Xbox 360 Slightly More Powerful Then PS3

**Nato King** · 12-09-2005

But they're still both Ferraris when it comes down to it...

Speaking at yesterdays' 33rd Annual UBS Global Media Conference Microsoft's Bryan Lee, Corporate Vice President & CFO Home & Entertainment, demonstrated the 360 to an audience of key participants in the global media sector and proclaimed it to be "slightly more powerful" then the Playstation3.

"With Sony if they do hit the specs which they've said they'll have there's a debate, there's a couple of categories where they outdo us, there's several categories where we outdo them. On balance I think most people who study the space will tell you our system is slightly more powerful then theirs from a hardware standpoint. But for the purposes of this discussion I think it's fair to say they're both Ferraris"

Lee reiterated Microsoft's expectations of 4.5 to 5 million units being shipped before June 30th 2006, with between 2.75 million and 3 million of these coming during the first 90 days.

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**swivel** · 12-09-2005

Hmmm... so the guy affiliated with the XBox says that it is more powerful than the PS3?

**laughs** · 12-09-2005

I don't know what to think.... I'm hearing both consoles are more powerful.... Bah!

**mattgame** · 12-09-2005

I just hope the games are great.

**FuNkY mOnK** · 12-09-2005

exactly,Who cares? where are the games? that's why i bought the system.Lets go guys get the games out and save the bullsh-it.

**Whisper** · 12-09-2005

games are where sony will beat us sadly

and the fact that they have the masses

**mattgame** · 12-09-2005

I agree. I will be getting mine.

**Brevity** · 12-09-2005

To early to tell and even if it were true its one of the lesser important things with regard to these two systems.

**laughs** · 12-09-2005

Originally Posted by Whisper

games are where sony will beat us sadly

Although the 360 is easier to program for.... So who knows.

**Double_Diablo** · 12-09-2005

I wish someone unbiased would come out with an opinion regarding the power of PS3 and Xbox 360. Microsoft and Sony reps are hardly someone I'd trust with that kind of opinon.

**l Maximus l** · 12-09-2005

If you guys think about it, 3rd party developers are going to create identical copies of games for each system...so, it hardly makes a difference. Only first party games are the difference.

One category where PS3 is far inferior compared to XBox 360 is the on-line network. XBox Live is freakin' 100 times more advanced than Sony will ever make their on-line system. In fact, XBox Live is technically the 2nd largest telecommunications network on the planet!

**Jackyboy** · 12-09-2005

revolution > all

**Jags** · 12-09-2005

Originally Posted by Double_Diablo

I wish someone unbiased would come out with an opinion regarding the power of PS3 and Xbox 360. Microsoft and Sony reps are hardly someone I'd trust with that kind of opinon.

EXACTLY wat i was about to type

**ShadedNine** · 12-09-2005

Originally Posted by Double_Diablo

I wish someone unbiased would come out with an opinion regarding the power of PS3 and Xbox 360. Microsoft and Sony reps are hardly someone I'd trust with that kind of opinon.

Rather difficult at the moment, given the hazy information being distributed by Sony. At this rate, a good comparison won't be possible until after the PS3 releases. It's pretty easy for both sides to speculate they're more powerful when Sony's system is still deep into development.

**CarGuy** · 12-09-2005

I've been hearing some bad stuff about Sony lately...

**StudioAlex** · 12-09-2005

I heard the PS3 wll have Toy Story comparable graphics. We really are in the time of tomorrow.

**ShadedNine** · 12-09-2005

I heard it will clean my room, walk my dogs and with the appropriate add-on module, wipe my a**

Anyway, much of the "bad stuff about sony" is probably their latest fiasco: Their DRM rootkit XCP. Google up ' Sony XCP ' if you somehow haven't heard of it. It hasn't got much to do with the PS3, but it's part of the reason I very much do not like Sony as a corporation.

**swivel** · 12-09-2005

Originally Posted by ShadedNine

I heard it will clean my room, walk my dogs and with the appropriate add-on module, wipe my a**

Anyway, much of the "bad stuff about sony" is probably their latest fiasco: Their DRM rootkit XCP. Google up ' Sony XCP ' if you somehow haven't heard of it. It hasn't got much to do with the PS3, but it's part of the reason I very much do not like Sony as a corporation.

Agree. Companies that make proprietary software/hardware irk the hell out of me. Sony ranks right below Apple in this regard. Sony now has no less than 5 memory card formats that only they use. And there was the minidisc fiasco. And the reluctance to accept MP3 as a viable format. And ATRAC. And now Blu-Ray.

I love my Playstations, but I have to forget that Sony makes it. If I kept that in mind, I would end up throwing the damn thing out into the snow.

Now I need to get back to Dragonquest VIII. First truly great RPG I've played this year, and it is on a console pushing 5 years old.