This is continued from GOOD NEWS FOR PS3 JULY '07. Over the past 9 months the PS3 has done a complete 180 turn (Not 360.) Sony has listened to every complaint. They made the console easier to develop for with improved dev kits. The power of the Cell is being realized. Blu-Ray disk space is being seen as more of a necessity now for gaming. The format is winning. PS3 update features reflect what gamers REALLY want. Rumble is months away. Games are here with more to come. Exclusive titles are popping up left and right. No more arrogance. Killzone 2 actually met it's target render in many ways, yet exceeded it in others. The biggest complaint was the price. Since the price drop, these consoles are sold out almost everywhere. The PS3 has topped the charts at almost every retailer across the country. Sony has made all the right moves and has caused Microsoft to drop their price on 360. This is a sure sign that the PS3 has hit the sweet spot to make this generation a fiercely competetive one.

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An HD DVD price cut moves the Xbox in line with the PS3 Source:machinist.salon.com

The curious -- and, to those of us who've adopted neither, silly -- battle between the Blu-ray and HD DVD next-gen video formats heated up today, as Microsoft cut the price of its Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on. You can now buy an HD DVD player for your console for $179 (down from $199), and you'll also get five free HD DVD movies. (PC World reports that available titles include "Apollo 13," "Seabiscuit," "Constantine," "Casablanca," "We Were Soldiers," "U-571" and "Blazing Saddles," among others.)

Every time I write about the comparative price of the Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, people assault me for not mentioning the PS3's Blu-ray capability (I can't see why I should -- it matters not a whit to the games people play on the system). But let's do the price comparison now. If you're looking for a console and a next-gen movie player, you can get a 60GB PS3 for $499 (while supplies last!), which includes a Blu-ray player. Or you can get a $399 20GB Xbox 360, plus a $179 HD DVD add-on, for a total of $578.

You get five free movies with the XBox. But as a reader points out below, there's a Blu-ray promotion (expires Sept. 30) that will give you the same number of free movies.

So if you're looking a next-gen movie-capable gaming machine, your cheaper bet (until Sony runs out of the no-longer-in-production $499 model) is the PS3. Take that, MS.

Correction: Hey, my mistake. Earlier I called the XBox deal cheaper because it comes with five free movies; I didn't know about the Blu-ray promotion. So there you have it: PS3's cheaper.

I will believe that PSN will be better than XBL when i see some stats of it actually being better than XBL.

ACEMANWISE wrote:Top 10 Reasons PSN Will be Xbox LIVEs Equal or Superior Source:gamingmirror.com

Though the Playstation Network (PSN) is far from perfect and is currently not an equal to Xbox LIVE, here are the top reasons as to why it will be in the future. There is no intentional bias in this list as I own both systems and use both networks (including gold membership for LIVE).

Top 10 Reasons PSN will be Xbox LIVEs Equal or Superior

edit: just wanted to point out I now have highlighted the most relevant portion of the title of this list. Please note it before going on a tirade about superiority. This is an either/or post- PSN will either be equal or superior. I wouldnt say I am going out on too far a limb with the first option.

1. Playstation HOME. Home offers a rich avatar graphical interface for player interaction, activities, and trophies. Oh and cant forget the posh apartments.

Hay i made a topic about this, it has 90+ post. 2. Downloadable retro Playstation content (i.e. PS1 games).

3. FREE, FREE, FREE! The PSN is completely free unlike Xbox LIVE.

3. Introduced downloadable multitasking/background downloading.

4. Integrated web browser with the PSN store set up similarly for a layout that most internet gamers are familiar with. PSN thereby branches out from its own system to the world wide web (gosh, thats so 1995).

5. Future integration of Video On Demand, Music on Demand, Singstar.

6. Easier and cheaper access to the network for Wi-fiers. All PS3s come standard with wireless capability, whereas it costs $99 for a 360 (yes I shelled out the cash for my xbox)

7. Folding@Home. Using the power of the PS3 and the PSN users can contribute to the understanding and possible cure of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and MS. Come on, PSN should win hands down for this humanitarian effort.

8. Frequent firmware updates. Some might gawk at frequency and like only the large chunky and infrequent updates from MSoft. But the slow yet steady addition of new bits and bobs is fun.

9. PSN has already accomplished much of what LIVE has done/has in 9 months. LIVE has existed for nearly 5 years (circa 2002).

10. Free. Oh wait I already said that& oh well, its a biggy.

Remember this is not meant to biased at all nor agitate anyone, just an evaluation. And the PSN still has a lot of growing to do.

I just don't understand Fanboys. To have a preference is one thing thats great opinions are like assholes everyones got one..

MS fanboys and Sony fanboys all do the same thing. They make assumptions based on hearsay and future possibilities.. I like to make my opinions based on facts and experience.. Too often I find myself in a debate with someone who has not even experienced their competition.. Reminds me of politics. usually Republican family's have republican children and the same with the Democrats.. Just experience the other side before you give me a line of crap and fanboy talk.