Sony's newest system.

The PlayStation 3, will use Blu-Ray discs as its media format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as current-generation DVDs. It will also support CR-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R formats. It also confirmed the machine would be backward-compatible all the way to the original PlayStation. It will also have slots for Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, and a compact flash memory slot. It will also sport a slot for a detachable 2.5 inch HDD somewhat similar the Xbox 360's.

Out of the box, the PS3 will have the capability to support seven Bluetooth controllers. It will also have six USB slots for peripherals--four up front and two in the back.

Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2 Ghz, giving the whole system 2.18 teraflops of overall performance. It will sport 256mb XDR main RAM at 3.2 Ghz, and have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700mhz.

Sony also unveiled the PS3's graphics chip, the RSX "Reality Synthesizer based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision, 1080p resolution, some of the highest HD resolution around. The RSX also has 512mb of graphics render memory and is capable of 100 billion shader operations and 51 billion dot products per second. It also has over 300 million transistors, larger than any processor available commercially today. It will be manufactured using the 90nm process with 8 layers of metal. The RSX is more powerful than two GeForce 6800 Ultra video cards, which would cost roughly $1000 total if bought today.

To show off the PlayStation 3's graphical brawn, Sony showed several game demos, including an Unreal 3 tech demo of what appeared to be Unreal Tournament 2007. In what must come as a relief to developers, Epic Games' Tim Sweeney was on hand to vouch for the PS3, saying it was "easy to program for" and that Epic had received its first PS3 hardware two months ago. He proved the tech demo was real time by showing it again and manipulating the camera and zooming in.

The PlayStation 3 will also sport some hefty multimedia features, such as video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, digital audio and video

A game console that was created by Sony. It's pricy and is still in competition with the xbox360. The uniqueness of it, however, is that such a hated console contains a Blu-ray drive.

PS3 ~ Pros. ~ Awesome graphics, free online, no RROD, made my Sony, backwards compatible, sleek model.

PS3 ~ Cons. ~ Slightly unstable online.

PS3 ~ Exclusives(Good ones only) ~ Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance, Resistance 2, SOCOM: Confrontation, Killzone 2, Little Big Planet.

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Xbox360 ~ Pros. ~ Stable online, large online community.

Xbox360 ~ Cons. ~ RROD, pay for online (in the long run, you end up paying more for 360 than PS3), made by Microsoft.

Xbox360 ~ Exclusives(Good ones only) ~ Halo 3, Gears of War, Gears of War 2.



You decide which one is better.

A much cheaper alternative to the Xbox 360 due to the fact that you don't have to buy a $20 dollar charging kit, a $50 a year online membership, a $200 dollar obsolete HDDVD drive, and it takes standard HDD's compared to the Xbox 360's Microsoft drives. You save a lot of money buying a PS3.

Maybe the most powerful next-generation videogames console also the MOST EXPENSIVE. I won't pay $600 for a videogame console...

A reasonably priced console (considering it's hardware and features) that people only bash because they're too poor to buy one for themselves. Said poor people may also try to use the now irrelevant argument that the 'PS tripple' has no games, which is funny considering that the PS3 has more exclusive releases this year than the 360.

The PS3 is a gamesystem that is the most hated of any other system (watch i will get so many thumbs down) because it cant be bought by most because its $600. Though the graphics( with the HDMI cord) is a bit better than the XBOX360 even with out it its better. I see advantages of Xbox 360 cheaper good games but the PS3 is a better system. Honestly I dont give a crap about how it looks as long as its better plus I like the look. Plus its got the blu ray.

The PS3 is a fairly decent multi-media console which tries to do too much and causes the games to take far too much time and money to make, but no console is perfect, yet somehow it has become a good excuse for fanboys to argue constantly with Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii (two rival games consoles) owners because it seems that people don't have enough things to complain and argue about, and have found out that entertainment systems are a great way to start arguments. An interesting example being that Sony quite wisely changed the original controller shape from "shiny double-penetrator" to "exactly the same as the PS2 controller" but some people refuse to accept this, because their denying of the truth is a clever trick to win arguments somehow.

One of the ugliest consoles ever made. Offering wireless dildos for controllers and the console looks like the next George Foreman grill. Made by a company (Sony) that puts spyware in their music CD's that makes peoples computers vulnerable to virus'. Sony also has ilegally advertised their PSP in Chicago by paying someone to make graffiti drawings about the PSP on city walls without permision. Also demostrating anti-360 propaganda by paying its Koyeo employees to spread rumors about the xbox 360 freezing, scratching discs etc. Sony is one of the most dishonest companies, they're are always using disgusting business tactics to bring down their more honest competitors such as Sega. There is always a big gap between what Sony says about their consoles, and what they actually show (such as E3, when they used a computer to make those graphics and say it was their PS3. Sony says other consoles break and explode, but dont mention that over 3 million of their sold PS2's broke, or the fact that a majority of their PSP's have an extremely low battery or dead pixels on the extremely sensitive screen that Sony charges $100.00 to repair.