Ps3 Vs Xbox360

The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have been acclaimed to be the ultimate in the video gaming arena. With both the gaming consoles being of equal caliber and providing different gaming experiences, gamers have a tough choice to make in deciding on a particular one and have to base their decision on the attributes offered by the two.

PlayStation 3 owes a great deal of its popularity to the truth that IBM, Toshiba and Sony were responsible for its processor.

The Play station has additional factors supporting its eminence in the form of the NVIDIA graphics card, the Blu Ray Player that permits a capacity of 54GB space and the console itself supporting watching movies of high definition and web browsing.

The NVIDIA of the PS3 enables the system to present a very true to life feel of the characters and maps and is touted to be the closest to what one sees in movies with lot of graphics. The other advantage with PS3 is the variety of games on offer as well as the option to play games that were popular with the previous models of Play station.

The reason behind the Xbox 360 console being able to compete so effectively with the PlayStation 3 is its 3.2 GHz chip coupled with a processor powered by a 512MB RAM from IBM.  The Xbox 360 is thought to be weaker than the PS3 in the graphics department, though it has the ATI at 500MHz backing it. Despite the functionality of the Xbox 360’s DVD-ROM as a comprehensive audio and video facility, it is not perceived as a strong challenger to the Blu Ray player of the PS3.

In the final analysis, the two consoles have good graphics, different games and it boils down to affordability in deciding which to go for and in this regard, the PS3 costs much higher than the Xbox 360. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are the gaming consoles that are here for the long haul and will bring out more innovative stuff to retain the edge.

About the author: Jaylen Derell is a very proud writer for Gaming websites. The article he takes the most pride in is Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.