Xbox 360 vs PS3

So the launch of the Xbox 360 has finally been, and all the units have gone. But does selling 50,000-odd consoles to a mix of canny eBay sellers and rabid gamers who will buy any new machine the day it comes out really constitute success? The lukewarm response by games reviewers says not. So Microsoft needs to build hard for 2006 when the real battle against the PS3 hits.

But the battle this time isn’t just about who has the most pixels or the best games, but who has the right disc. Both Sony and Microsoft have bet everything, not on their consoles, but on the way they deliver games. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 features a standard DVD drive. Sony’s PS3 has a much fancier Blu-Ray drive in it. The two approaches are at opposite end of the technological spectrum.

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