Dude, I am glad, that you got youself HDD drive for your 360, and that your drive is big enought so you do not use your DVD. It is really good to hear, that you never stratch your DVD disks and it is excelent, that you got yourself lates MS model of 360 and you confident that it will never show you RROD. Good for you buddy, still speak for yourself, and not for everyone.

As a non-biased, non-fanboy, and owner of both consoles, I'll give my honest take...

1) The loudness issue is very annoying on the old XBOX 360s, but the new ones (even when played straighted from the DVD-Drive) are actually real quiet... I won't say it's more quiet than a PS3, but the noise from the new drives is virtually silent.

2) I haven't tested the scratch resistant feature, but I am glad to know it's there should by 2 year old ever get a hold of one of my Blu-ray discs.  Great feature.

3) I actually think that XBOX Live is a far superior online service to the PSN.  Don't get me wrong, I love the concept of free (it's my favorite word) but I would be willing to pay for the PSN if it were a better service.  XBOX Live is worth every penny I pay for it.  Now, I do say this with a grain of salt, because the new PSN Home will be released soon, and it may very well change my tune to becoming a fan of the PSN.  In the mean time though, XBOX Live is far greater.

4) My XBOX RROD'd on me (which is actually why I fell in love with my PS3 and I started playing games on it ironically enough) and it was highly annoying to me.  In defense of Microsoft though, their tech support was very quick in getting my situation resolved.  I literally got a brand new (not refurbished) console from Microsoft 1 week after I took it to the UPS store.

Long story short...

PS3 Strengths:

Blu-ray drive built in, and it's the best one (bar none) on the market

The PSN is free

Blu-ray discs are scratch resistant

The Sixaxis/DualShock is an awesome conroller for quick movements (for games such as the COD franchise) and is light weight.. plus hold the familiar feel of the previous two PlayStation console controllers

Console stability

Large variety of Bluetooth accesories available on the market

PS3 Weakness':

Battery built into the controller, and irreplacable in the middle of a game

The PSN is (at the moment) a very weak online service lacking features that I find important

High entry level console price

Spent the first year of its own life competing against its cheaper predecesor (the PS2) and came into the current gen fight later than the 360

XBOX 360 Strengths:

Superior online service in XBOX Live (especially with the addition of NetFlix movie streaming)

Controller great for games that require precise movements (due to the stiff analog sticks)

Entry level system is around $200.00, and the top of the line system is the same price as Sony's entry level system.

Accountability.  The RROD was devistating, but it stepped up to the plate and took ownership of the problem, fixed it for free, and even extended the warranty by an additional 2 years.

Replaceable battery (which comes in handy in the middle of a game when it dies)

XBOX 360 Weakness':

RROD problem, they wouldn't have to show accountability if they had just released it the right way the first time (need I say more?)

Probably will have to be the first console in this generation that has to be replaced with a new generational console (e.g. XBOX 720)..

Horrible standard DVD player... makes movies look like trash in my opinion.  I will go out on a limb and guess that it doesn't upconvert (and if I am wrong, MS shouldn't brag about its upconvert abilities because it sucks real bad).

Noise on the old models with the old DVD drive.

Those are just my opinions.

Thanks for the compliment I guess, but next time learn to actually read what I wrote before commenting. My main mentions were NXE and how it counters each and every thing you posted, except of course, the thing that varies from person to person. It's not my fault that newer systems also are resistant to everything you posted, that's more like a bonus for what I posted.

There is a more permanent and friendly link now: http://misterslimm.wordpress.com/360-vs-ps3/xbox-360-vs-ps3-head-to-head-face-off-results/

If you could update the first post, that'd be great.

hah and sony fans said its look better on the ps3 .. its even they are blind or the fanboyism make them blind.

IGN do do graphics comparisons but you have to be a subscriber to see them. Their comparisons also include all features, more platforms (often including PS2 and Wii versions rather unfairly) and the 360 is a majority winner there also. I have thought about including their results in my head-to-head summary but haven't done it yet.

 WIN!!!

GS and IGN are far better in comprasions than EuroGamer. And yes, i know that there are still more multi platforms looking better on 360, but there are at least 30 games on the market looking better on PS3 ( GTA IV included )

This post deserves its own thread here seeing as how frymans last post was also how to build a pretty crappy computer which he claims in his sig is a cheap and easy way to outperform ps360. This guys has nothing but hate for the HD consoles, and he doesn't mind spreading it around.

IMO except for some well designed PS3 exclusives like KZ2 or MGS4 , the (superior ?) graphical capabilities of the PS3 are a myth.

I will always choose a 360 version over a PS3 version when a game go multiplat...especially when the game has online multiplayer.... it is like that .

frybread isn't an MS lackey. He is just a PS3 hater more than anything. Please don't squabble HD brothers :P.