Regardless of the
interest you have at
heart or the business
you are in there is
always a rivalry between
the best in anything.
Pepsi vs. Coke.
Wal-Mart vs. Target.
Coors vs. Budweiser.
You get the point, when
it comes to being the
best it doesn’t matter
who you are, there is
always a rival and there
is always somebody ready
to take up the argument
of the “other guys”.
The
video game industry is
no different than any
other so when it comes
to being a hardcore
video gamer in the
present day there are
two choices for you in
which to choose your
alliance, Microsoft or
Sony. More
specifically, you need
to choose between their
golden children, the
PlayStation and Xbox
empires. For those of
you incapable of making
the decision yourself,
read the following to
understand what both
have to offer.
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Xbox was
released over a year ago
with no competitor as
Sony had yet to release
its new PlayStation 3,
delaying it over a year
to make it competitive.
PlayStation 3 seems to
have done so with a Cell
Broadband Engine to
power its newest entry
into the video gaming
arms race. Whether you
know which is better
without playing both is
solely based on if you
are a computer genius or
not. If not, which most
of us are not,
understand that both are
based on having multiple
processors
running at
the same time.
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Just as
you would expect, both
manufacturers offer
different packages for
buyers in retail outlets
across the country.
Generally, each is
offered in a “core”
package and a “premium”
package with names
varying at different
retail outlets.
Basically, what you have
to choose from is a
basic system with no
hard drive, but
everything else. A
system that provides you
with 20GB of hard drive
and a different system
that offers 60GB of hard
drive. Xbox 360 is
generally around $100
cheaper in all
categories at the
moment, but it has also
been around for a year
longer.
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Where
PlayStation 3 is
separating itself from
Xbox 360 at the time
being is in the game
discs or capability with
Blu-Ray technology. Blu-Ray
technology allows for
more space on each disc
which means that
developers and designers
can go deeper and more
sophisticated with game
play in each game. This
is exclusive to
PlayStation 3 at the
moment, but you can bet
that all systems will
have it in the coming
years.
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Both video
gaming giants offer an
online gaming service to
allow gamers to be able
to compete with each
other across the world.
Xbox Live is currently
the more well known of
the two services, but it
does cost money in the
form of a monthly
subscription to be able
to use it. PlayStation
3 is preparing to have a
massive online community
along with the launch of
the system itself, with
the difference between
them and Xbox being that
PS3’s online service
will be offered without
charge.
