PS3 wins the Console War (PS3 vs. 360. vs. Wii)

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Back in '06 and '07 the 360 had the upper hand with it's cheaper price and better exclusives, because it was released earlier.

Now in '09, the PS3 has many quality exclusives. Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, and Infamous. Tekken 6 and Final Fantasy XIII were supposed to be PS3 exclusive but became available to the 360 as well. Also games like God of War III, a new Metal Gear Solid game, and MAG, have been announced.

A PS3 price cut is also inevitable. If the PS3 was $299, price will no longer be a flaw of the PS3.

Regarding the Playstation Network, I have found the connection to be just as good as Xbox Live's connection, and the Playstation Network now has the same amount of users as Xbox Live's.

For big games like Final Fantasy XIII, blu-ray disc is a HUGE advantage:

The demo of long awaited RPG blockbuster Final Fantasy XIII has unveiled an unpleasant truth for Xbox 360 owners: the demo alone is 5GB, more than the capacity of a single layer DVD, and of course the full game will be many times larger.

The capacity of a Blu-ray disc is 25GB for a single layer, 50GB for two, whilst a single layer DVD is 4.7GB and a dual layer one 8.5GB. Unfortunately, the Xbox 360 only has a DVD drive.

2ch provides its impression of the situation facing Xbox 360 owners when the game finally finds its way onto the platform next year:

This was what it was initially thought to be…


Expectations have however increased…


With the size of games ever increasing, suddenly the economy of including a standard DVD drive does not seem so wise. Much disc-swapping appears to be on the horizon…

Via Hachimaki.

So PS3 pros:
Better Exclusives
Inevitable $50-100 price cut
Less hardware problems than the 360
Playstation Network is just as good Xbox Live
Blu-Ray Drive

Cons:No more PS2 game compatibility

360 Pros:
Xbox Live
Gears of War, and Halo 3
Cheap

Cons:
No blu-ray. The next generation of Xbox consoles might not even have blu-ray installed.
Not many new quality exclusives... at least that I don't know about.
Red ring of death plus new "E76" bug

Microsoft has released a new bug for their successful Xbox 360 console, complementing the popular “Red Ring of Death”, which for years has been ensuring a steady stream of broken consoles are supplied to end users.

The new bug, known only as “E76”, adds an exciting new graphical element to the business of sending consoles to Microsoft’s support centers; Microsoft describe the problem:

“One part of the power LED lights up, but additionally the error message ‘E76’ will be displayed on screen. The cause is quite different to that of the ‘Red Ring of Death’.”

Microsoft asks that those afflicted send their consoles to a support centre in the usual fashion.

The hardware defect is already proving popular, with Google Trends data showing a sharp and sudden increase in incidences of the issue from a zero starting point, starting August of 2008.
Fans speculate that this could be due to a GPU malfunction, though Microsoft is not spoiling the excitement by revealing the cause.

Via Technobahn.

Sony is not content to let Microsoft lead in this way, and lately has been rolling out its own line of drive malfunction on the PS3… Only time will tell whether Microsoft’s lead is indeed too far advanced.

Your thoughts?