Xbox 360 vs PS3 Which One Is Better?

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When compared to their asking costs, both consoles perform well. However, if you want to know how the Xbox 360 stacks up against the PS3, you've come to the right place. When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

Let's compare the Xbox 360 with the PlayStation 3.

Comparison of Xbox 360 vs Ps3 :

Manufacturer and owner	Sony	Microsoft
Type	7th generation console	7th generation console
Product Family	PlayStation	Xbox
Release	November 2006 – March 2007	November 2005 – December 2005
Units sold worldwide	~87.40 million units	~84.00 million units
Price	Launch: 500$ – 20GB; 600$ – 60GB Current: 275$ – 20GB; 330$ – 60GB	Launch: 299$ – Core; 399$ – 20GB Current: 199$ – 4GB; 299$ – 4GB + Kinect; 299$ – 250GB; 419$ – 250GB + Kinect
Predecessor	PlayStation 2	Xbox (Original)
Successor	PlayStation 4	Xbox One
Exclusives	Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War Series, Uncharted Series, and more.	Gears of War 3, Motosport 4, Halo Combat, and more…
Media	DVD, CD, Blu-ray, INSTALL	DVD, CD, INSTALL
Best-selling games	GTA V (30M); Gran Turismo 5 (12M); The Last of Us (7M)	Kinect Adventures (24M); GTA V (23M); COD: Modern Warfare 3 (15M)
Online Services	PlayStation Network for multiplayer support, installable movies and game, online surfing, and meeting other players.	Xbox Live for multiplayer support, installable movies, music, and games, online surfing, and meeting other players.
Controllers	Supports 7 wireless and/ or wired controllers without removable batteries	up to 4 wireless and/ or wired controllers
Backward compatibility	PS1 + PS2	Partially with Xbox (Original)
CPU	Cell Processor @ 3.23 GHz (8 Cores)	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Graphics	Nvidia RSX graphics processor, with 25g MB XDR main memory and 256 GDDR3 video memory.	ATI Xenos with 10 MB embedded eDRAM and 512 MB DDR3 video RAM.
Memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Video memory bandwidth	22.4 GBps	21.6 GBps to system RAM; 256 GBps to eDRAM
Video Resolutions	480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition)	720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition)
Connectivity	4 x USB 2.0, Ethernet, Built-in Wifi	5 x USB 2.0, IR port, Ethernet, Wifi 802.11a/b/g
Available	160 GB, 320 GB	4 GB, 250 GB
Misc	External HDD Support; Wireless Networking; Motion Sensing; Wi-Fi; DRM	External HDD Support; Wireless Networking; Motion Sensing; Wi-Fi (S Model); DRM

XBOX 360

The Xbox 360 is a home video game system developed by Microsoft. It's the follow-up to the original Xbox and the second console in the Xbox family. Xbox 360's online service, Xbox Live, is an improvement over the first Xbox and has received several improvements throughout the course of the console's lifetime. Users of Microsoft's freemium service Xbox Live may do the following:

Television programmes.

Media streaming apps allow you to have access to external content providers.

It's not only compatible with streaming video from the internet, but also with content stored on users' local computers. New innovations include wireless controllers, higher capacity hard drives, and the Kinect motion-sensing camera. When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

These additional features and peripherals have helped the Xbox brand mature from a gaming-centric platform to a universal media player.

PROS OF THE XBOX 360

When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

First, Third-Party Games Need to Get Better

While the PS3 has more technological capabilities, the Xbox 360 has gotten superior ports of multiplatform titles. Developers had a hard time with the PS3's complex system architecture, whereas the Xbox 360 was plain easier to code for.

The 360 version of the game was usually the best one to have because of the improved frame rates and general stability. To see how awful Bethesda game ports can go, all you have to do is compare the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of titles like Fallout 3 and Skyrim.

Substituted Names

Players on the Xbox 360 could change their Xbox Live Gamertag name (for a fee), but PS3 owners had no such choice.

This was an advantage, although a little one. Interestingly, this tradition continued into the next generation, with the Xbox One permitting name changes but the PS4 not.

Sony maintains that it would be exceedingly difficult to implement a system that allows for name changes into the PlayStation Network.

