playstation vs x-box

PlayStation 3 vs. Xbox 360

Let's take a cursory look at the two heavyweight next-gen systems and how they stack up against one another.

May 16, 2005 - So the next-generation of console gaming is going to be damn impressive. We've seen PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in action and we are enormously impressed. We've seen games, we've seen specs and we've shared our thoughts. But which titan will win the day?

All we really want to know is which platform will be the biggest beast? For tech junkies, there's really nothing better than wolfing down long lists of numbers. That's because right now there is honestly no way for anyone to decide which system is the best, so all the number munching lets people with nothing better to do argue a bunch. Since we never have anything better to do we can post some of these numbers and speculate!

So here's a little table that'll give you a good idea of what to expect from both systems.

[Ed's note: The Nintendo Revolution has not been revealed as of press time. We will, however, return during the course of this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and include Nintendo's next system in the comparison if and when concrete information on it becomes available.]

	PS3	Xbox 360
Processor	3.2GHz Cell w/ 7 SPEs 2.0 TFLOPS	3.2GHz G5 w/ 3 Cores 1.0 TFLOPS
Memory	256MB XDR @ 3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz	512MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz 10MB Embedded DRAM
GPU	550MHz NVIDIA	500MHz ATi
Best Display	1080p Standard Dual Screen Output	1080i Optional Single Screen Output
Network	1000BASE-T Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	100BASE-TX Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
Audio	5.1 Digital	5.1 Digital
Wireless Input	x7 on Bluetooth 2.0	x4 on 2.4GHz RF
Storage	Removable HDD *TBA	Removable HDD 20GB
Release	Spring 2006	November 2005
Dimensions	About 13.5" x 3.25"	About 10.25" x 2.5"

With Linux and this Plextor ConvertX DVR - turn your PS3 into a Personal Video Recorder!

The Ultimate PVR for the PC

The Plextor ConvertX PVR model PX-TV402U is the ultimate personal video recorder for the PC. The PX-TV402U allows you to connect to a satellite TV, cable TV or broadcast TV signal and record programs to your PC. You can then watch the video from the PC or burn it to DVD for playback on a DVD player. You can also connect a camcorder, VCR or DVD player to record home videos to the PC. The heart of the PX-TV402U is its multi-format encoder chip which converts video to the DivX®, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats as it is being recorded to the PC.

The PX-TV402U is the world’s first DivX Certified PVR. Recording video in the DivX format gives users the ability to record 3 times as much video as normal without sacrificing quality. It also gives you the ability to record video into resolutions perfectly suited for playback on portable and handheld devices. The PX-TV402U contains an integrated high quality TV tuner to assure the highest quality video. The PX-TV402U is an external USB 2.0 device which connects to a PC running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

GO7007 Driver for PS3 Linux

Introduction

MythTV runs on PS3 Linux with Plextor ConvertX TV402U and GO7007 Video4Linux2 driver.

Visit my blog entry (in Japanese): Hogememo: MythTV on PS3 Linux

Patches

GO7007 driver lacks compat ioctl routines for 32bit userland/64bit kernel configuration. And Video4Linux2's compat-ioctl32.c seems quite incomplete. These patches fix the problem on PS3 Linux. Not yet tested well, it just works for me.

• ps3-go7007.patch: Patch against wis-go7007-linux-0.9.8.tar.bz2.

• ps3-compat-ioctl32.patch: Patch against linux-20061208.tar.bz2.

Of course, there's no problem with ppc64 userland on ppc64 kernel. :-P

The much awaited game from Capcom will now be release on PS3. New PS3 Games proudly present to you "Resident Evil 5". This is the forthcoming installment of Resident Evil Survival horror series. It will be release before around March 31, 2009.

Resident Evil 5 will feature similar gameplay to Resident Evil 4, the player will control Chris Redfield as per Jun Takeuchi (game producer of Resident Evil) stated. He also added that game environment also plays a significant role like prolonged exposure to heat leads to see mirages, Light to dark areas effects.

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It's been so long that I posted here at New PS3 Games because I'm quite busy in updating my other blog which is SEO Guides. Anyways, after a long vacation from posting here I found another interesting game. New PS3 Games proudly present to you the upcoming hard sci-fi first-person shooting game, Killzone 2. As what I said a while ago, Killzone 2 is an upcoming first-person shooting game that is currently in development by Guerrilla Games. It was divided into two campaign, one is for single-player campaign and the other one is multiplayer. In the single-player campaign, Guerrilla Games see to it that Killzone 2 provides the player with an immersive and cinematic gameplay experience. Killzone 2 has a features a cover system which they named "lean and peek". This allows the player to take cover behind an object, and then pop out to fire at enemies. While in the multiplayer gameplay, a player can choose a class of character which is specialized for a specific role to better suit the player's needs in battle. A player can mix 2 abilities out of 16 abilities(badges) depending on the player's playing style. A maximum of 32 players can connect online and group into squads of up to four players. Killzone 2 also supports a clan system, which allows up to 64 players to build a clan and compete for "Valor Points", it is an in-game currency that clans can use to bet on tournaments.Killzone 2 will be release on February 2009.