Thursday, September 15, 2005

The Rise and Fall of Modern Video Games

So coming up soon enough there will be the release of the BIG two. (not really three anymore, everyone has pretty much counted out Nintendo)

XBox 360 will be coming out sometime in November. (the price point is either $299 for the regular and $399 for the hard drive and the wireless controllers.

Playstation 3 will be coming out sometime next year around spring (possibly) for around $399-$499. No real solid price has been nailed down for the system yet.

Sony, in my opionion has the upper hand on the console war. "Why?" you may be asking. Well in my opinion, from all that i have read, seen or heard (and believe you me its a lot, again im an admitted GameDork) the new "Next Generation" system from Playstation just flat out looks and performes like a Next Gen system.

Everything that i have seen (streaming video, movie clips, press releases) the Xbox 360 's stuff looks like it could be running on the current Xbox. Everything except "Gears of War" is just not impressive. It just has that been there done that feel to it. Even by the specs given the PS3 the chipset out does the Xbox. For the money im getting the Playstation 3 , it may cost me about $400 but i think its worth it. It plays all my old games, connects to my PSP, has a schload of space for upgrades, USBs, WiFi, i mean come on, whats not to love. The best part about this whole which one do i chose deal, is the fact that i can play all my old games on my Playstation. The Xbox is backwards compatable with "Most" which is more like "Some", and get this in order to play those old games you HAVE to get the Hard Drive. Thank you Bill Gates, thank you for making my choice that much easier.

Let me know which system your leaning to, and why. im intrested to know.

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