PS3 and 360 are equally powered.

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scottie said:
the statement 'PS3 and 360 are equally powered' is completely misinterpreting what this man said, and it is not true at all. I shall translate what this man said

"Shippy tells Gamasutra, "I'm going to have to answer with an 'it depends.' Again, they're completely different models. The PS3 has a much more powerful processor than the 360, and as such is much better at processor dependent tasks such as folding@home

"With the Xbox 360, you've got more of a traditional gaming system, that is pretty equal to the PS3 as far as gaming is concerned

"At the end of the day, when you put them all together, depending on the software, I think they're pretty equal at playing games."

I'm sorry to be arguing semantics here, I really am. I just don't like the claim that just because they are equally good at playing games, they are equally as powerful. The 360 might be as good for gaming as the PS3, but running any fair and objective benchmark, which tests CPU, GPU and harddrive in different tasks, the PS3 will win

You are misinterpretting his words, i'm afraid.  You left out where he mentioned the 360's GPU is quite complex and much better than the PS3's.

All in all, they are pretty equal.  Just as he said.  You are the one trying to make him imply stuff that wasn't there.  He mentions the holds of the PS3 hardware itself as well as the added difficulty in programming for the Cell.  He is not saying that the software being released is making them about equal, but the hardwares actual performance is pretty equal.