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Im looking to buy an xbox 360 elite or a ps3 soon. to give you a bit of background, i am going to buy both systems, so i need to know which one to get 1st. with the console i will want to get the top version, so its the elite for the xbox 360 and a 40gb ps3(60gb are not around anymore :( ) and i will upgrade the ps3 hdd with a 200gb sata disc i have lying around collecting dust. is the xbox hdd upgradable? i am looking for wifi, ability to stream/progressively download and watch movies from my pc and have a machine in the front room for all round fun gaming with friends. i do have high end pcs for serious gaming. so tell me what you think , does the amount of games on the xbox out do the processing power of the ps3? what system do games look and play better on?

Ps3 is a great console,great graphics,gameplay,free online, stronger,blue ray.... you can play blue ray disks,dvd,cds,but on 360 u can only play,dvds and cds.and ohh ya the 360 has no internet browser. plus i guess u dont want to end up like this guy. http://youtube.com/watch?v=glopw1qe1hu let's compare ps3 and xbox 360: 1). a third of xbox 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. ps3 return rate is only around 0.2%. despite some people say, that new 360 has no breakdown issues - visit xbox section of yahoo answers and see for yourself an amount of complaints. 2). ps3 has 8 (7+1) kernels in cell processor, xbox 360 -only 3. 3). ps3 uses advanced tech called blu-ray, one disc can store up to 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), xbox 360 - regular dual layer dvd-9 (8.5gb). it is possible to get hd-dvd (max. - 30gb) for 360, but it'll cost you around 180$, in this case xbox is going to be much more expensive, than ps3. 4). calculations per sec - ps3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati.. per second xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera.. per second 5). ps3 has full media support - usbs, built-in 4 slots card reader (except 20gb and 40gb versions), ability to use printer and so on. xbox 360 has usbs and only 2 memory slots. 6). ps3 supports up to 7 blue th controllers xbox 360 - up to 4 controllers 7). ps3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version) xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $ 8). graphics are stronger in ps3, due to rsx chip, that was developed by nvidia exclusively for ps3. rsx runs on 550 mhz. it is difficult to compare their graphics chips, because 360 has a video chip with totally different structure and operating memory is divided differently in both consoles. however, ps3 exclusives look better than 360's exclusives. 9). ps3 uses technology from ageia company. it does to physics of the game same thing gpu (videocard processor) does to graphics. this thing is on sale for pc(special card). the price is around 350$. there's no such thing in 360. 10). xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. my ps3 was walking for more than 15 hours non-stop with no problems. sometimes xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on cpu melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it. that's why in some countries people call xbox 360 "coffin 360". 11). besides all of this, i have seen disassembled xbox 360 - regular pc architecture - billy gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual). when i saw disassembled ps3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external ps3 coolers - they make eextremely thing worse - original system is good), etc. 12). in 2008 ps3 will get more than 300 games, including metal gear solid 4, the agent and other great exclusives. here is the good link to the future ps3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html.... 13). ps3 online is free, xbox 360 - you've to pay. 14). there were reports, that 360 scratches discs. no reports on that in ps3. 15). the funniest thing, that right now there's no games for ps3, that show full potential of the console. biggest games weigh only 25 gb (xbox 360 will need more than 3 discs even for those). 16). on ps3 you can install other os, such as linux yellow dog, ubuntu and others. sony officially lets you do it. there's no such thing in 360. 17). ps3 hdd can be replaced easily with any 2.5" sata 5400 rpm hdd (used in laptops). 250 gb will cost you around 170$. in 360 you've to buy exclusive hdd, where 20gb will cost you 100$. 18).sony expects ps3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. also sony reduces price now. there's a cheaper 40gb version of ps3. 19).sony constantly upgrades ps3 software (free updates for os) - you get new functions and improvements. 20). ps3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. wii has it, xbox 360 - doesn't. ps3 is getting rumble controller (dualshock 3) in 1st quarter 2008, japan already has it. on www.ebay.com i saw those controllers on sale 50$ and up (unofficial import) 21).on ps3 you can help sick people by walking folding home project. wii and xbox 360 didn't even reckon about it. 22).new 40gb is 399$ or 399 euro (depends on the region) - it's no backwards compatibility with ps2 games, has 2 usbs instead of 4, no built-in card reader, but it is the same ps3, strong, reliable, less noisy, different cooling system. the price is friendly. 23). but, to be , i am not a ps3 fanboy, so (despite i own one) hear this - ps3 games (exclusives) are extremely hard to develop due to complicated cell's architecture. we've to wait till developers will figure out how to develop games properly. sometimes multiplatform games run not so good on ps3 due to the same developing issues - it is hard for developers to get a grip on such advanced technologies.