Sunday, July 13, 2008

XBOX 360 vs. PS3: an in Depth Look

...verall you can expect to see more games on the PS3 than the XBOX 360, reflecting the selection for the current generation systems. Only time will which console will have the quality of games which all of us are been expecting

Media Type:

Will the media storage type be a factor in the quality of the games? Since PS3 is owned by Sony and BLUray is Sonys next high definition storage medium, the PS3 games will be stored on the BLUray discs which hold approximately 54 gigs. The Xbox 360 games will be stored on Double Layer DVDs which store 9 gigs. Obviously the BLUray discs can store a lot more data, but at the current stage of game development, any game developed will fit just as well on the 9 gig DVDs, so this is not a major factor but one that may come into play later on.

Processing Power:

How do the two systems compare when looking at brute processing power? The PS3 uses a Cell processor with a PowerPC-based core with seven synergistic processing units while the Xbox comes with a custom IBM PowerPC CPU with three dual-threaded cores that can handle six total threads at a time. An important comparison to look at is the number of dot product calculations per second the systems can perform. The reason this number is important is because it is used extensively during gameplay in 3d math to calculate various things such as vector lengths, projections, transformations, and more. Both systems are clocked at 3.2 Ghz. The PS3 can handle 51-billion dot product operations per second and the Xbox can handle 33.6. There is a debate over which system has more brute processing power and these numbers can be confusing to the average person, but overall it seems that the PS...more

Wii Nintendo - For The Gen X

...oller. The Nunchuk unit in the retail pack features an accelerometer and the standard analog stick with trigger buttons. To prevent unintentional dropping of the Wii remote, an attachable wrist band is provided.

This handheld device detects acceleration in 3-dimensions, and is capable of receiving updates and messages from the internet in the standby mode. The gaming unit is one of the smallest and the lightest by the manufacturer until now. The operating sys...more

Xbox360 - Next Generation Console

...The high definition video game console empowers PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical cores and graphic processor with 10MB of embedded DRAM. This allows the user to compete online with high-integrated games.

With Xbox 360, digital world of gaming consoles have won the heart of tech-savvy avid players and casual users. It is a video game console from the renowned house of Microsoft. The high definition video game console empowers PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical cores and graphic processor with 10MB of embedded...more

Nintendo Wii - The Revolutionary Console

...h out the world.

Nintendo aims a wider demographic with its console than that of others in the seventh generation. This is quite evident in its series of television advertisements in North America. The productions are Nintendo's first broad-based advertising strategy which includes a two-minute video clip that shows a varied assortment of people enjoying the Wii system including urban apartment-dwellers, country ranchers, grandparents and parents with their children.

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