Sony has one unique advantage as well.. PS3 will support both BlueRay as well as PS2 & PS1 titles. X360 will host exclusive titles, and as of right now, is not backward compatible.
The Xbox is a great product, but right now it makes up 18% of the overall marketshare vs. Sony which has slightly over 50%. That's just fact as of right now. And Sony's marketing methods within the international market as well as it's royalty system have been very lucrative to it's partners, far more so then MS.. I think MS has a great product in the XBOX360. But I think Sony is smart to start pushing and showing off the PS3, allowing them to say "keep all your software, keep all your titles, add tons of features.." Sony's linkup with any broadband service is also a perk compared to MS's system. I am convinced MS will pick up their marketshare as of current and they will grow it. At the same time, I believe Sony will be very effective in holding onto their base. CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Grenz Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:53 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] MS intros XBox360, Sony PS3 Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 6:25:56 PM, Eli wrote: > I think you have that backwards. MS ships 6 months earlier so doesn't have > the advantage of using technology that is 6th months better. > BTW, I agree Sony was more impressive but going by the web page they don't > really have any PS3 code up yet so more likely to be vaporware. > Eli First isn't always best. Ask the Dreamcast. And the Fight Night, Unreal 3 and all the internal tech demos were all running live, in real time on the Cell plus GPU. May have been 6800 Ultra SLI rather than RSX though. There was a guy over at Quatertothree.com who talked a little bit about development he's involved with on the PS3. They've been writing code for the Cell for about a year. A lot of the Xbox demos were prerenderes too, though. Sony's just looked better when they fibbed! The Motor Storm and Killzone 2 demos looked absolutely sick, and the Square demo of the FFVII intro look fantastic too. Kinda put the FFXI+ demo they gave MS to shame. Brad Grenz --the Widgets http://www.thewidgets.com
