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Xbox 360 tips it over the PS3 in power?

by Nick Haywood on 9 December 2005, 13:30

Tags: Xbox 360, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), MFORMA Group, Xbox 360

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Xbox 360 tips it over the PS3 in power?



According to an article on Total Video Games, Microsoft’s Bryan Lee reckons their Xbox 360 just sneaks it over the PS3 in the power stakes.

Lee, the Corporate Vice President & CFO Home & Entertainment, during a demonstration of the Xbox 360 at the UBS Global Media Conference said:

“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”

But of course he’d say that… To our mind, it’s not just about the power of a console, but of how well the developers use the hardware. Many developers have praised the Xbox 360 as being a far easier console to code for but have also cited the PS3 as being the more powerful… IF you can get it to do what you want it too. With the PS3 still to be released, it’s easy to make claims, but until we see some hardware, we’re withholding judgement.



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Kinda contradicts what the devs have been saying, i.e. that the PS3 is more powerful, but the 360 is easier to program..
Its funny how MS say the 360 is more powerful. Bet Sony are saying the same things(that the PS3 is more powerful). I rather believe the game developers than the hype coming from both camps. If fact ID head bloke (Carmack?) has already stated that the PS3 is more powerful, but the 360 is easier to program for. Anyways its all just willy waving.

Roll on the Revolution, at least the big N aren't getting involved in this type of rubbish.
Agreed but the claims from Devs: just a souped up XBox doesn't excite me at all really seeing as I don't find many Nintendo games to float my boat (apart from the classic Goldeneye ;))
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Anyways its all just willy waving.
LOL “mines bigger and better than yours” type thing?

Sony will hopefully they have a bit better launch with the PS3 than microsoft did with the 360. Its seems that at least 10 times more people wanted the xbox than actually got one, if not more! Im seriously considering just sticking with my PC and PS2 until the PS3 release. I was meant to get a 360 on friday but someone signed for it on my behalf and nicked off with it, maybe that was fate?! :crazy:
I'm doing the same. Gonna wait fir the PS3, and stick with PC and PS2 for the next year.

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I was meant to get a 360 on friday but someone signed for it on my behalf and nicked off with it, maybe that was fate?!

What a sneaky fecker! I bet whoever done it sold it on ebay for an extra £100 onto the RRP!