PS3 VS Xbox 360
End all arguments: PS3 vs 360 : This is a fairly interesting 11 'pages' long report on the differences of those beasts. The bottom line is that they are both pretty darn amazing. The cell processor is, in theory, more capable than 360's, however there are various caveats to consider there - one being the difficulty to getting stuff done with it. The Xenos GPU of 360 is, apparently, a marvel of engineering far outperforming PS3's RSX GPU ( which is basically an nVidia 7800 GTX ), even actually being the most powerful GPU in the market, along with the newly released nVidia 880. The format wars outcome between Blue Ray and HD-DVD is going to be extremely important for both Sony and Microsoft, as one of those will actually prevail with the other backing down, as it was the case with Betmax and VHS. I personally think HD-DVD is going to make it, even if doesn't offer the capacity (50Gs) of BR. Time will tell. As always, competition drives evolution and lowers prices -- which is what is is all about.
Wednesday, 15 November 2006 5:58 pm
I went, I saw, I bought
Me and my other half went shopping today, an exhilarating experience, mind you, for I hate shopping. Nevertheless, I got the goodies I wanted, a new TV set (Samsung HD 32" and an Xbox 360). They are shipping the TV in two days and I decided to wait until then to get into the 360..being patience to increase the reward, kind of thing. For the record, I won't be watching TV, its basically going to be used for gaming and iTV (once its shipped). The 360 looks so freaking sweet btw. Here's a picture of the TV I purchased showing off the Xbox 360 dashboard (flickr picture).
Wednesday, 15 November 2006 0:55 am
Microsoft does one thing right, really right
Clips: XNA Racer Preview : This was built by a german fellow in no more than 4 weeks, using an alpha version of the XNA tools set, which allows developers to build games for Windows + Xbox 360, using the all too familiar ( and wonderful ) Visual Studio, using .NET components that expose a wide range of facilities to the developers, making it possible to build any kind of games with C# and some free time. I love the whole XNA initiative ; I event downloaded the whole thing and played with it for a while. Great stuff. Microsoft is unbeatable on the game front, with the 360 being just too 'perfect', its live components being dozens of years ahead of the competition and all that. If only they were half as good at the rest of their projects ( Windows, online services.. ) the world would have definitely been a better place.
Friday, 10 November 2006 0:27 am
