After a few days with my shiny new PS3...

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Wow, I can't believe I forgot built-in Wifi on the PS3. That is one good feature that the Wii and the PS3 have and frankly, the 360 should have. It does add value (even if it is purely perceived value) because MS charges so much for theirs. I bought a Logitech Play wireless adapter from Ebay for 20 bucks and it gave we wireless for me 360 at a fraction of the cost of the built-in one.

@cyclone 87: I would agree that the PS3 and 360 are equal in terms of graphics at this point and I suspect it will pretty much remain that way through the end of the generation on MANY multi-plats. There is no question the cell is a powerful CPU -- much more so than the 360 CPU-- but it is quite a bit more complex to design programs to truly take advantage of the many SPEs than it is to take advantage of PC-based processors that have a much more mature development library. It could be that very few of the third party Devs ever reach a point of mastering it while only First and Second take advantage. The Sega Saturn is a shining example of what happens when too much tech is introduced. It was the first console (that I know of) that used twin identical CPUs (Hitachi's). Few developers really knew how to create parallel code and take advantage of the architecture so they just used one or marginally used both. Virtua Fighter 2 was a graphical leap over everything else at the time because Sega really pushed the twin CPU architecture. Sadly, the Saturn died. That said, I don't believe the Playstation 3 will die which means eventually developers will master the SPEs. Consider also there are 8 rather than two and clearly there is a large learning curve. I don't think the 360, as much as I like the console, is going to be able to compete graphically in the coming couple of years.

@Makingmusic: As far as installs, I downloaded about a dozen demos and have 5 full games that I took out to play all at once. Pretty much everything required an install and some a significant download of an additional update (sizeable ones at that). I spent a LOT of time in total waiting but now that the initial rush is over it won't be as bad because I won't be getting my hands on 5-10 games a week, lol. Also, I don't get the license agreement on every game I play. That's new and came out of nowhere. I don't like the ones that forced me to scroll through before clicking accept. It's not really a dealbreaker, but it is a nuisance as I've never had to do that before on any other console. I think I have ADD, lol.

@Bokal: I don't hate the OS. It is fine, but I don't like the processes above. It is very good that they keep releasing updates as it upgrades the blu-ray player to the latest features and adds great stuff to the XMB.