@Lou

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You have a 500hp engine mated to a 3 speed automatic limiting you to 110mph. The 360 may be a 360hp engine but it's got a sexy 6 speed and will take you to 180mph.

I think you've captured the point here.

The 360 was built from the ground up to have a good interoperability between the CPU and GPU. As MikeB laid out, and true, the PS3's original discussion was cell for everything. Sony discovered this wouldn't work as desired. It was after the Cell was developed that they then went looking for a GPU as a good fit. The results are similar to your description. The 360 is projected to have a higher utilization rate of console. The % of usable power from the GPU+CPU is projected to be higher than the PS3. Where the PS3 wins is it has more net power. At the end of the day acutal power to tap in each console is in a 10-20% range of each other. Hardly a blip.

The PS3 is finally at a good price point. Wii lowerd their pricing. I expect Microsoft to do the same by Christmas. Likely the $250 point we see now with a rebate will stick.

@Lou

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If a game engine runs on 100MB and the graphics require another 400MB, the PS3 is limited to 256MB, see the problem?

Strictly speaking you are wrong, as the GPU can use the XDR Ram if needed (,but usually it's not).

Also it's not that big of an issue, the graphics data which require the most Ram are textures, through advanced streaming methods disc storage is more relevant and of course the capacity of Blu-Ray disc is huge.

- Name one 360 game with prettier graphics than Uncharted 2? You can't.
- Specify which has much graphics RAM, the NeoGeo game system or the Amiga 500. And tell me which games looked better?

This is the problem with many people who think they know a lot, there are plenty of non-PC related example which does not fit their world ideas. Like a pope ordering someone to be burned for claiming the world is not flat or center or the universe.

Anyway, some nice comments from Infinity Ward's community manager:

"community manager Robert Bowling tweeted "Oh man, @arne360 let me get some time on #UNCHARTED2 singleplayer. Unbelievable! Controls are so smooth. Seriously, you MUST buy this game!"

http://www.n4g.com/News-399324.aspx

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