even the PS2 is performing better. So why are all these children keep trying to justify their purchases of the PS3?

Posts like this PS3 article does PS3 no good - the PS3 can stand on its own if its any good, market forces will dictate sales. Why do you think the Wii, 360 and the PS2 are selling better? Because consumers don't care about the ' future benefits', 'future WOW games', future features' etc... What consumers trend are saying right now is; 'what can I get from a console today, right now - not tomorrow'. The PS2, Wii and the 360 delivers, consumers can see the tangible value.

The PS3's argument is all about 'tomorrow' and never about what’s 'right now' - why do you think Sony released their so called 10 year plan?

The real question here is, how can 12 years olds get there hands on the kind of cash to shell out on a PS3??

by @Console (Unregistered), at May 24, 2007 at 09:31PM

"when you look at it's functionality, it's a joke. No memory card, no HDD, no wireless built-in. By the time you buy all the special attachments for it, you've gotten up to the price of a PS3."

The Wii's functionality is no joke, it's the next generation dumb ass. It's such revolutionary technology packed into a 3 DVD case sized console. It even supports GC playback, controllers and memory cards as well

It does too have memory cards, it's called an SD card. Why in the f'ing world would someone want to buy a whole new memory disk storage device only useable via that console. Why not have it be an SD card, supporting huge amounts of memory, and still can be used for computer removable disk storage.

No HDD? Why would you need one? The SD card has plenty of room for what youll be using it for (movies and gamesaves, music and photos aren't for a game console, an ipod is)

No wireless? What the fck are you smoking? This main point proves the validity of your debate reasons to all be wrong. The Wii supports Wifi, built in and wired connection dumbass, learn your ***** before you start talking about it.

All the special attachtments? Last time I checked, a Virtual Controller doesn't cost $350 dumbass. Once you get to the point in elementary school when you can subtract $250 from $600 and compare the cost of all these special attachtments (a virtual controller is all thats out), come back and speak with the big kids. kthxgodienow

by sg57 (Unregistered), at Jun 12, 2007 at 07:46PM

Half the things in this blog are wrong, so Ill just go over a few.

"If you look at the Sony PS3, and all it can do. You can only say one word... wow. The Ps3's power resides within the eight processors and the RSX graphics. The PS3 can function as a fully functional computer if you tinker with it for a little while. I was playing my PS3 on my HDTV at home one day and my girlfriend walked into the room and asked "what movie am I watching?", when in fact I was playing MotorStorm. It's that realistic. I've upgraded my HDD to 250GiB so I've got all my movies, songs, & photos. A built-in web browser? what more can you ask for.
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moving on, the 360's power resides in its 3 core 3.2Ghz cpus. If you look at the 360 and Ps3 comparisons there is barley a difference, and many of the comparisons make the 360 look better. Even when the Ps3 looks better, who cares? If you buy a 360 you save like 200-300 dollars and still get HD and good graphics. V

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" Yes, the network of PS3 users isn't very powerful and yes it is a little over priced. When you look at the long-run, you're making a great investment! Right now you buy a PS3 at $599.99 USD you buy a Xbox 360 Elite at 499.99, then you go ahead and buy a HD-DVD player, which still isn't as-powerful as Blu-Ray and you've jumped over the PS3. Not counting the price of Xbox Live. Which for a year is 59.99. So, 60 dollars a year, over let say you play it four years, that $240.00! The PSNetwork is completely free, of course you buy your special game of PSP games from time to time which at most costs 10 dollars."

It's funny how you said the network of the PS3 is a little over priced even though its free... But the point is, the 360 has a silver lvl subscription that is totally free, the gold is the one you pay for. Most people are not buying a 360 elite, because that is only if you are desperate for more hdd and hdmi. HD DVD is just as powerful, if not more, than Blu ray. currently 3 layer HD DVDs are 51 GB and many users have personally reported than it looks more refined and has better quality sound than blu ray. Both HD DVD use a blue optical laser that has a smaller wavelenght thus allowing for space, so knwing that one must agree that they are basically the same technology. Xbox live (which can also be free) is much more sophisticated than the PSnetwork. It is why the 360 is selling. I son't own a 360, but I can tell you that the Xbox live service is 10 times better than PSnetwork in what you can download, too.



"Then we move onto the Wii, yes, the Wii is a great console for a family. I do give it props, but when you look at it's functionality, it's a joke. No memory card, no HDD, no wireless built-in. By the time you buy all the special attachments for it, you've gotten up to the price of a PS3. To all the people that say that it's not a fad, and is the best, sorry to break you heart but... why would I stand on my living ro

by , at Jun 18, 2007 at 09:47AM

Your logic has a gaping hole in it: none of the things you mentioned have changed since the systems launched, and yet the PS3 is far behind. If the things you mentioned were enough to propel the PS3 to the front, it would already be there.

As for your description of Wii, it's all wrong: it DOES have built-in WiFi, it uses SD cards as memory cards, and it has more than enough flash memory to hold the amount of VC games the average Wii owner will buy. Furthermore, there are certainly not 350 dollars worth of attachments available or necessary for Wii. You might have said that Wii doesn't support HD graphics, to which I would respond that people buying Wii already know that and don't care.

by , at Jun 21, 2007 at 11:40AM