A picture of me smiling and giving the thumbs up was recently added to Webster's Dictionary next to the term "Pyrrhic Victory".

The sad part about all this is that MikeB might actually think that the PS3 is handling 1080p when it is just upscaling a lower resolution.

@ RocketPig

I wish Sony would shut their mouths about the competition.

I mean Nintendo barely pats their own backs... MS has a tendency to make up BS to make themselves look better, but sony seems to be always trying to down the competition to make themselves look better.

They are like the chunky kid in JH that made fun of the really fat kid to make himself look better but the thin kids still think he is fat.

For you slower folk,
Nintendo = Skinny Kids Sony = Fat Kids MS= Obese kids

*swing and a miss*

Funny, according to Hitachi themselves, those TVs are not 1080p. But you go ahead and continue to rely on Cnet's faulty categorization system if it makes you feel better.

http://www.hitachi.us/Apps/hitachicom/content.jsp?page=products/plasma_tvs/details/P50T501.html&level=2&section=products&parent=plasma_tvs&nav=left&path=jsp/hitachi/forhome/ubcg/&nId=iD

http://www.hitachi.ca/Apps/hitachicanada/content.jsp?page=forhome/plasma_tvs/details/P55T551.html&path=jsp/hcl/hcl/en/

Keep digging that hole, man. It really suits you. 

I have to wonder who those people are that will know (or care) that the PS3 is "more powerful".  I know that it theoretically has more power, but I can't imagine the average potential console buyer looking at one of the rare 1080p games on the PS3 and a 720p game on the 360 (that has been hardware scaled to 1080i or 1080p) and saying "Oh, my god!  Look how crappy that 720p-upscaled game on the 360 looks compared to that 1080p game on the PS3!  I HAVE to have a PS3!"  For you and me there might be some noticible difference when comparing the two on screens that are side-by-side, but I'm playing Mass Effect right now, and the game is absolutely stunning in graphics, sound, voice acting, plot, etc.  I can't see any game on the PS3 in the next 6-12 months "blowing it out of the water", so to speak.  The PS3 hardware may be more powerful on paper, but it isn't a next-gen leap over the 360, as some would like to believe.

I just don't think comparing the games on the 360 to the games on the PS3 are a slam dunk for choosing a PS3. 

I also notice that he didnt say anything about my reply before, which was one of the links he gave...

I've read a LOT of RocketPig's posts, and while I don't always agree with his point of view, most of the time he takes a reasonable stance.  I haven't ever seen him react this strongly unless provoked.  And I haven't seen him threaten to squelch users for speaking their mind.  He may strongly disagree, but I haven't actually seen him tell someone their point of view isn't acceptable on VGChartz.

Reviewers will know. The gap between 640 lines (Halo 3) and Metal Gear Solid 4 (1080 lines) is quite big.

Mass Effect rendering resolution is 720p, which is just fine (IMO 720p at 30 FPS should be minimal this generation, at least for 360 or PS3, if this cannot be achieved IMO sacrifices need to be made or on the PS3 game engines need to be adapted further to suit the technology). However the game has nasty texture pop-ups and suffers from framerate issues. Metal Gear Solid 4 being far more complex and rendering 1080 lines in solid 60 FPS (or 30 FPS in hectic scenes) will be quite apparent (or currenly Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in 60 FPS during gameplay or solid 30 FPS in replays), even to ordinary consumers with 1080p sets.

man its getting good in here--i love when fan boys take a stance they can only prove to people that uninformed, and then try to spin it towards some one who knows more then thy do