MikeB on 06 March 2007
Interesting perspectives here, IMO the true next-gen wars are yet to begin though, current gen is still doing very well (PS2), consoles not being available globally yet and there are still shortages. Considering the PS1's huge delays for other countries compared to Japan and the console's initial slow sales, did anyone expect the PS1 to eventually sell over 100 million units at the time? @ windbane Nice post!
if you want a 360 (15gb version or however much space is left) with an hd-dvd player, it costs you $100 more than a ps3 with all the same functionality...
Except a XBox 360 with HD DVD drive isn't really on par with the PS3's Blu-Ray drive, the HD DVD drive cannot be used for gaming and one thing games seem to do well over the years is that they tend to expand significantly in terms of data usage. Also the XBox 360 HD DVD addon is half the speed of the PS3's Blu-Ray drive. Finally a Blu-Ray disc stores more data per layer and includes impressive protective coatings (must pass steelwool rubbing tests).
With regard to movie playback, the movie quality is about on par between both formats, but in theory due to Blu-Ray's higher bitrate, while using identical codecs Blu-Ray movies should be able to produce better picture quality (next to this the PS3's HDMI 1.3 is also a factor here).
