double

is it me or the site is unstable today ?? server problems ? 

IF it's true I don't see this as a negative thing...on the contrary i think that the Core version limiting X360's potential is a much worse issue for the years to come.

Personally i wouldn't see anything wrong EVEN if microsoft decided that some games can be played only with HDD (afterall even today if you don't have an HDD you're cut out from the xbox live experience)...but MS hasn't actually gone that far: you still can play those game, just wih reduced features.

You could get a 200GB HD for the PS3 for cheaper than the 20GB HD for the 360:  about $50 instead of $100 or whatever discounted rate you can find. 

That's interesting, I wasn't aware that 200GB 2.5" HDD's even existed, let alone that they were less than $100! Oh wait, Sony fanboys exaggerating again.

Yes we all know that the Xbox360 hard drive is a rip off. There's no need to lie to make it look bad.

EDIT: Well it appears they exist, but are not really available to purchase, and when they are I'm sure they will cost much more than $100.

a 200gig 2.5" HDD will probably be over $100, but on newegg.com, I've seen 2.5" HDD's up to 160gigs be around $100. 

Actually, not having a harddrive can be an issue, it can limit options in programming.  It allows programmers to have extremely heavy compression of textures and other information, then when the game is put into the system, it can uncompress the info onto the harddrive.  This was beneficial in the sense that it helps reduce load times, and allows for increase texture sizes and better graphics quality.  This benefit was used on the Xbox, which was what allowed the regular xbox to have some games around the end of its life was some pretty intense graphics.  perfect examples were Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and Conkers: Live and Reloaded.  Anyone who ever owned those games on Xbox would notice the first time they put in the Disc, it wouldnt let them skip through the opening intro cutscene immediately, because it was uncompressing info onto the HDD.  then, every time ur played the game, the info would already be on there, until you played a different game and then replaced the disc again, you would have to repeat the process.  This is one part of the reason why Chaos Theory looked so much better on xbox then ps2. (P.S. this was done mainly due to the limit in size of the DVD.  High compression allowed for more info. 

Also, the HDD is still faster then the DVD drive.  Even at 5400 RPMs.  Plus, here you can have almost a dual effect, feeding the RAM with info from both DVD and HDD simultaneously. 

Yeah, so this is the reason microsoft has been talking lately also about allowing games that come with a label HDD REQUIRED, so developers can use that option, same way they did with games.  (EDIT: before some smartass says it, besides games that are MMOs)

question, is the PS3 designed to easily use any harddrive you buy, or does it require doing something that could void your warranty? I'm just kind of curious about that.

Nope, instructions for changing the HDD are right in the PS3 manual. In fact, there are videos on the internet that show how to do it in very little time.

I wonder if Ckmlb will ever post a negative news item for Sony or the PS3?

Really? well, i gotta say thats one up i give to PS3.  I cant stand the prices of the X360 harddrives, just a way to make MORE money off people.