Comparing The Playstation Xbox And Nintendo Wii

Comparing The Playstation , Xbox , And Nintendo WII

Summary: Finally, theyre all here. The Xbox has had the next generation gaming market to itself for a year. Now its two competitors, the Playstation and Nintendo Wii, are here. No more speculating about speed. No more guessing about memory. Now we can take a look and see exactly how they stack up compared to each other.

Let the console wars begin again.

Price The PS has two configurations much like the Xbox . The PS comes in a $ version that comes with a GB ha...

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Article Body: Finally, theyre all here. The Xbox has had the next generation gaming market to itself for a year. Now its two competitors, the Playstation and Nintendo Wii, are here. No more speculating about speed. No more guessing about memory. Now we can take a look and see exactly how they stack up compared to each other.

Let the console wars begin again.

Price The PS has two configurations much like the Xbox . The PS comes in a $ version that comes with a GB hard drive and a $ version that comes with a GB hard drive; Wi-Fi; and memory stick, SD, and Compact Flash slots.

The Xbox has two configurations. It comes in a $ core version and a $ version that comes with a GB hard drive.

The Nintendo Wii is the cheapest of the bunch with just one configuration that costs $.

Processing Power The Playstation comes with its Cell processor. Its a PowerPC based core that runs at . GHz that also have seven DSPs that run at . GHz. This configuration can do about Teraflops.

The Xbox has a Custom IBM PowerPC processor. This processor also runs at . GHz. However, Xbox went with a true core processor compared to the one general processor of the Cell and seven additional DSPs. This configuration can do about Teraflop.

The Nintendo Wii includes its Broadway processor, a PowerPC based processor running at MHz.

Disc Media Part of the reason the PS is so much more expensive than the Xbox is because the Sony decided to include a Blu-ray drive on the system. The drive can play both Blu-ray movies and regular DVDs. The Xbox comes with a DVD player and an HD-DVD add-on is planned. The Nintendo Wii uses a DVD drive; however, the system will not work for playback of movies, just Nintendo games.

Backwards Compatibility The Playstation is just like the PS was. Youll be able to play both PS and PSone games on the PS. Nintendo is taking things a bit further. Their system will be compatible with the Gamecube games and also the Gamecube controllers since the two systems use very different controllers. Not only that, but the Wii will also have the ability to download games from the original Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES), and the Nintendo .

Sweet Features If you want high definition gaming, then the PS is the way to go. It comes with a Blu-ray drive built in and can output in p. Although the PS controller may look familiar, its had some updates. The controller is now motion sensing so in some games youll be able to move your character or fly a plane just by moving the controller.

The Xbox was built to work with Windows XP media center. If you have a computer that already has media center on it, youll be able to view pictures, videos, and even recorded TV by using your Xbox. You wont need to put your PC in your living room to take advantage of having a Media Center PC.

The Nintendo Wii decided to completely change the way gaming controllers are built. In the past, one controller was always held with both hands. The Wiis controller looks more like a TV remote control than a game controller. It has a built in motion sensor so, for example, to swing a sword, you simply move you hand just like you were really swinging a sword.

Hopefully this review has helped you compare the three next generation gaming systems. Each has its pluses and minuses, and feature that are unique to it. Ultimately, your decision will likely come down to which system has the games that most appeal to you. And that is a decision that only you can make when deciding on a system to buy.