Enhanced User Interface

Unfortunately for Xbox 360 owners, the console's UI has degraded with time (we still think the 360's original blade design is preferable to the Xbox One dashboard in certain regards, but even the 360's initial UI was better than the PS3's cross-media bar) (XMB).

The PS3's UI worked well enough, but it became boring and barebones very quickly in compared to the 360's many different, attractive, and convenient UI options.

When compared to the PlayStation Store, the Xbox Store's UI was frequently cumbersome and required too many clicks to get the needed content.

In spite of the fact that the majority of gamers seem to favour the PlayStation 3's menu system, we found the Xbox 360's to be the more intuitive and enjoyable experience across the board.

Talk at a Social Gathering, Number Four

It's hard to believe that the PS3 was released without party chat or any kind of voice chat session outside of games while the Xbox 360 has had these features from day one.

Nonetheless, this is hardly a deal breaker. One of the many revolutionary new features of the Xbox 360's social system was the option to chat with friends outside of in-game play.

This meant that doing anything like watching a movie or TV show online with friends might become a fun, communal experience.

Increased Install and Setup Times Speedier installing and Setting Up

It's true that the Xbox 360 had a little edge over the PS3 in this respect, but the speed with which it could install and install games and updates was much greater.

Unfortunately, the PS4's persistently slower-than-expected install and installation speeds seem to be attributable to issues with the PlayStation Network (although, to be fair, neither is the Xbox One).

Many PS3 owners were frustrated by its lengthy install and installation times, especially in a generation that was the first to put a premium on networked gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Feature No. 6: Compatibility With Older Systems

While frustrating at the time, the battle between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 over backward compatibility was intriguing in hindsight.

The Xbox 360 was released in 2005, however it cannot play original Xbox titles in their native format.

As a result, Microsoft had to resort to software emulation, which was widely panned for only supporting a small fraction of Xbox games rather of the whole library.

On the other hand, the PS3's outstanding feature was its ability to play games formerly released for the PS1 and PS2 when it was released the following year.

Launch PS3s were in short supply since Sony quickly realised their device was much too costly and, to save money, deleted components that allowed for PS2 playback.

The Xbox 360 enjoyed the advantages of having backward compatibility, a characteristic Sony could no longer claim for their system, while Sony supporters complained that they couldn't play their PS2 titles on the PS3 without buying an earlier model. When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

COMPLETE XBOX 360 SPECIFICATIONS

Brand	Microsoft
Model	Xbox 360.
Type	7th generation console.
Price	Launch: 299$ – Core; 399$ – 20GB Current: 199$ – 4GB; 299$ – 4GB + Kinect; 299$ – 250GB; 419$ – 250GB + Kinect.
Release date	November 2005.
Console Family	Microsoft Xbox 360.
Console Type	Home Console.
Input method	Disc.
Hard Disk	4GB, 250GB.
RAM	512MB.
Processor	3.2GHz PowerPC Tri-Core.
Graphics	ATI Xenos with 10 MB embedded eDRAM and 512 MB DDR3 video RAM.
Ethernet	Yes.
Weight	2.9kg
HDMI	Yes.
USB	4 USB 2.0 ports.
Backward compatibility	Partially with Xbox (Original)
AV Digital Output	Composite video (S-Video); Component (D-Terminal), VGA.
Wi-Fi	Yes.
Media	DVD, CD, install.
Video Resolutions	720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition).

PS3

Sony's PS3 is a home video game system developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The PS3 is Sony's latest and greatest console, succeeding the PS2. A PlayStation system. On November 11, 2006, it was released in Japan, on November 17, 2006, in North America, and on March 23, 2007 in Europe and Australia. For the most part, the PlayStation 3's main competitors were the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Wii from Nintendo, both of which were also part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

Benefits of the PS3

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One, there is no cost to use the PlayStation Network.

Xbox Live Gold costs $50 annually, whereas the PlayStation Network periodically goes down or is taken down by hackers (an problem Microsoft has done a better job of preventing). That's $50 more than what you'd pay to access PlayStation Network's online games.

According to Paul Tassi, the price of Xbox Live does not provide you a discount on other subscription services like Netflix or Hulu.

