Microsoft’s Xbox 360 vs. The Sony’s Playstation 3

Microsoft has tried to catch up with some of the titans of the gaming world, such as Sony with the release of the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 offers a variety of new features, the players love:

Free limited subscription for online gaming - This allows players that are not yet participating in online gaming a chance to see what is available at no charge. All 360s come with Xbox Live-aware - ie, that a friend invite or see who is online and what they are playing from the Xbox 360 The button in the middle of the controller makes it all very easy.

It offers great media features including listening to music while you play, the ability to create custom playlists and your own soundtracks, the ability to rip songs from original CDs to the Xbox 360 and stream music from your MP3 player on the Xbox 360 . You can also create slide shows photos to share with friends and family. Xbox 360 Wireless Controller has a. No longer tripping over the wires, but it can support two wired controllers through USB ports in the front. The game console is not only ideal for gamers, but also developers. It is a powerful machine with an unprecedented RAM - a feature added to the desire of the developer.

But the Xbox 360 still has some problems that need to prepare:

Their Japanese third party support is lacking - While some Japanese developers offer software for the Xbox, it is a small number compared to what the same developers offer for the PlayStation. While the wireless controller, it is fairly quickly eats batteries. Standard alkaline batteries only last about thirty hours, so if you buy the Xbox 360, invest in rechargeable batteries to save some money at the end. When it was founded, WalMart stores before the day before the launch, many suffered what is known as the Xbox "360 screen of death," an error screen. The Xbox 360 also had some problems with overheating. Some report of the Xbox 360 system to be very loud when playing an Xbox 360 disc

Many people are looking forward to the publication of the PlayStation 3, which may occur as soon as November of this year. It has been said that the PlayStation 3 has an outward feel (which allows it to be horizontally or vertically on its own), in contrast to the Xbox 360 is inward feel. There is a much bigger than the PlayStation 2 and closer to the original size of the Xbox. Game discs slide into the console like CDs slide into a car player.

Here are a few attractive features of the PlayStation 3:

It is always on, so can your PlayStation 3 from anywhere, as long as you have an Internet connection. With a PlayStation Portable, you can connect to your PlayStation 3 and transfer media, such as music and films. The PlayStation 3 seems to be much more powerful than the Xbox 360, Ninetindo Revolution and PlayStation 2 First reports say that it is twice as fast as the Xbox 360 Developer and publisher of over 230 games have announced titles for PlayStation 3 games.

Here are a few disadvantages and reported problems with the Playstation 360:

Comes with only 256 MB, less than 512 MB for the Xbox 360. Your PlayStation Network Platform (online service) is still in the development stage and may not be ready by the time PlayStation 3 is released.

The launch of the PlayStation 3 was already on the hard disk, because problems.

Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are incredible gaming consoles. It seems that although the Xbox 360 was the first, the best bet is still the Playstation 3 The strongest point of the Xbox 360 is the on-line functionality, but Sony has something like Xbox Live right now. However, the gap with Microsoft Xbox 360 and probably will eventually catch up with Sony gaming consoles. For some users, it may come to something as simple as which one is more compatible with the games they already possess.