360 vs PS3 vs WII

[Chojin]

Sony's biggest problem here isn't price directly in my opinion, it's that their games look the same as every other console if you don't have an expensive HDTV. And at launch, it looks about as good as current 360 games even with an HDTV. Of course, Microsoft's had a year to grow their graphics and I don't doubt the PS3 will trump them in that category in as much time. Screenshots I've seen of coming games for the PS3 in HD are nothing short of brilliant and if all the consoles were the same price I'd probably go with the PS3 as my secondary console. Adding motion-sensing and nixing vibration at the last minute was a hilariously pathetic move on Sony's part, but stealing from Nintendo is what tiggers do best, I guess ;<

James, you keep saying 'who buys a PS3 for movies' and then turn around and say that a standalone blu-ray player is $400 more than Sony's ultra-expensive system. So, I would imagine a lot of people who buy PS3s will do it for the movie-playing format. I also agree with the sentiment that HD-DVD will trounce Blu-Ray, if for no other reason than people know what DVDs are and they know that HD means 'good'. Also, I realize that the NES came out more than 20 years ago, but that's just proof that even 90% market share and longevity to rival Christianity can't save your subsequent systems from failure (not to say that the SNES failed, but it had less market share and the N64 all but tanked). The lesson that I think we all should have learned from the PS2 is that even the least powerful system can win it big - even without first-party support - as long as you have a lot of people making games for it. The PS3 is so fundamentally different from anything that's worked for Sony in the past that to compare it to their other consoles is actually less accurate than comparing it to its competition.

Also, as I understand it, the 360 uses a format of DVD that is higher density than normal DVD while not being HD-DVD. I could be wrong.