Console Wars

The debate about what game console is better has been going on since the PS3 and the Xbox 360 release about three years ago. They have fought to be voted best from its users but the winner is yet to be decided. The sleek and impressive PS3, & the high tech and innovative Xbox 360, the battle between these two game consoles is still occurring.


The PS3 and Xbox 360 are total opposites. The PS3 focused more on their muti-purpose functions. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 focused more on making many features better than the other but it did not try to be a well rounded game console.

Even though the PS3 and the Xbox cost around the same price, Sony’s PS3 is a little more pricey. The PS3 does have its benefits that make up for what the Xbox does not yet have. Unlike Xbox 360, the PS3 does not charge for online game play because it does not have dedicated servers like the Xbox 360. The PS3 does a lot more than the Xbox 360 regarding its mulit-purpose use. For example, the PS3 has a built-in blu-ray player and the Xbox doesn’t. The PS3 is able to play high definition movies in blu-ray and Xbox 360 does not offer this extra function. It’s not just any blu-ray player, cnet.com states, ''We've had some time to put the PS3 through our blu-ray suite.” The blu-ray on the PS3 is quieter than the DVD player on the Xbox 360, so most people prefer the quieter system. Another one of the many features that the PS3 has that the Xbox 360 lacks is the ability to browse the internet straight from the system. You can go on any website or browse through the internet straight from the system. The most you can do on the Xbox 360 is update your status on Facebook or Twitter. On the other hand, the Xbox has been voted for having the best of graphics. Beyond3D.com reports about the system specs, the Xbox contains 3.2GHz IBM Central processor, and also contains 500MHz ATI Graphic Processor. This information proves that the Xbox graphics contain a great color variety, compared that to the Ps3 making the murky colors dark, and the pleasant colors, nice and limpid. It also contains HDMI imputs for an HDTV, so it makes your graphics look even better on your television screen. There are types of games that you can get on one system but not the other. For example, games called the Halo series, Gears of war trilogy, and many more are only for the Xbox 360. For the PS3 games you can play; God of War, Final Fantasy, and more. The PS3 has a better multi purpose use that can be very handy but the Xbox has the better graphics and better games. In my view the better games and graphics are more important than browsing the internet. Xbox 360 has features that the PS3 does not have and till this day they are still competing to be the champion.

By: Gabe Castaneda, Omar Vazquez, & Deon Conley

Technology