To put it plainly, you are being charged twice. A yearly cost of $50 isn't prohibitive, but it's enough to keep buying an annual expansion pack of games eternally.

The next-gen choice will be similarly easy if the Xbox 720's annual fee is the same as the 360's and the PS4 continues to provide free PSN access.

Secondly, the PlayStation 3 supports Blu-ray discs.

All of my family's media consumption has shifted to streaming at this point. Nonetheless, Blu-ray may have a significant influence, both visually and sonically, for animated films like How to Train Your Dragon and anything from Pixar, as well as other large-scale pictures like The Avengers or The Dark Knight trilogy.

As a result, many PS3 games have somewhat better visuals than their Xbox 360 counterparts, and each game can now fit on a single disc. Nothing interrupts the flow of a game on the Xbox 360 quite like having to get up and switch discs.

Third, PS3's unique games are superior.

The PlayStation 3 just offers more Sony-exclusive games than the Xbox 360, unless Halo or Gears of War are your thing.

Although I'm not a huge fan of the series, Naughty Dog's adventure games are hard to top if you want cinematic games in the vein of Indiana Jones.

The Greek myth-inspired action hack-and-slasher The God of War series has been going strong for quite some time, and although it may be showing its age, it is still a popular choice.

You need go no farther than From Software's Demon's Souls to see why the PlayStation 3 is superior to its rivals.

Meanwhile, many of the most played games, like Call of Duty, are accessible on several platforms. Even Xbox-exclusive titles are sometimes made available on PC.

There's a rechargeable battery in the PlayStation 3 controller.

A battery's annoyingness should never be understated.

My Xbox 360 controller stopped working during a very challenging boss battle in Dark Souls (Smough and Ornstein).

It was my first time facing off against the monster, and I'd enlisted the help of a non-player character and another player for the occasion.

My player character stopped up just before we entered the arena and started battling. I furiously hit the controls, feeling my life disappear before my eyes, impotent to block, roll, flee, or fight.

When I disconnected my controller, a dialogue popped up to let me know.

No, Kinect isn't quite ready for the big leagues yet.

You're under no obligation to purchase a Kinect or any other motion-gimmick device, of course, but the company seems to devote an abnormally large amount of mental space to the Kinect. Even though there are a tonne of new Kinect games, there aren't many new Xbox 360 titles that are worth playing. Does Microsoft plan to rely only on the Kinect platform? If that is really the case, it raises some serious concerns.

To begin, the Kinect falls short of its hype. Our five-year-olds and ourselves have had a hard time with the Kinect demos we've played so far. It's quite imprecise and drops players regularly.

PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is Sony's newest and finest portable gaming system.

Despite the widespread use of mobile devices, Sony's PS Vita stands out as an excellent portable gaming system that is compatible with the PS3. Microsoft has a ways to go before it can be considered a serious contender in the mobile gaming market. When deciding between a Vita and an Xbox 360, go with the former.

To what extent do you agree or disagree? Outside of a few great exclusives, does the Xbox 360 have any other advantages over Sony's PS3? Is there anything else I should consider while deciding between the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360?

When you're done reading this, you won't have any questions regarding whether Xbox 360 or PS3 is the superior gaming console.

The Complete List of PS3 Features and Functions

Brand	Sony.
Model	PlayStation 3.
Type	7th generation console.
Price	Launch: 500$ – 20GB; 600$ – 60GB Current: 275$ – 20GB; 330$ – 60GB.
Release date	November 2006.
Console Family	Sony PlayStation 3
Console Type	Home Console.
Input method	Disc.
Hard Disk	12GB, 500GB.
RAM	256MB.
Processor	3.2GHz Cell Broadband Engine.
Graphics	Nvidia RSX graphics processor, with 25g MB XDR main memory and 256 GDDR3 video memory.
Ethernet	Yes.
Weight	2.1kg.
HDMI	Yes.
USB	4 USB 2.0 ports.
AV Digital Output	Composite video (S-Video, RGB SCART); Component (D-Terminal), Optical out.
Wi-Fi	Yes.
Backward compatibility	PS1 + PS2.
Video Resolutions	480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition).
Media	DVD, CD, Blu-ray, install

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