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Sorry Daz, I was led to believe that the PS3 did run a 640p resolution as a standard. If I was a Microsoft fanboy, then I wouldn't have written that the PS3 was good etc,c I would've completely bashed it.

Also, Basilis... You said that you'd never played either then changed your mind... you haven't got a clue what you're talking about, so let people who do have a discussion about it.

As for the cpu, the ps3 only has one core whereas the xbox 360 has three, so it has more processing power.

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Originally posted by Basilis
Anyway, I had played in a mall with XboX 360 controllers and I found it difficult. You may got used to them but I doubt they reach PS3's easiness in use.

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The Playstation controllers require you to stretch your thumb across to use the analogue stick. The shape of the controller suggests that the d-pad is the most used - when it's not anymore, it's the analogue stick. That's what's good about the 360 controller, everything is in a great position, the triggers, the bumpers, the guide button etc.

PS3 controllers have awful triggers (if you'd read my post for an explanation), but it's great that they're rechargable.

Daz, sorry about getting the hard-drive thing wrong too, I just thought that you couldn't upgrade it... tbh that's an awesome feature by Sony to allow you to do that. It's just a little harder to change than the 360.

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Originally posted by traxor
As for the cpu, the ps3 only has one core whereas the xbox 360 has three, so it has more processing power.

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uh? the PS3 has a Cell CPU, That has 8 Cores.

The PS3 has better hardware specs, but the Xbox 360 more games. Some of the games gets ported to PS3 (like Call of Duty 4), and these ports aren't always using the PS3 to the max because the game mainly was written for the Xbox 360.

Sorry traxor but where are you getting your "facts" from?

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Originally posted by Nathan
Sorry traxor but where are you getting your "facts" from?

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ign/gamespy by looks of it

Blah, I give up - everyone's so stubborn

On another note, I bought GTA liberty city today - But I can't play it till sunday because PS3 is there

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Originally posted by Dazzy

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Originally posted by traxor
As for the cpu, the ps3 only has one core whereas the xbox 360 has three, so it has more processing power.

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uh? the PS3 has a Cell CPU, That has 8 Cores.

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Not really. The PS3 has 7 cores - one is disabled at factory to increase processor yields - this may be changed when they move to a 45nm process, but I'm not sure. A further core is reserved for use by the XMB.

In theory, the 360 has 3 cores with 2 hardware threads per core (it's kinda like hyper-threading, but implemented better than on the P4) but the PS3 has 6 cores.

Also, the Cell architecture has in theory a much faster instruction set for a floating point number (but not for a double), but it's just that people don't really want to have to code assembly when making games. (Admittedly I believe the Cell compiler can make several optimizations in this respect if used properly.)

Don't trust Gametrailers for comparisons, they are very bias against the PS3; they have even been forced to remove some due to the vast amount of email they get. They have a habit of messing with the RGB options and brightness to make the PS3 look worse.

That being said the PS3 controller isn't very good. The Xbox is slightly better, yet doesn't look as slick. But the Wii has the best controller without a doubt, it is so comfortable and extremely fun.

Wii is superior!

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Originally posted by absorbation
The Xbox is slightly better, yet doesn't look as slick.

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usability > looks


wii fail.... together!

Im saving for an X360 but this kind of decision always has to do with you.

I think Xbox Live is what really makes me prefer XBOX 360