XBOX 360 (Oh Great)....

[Paz]

i have had no problems at all with my PSP. Ok it isn't that old but so far so good.

 You had better hope you don't have any problems with it, from what I read Sony doesn't cover any of the known issues in their warranty.

[Craig.]

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[the_autopilot]

i have had no problems at all with my PSP. Ok it isn't that old but so far so good.

Your pretty lucky then. From what I've read, the PSP had some serious issues with the screen coming with many dead pixels.

[Clownloachlover]

The video cards in these consoles are modified versians of upcoming video cards for the PC. The ps3 is sporting an overclocked variant of the 7800 GTX with more memory added. The xbox will be using a variant of the r520 slated for release next year by ATI. So, yes, currently, these consoles are better than PC's graphic power-wise, but that will soon change as these cards become available for the PC. Plus, none of these console will support SLI/Crossfire, which already limits them in terms of graphical performence when compared to the PC.

Consoles will still be able to play games better. When a developer creates a game for PC they have to make sure it will be playable on the low end of the spectrum, or lowest common denomitator. While a developer who designs a game for a console can concentrate on one engine and can bring out all the stops. That is why Halo played and looked better on the Xbox then a PC.  Look at Halo,GT4, Fable these games look and play great.

Here is a shot of GT4 playing on a console which was released 5 years ago.

http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/489/4893 ... 01022.html

And Halo2

http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/482/482 ... 53011.html

A developer can optomize for one type of graphic card creating shadows and refelctions that look great for that card, while for a PC have they have to create it for a wide list of card each with different capabilities.

I personnaly love my XBox and NFL2k5. I love the fact that they use the built in HD to not only show replays of the great plays of the game I played but other games throughout the league during the ESPN halftime show. I even had them go to a game in progress after my game was done to show the conclusion of that game since it was tied up with less then 3 min to go in the game, just like they do on real TV.

Clown

[the_autopilot]

Consoles will still be able to play games better.

Thats an opinion, not a fact.

When a developer creates a game for PC they have to make sure it will be playable on the low end of the spectrum, or lowest common denomitator.

That depends on the developer. The Unreal engine 3 did not compromise. And in games like doom 3 and half life 2, the engine simply rendered with the highest quality gfx card available. Doom 3 in high gfx mode is breathtaking, with much better gfx than any console game including halo 2, but doom3 will still run on a geforce 4 MX. Just because it can adapt to lower qualities does not in any way compromise its highest quality. The same goes for Half Life 2, its run in dx7 mode, but look crappy; with the correct hardware, it will run in dx9 mode and the results are beautiful, again better than any console game today.

While a developer who designs a game for a console can concentrate on one engine and can bring out all the stops. That is why Halo played and looked better on the Xbox then a PC.  Look at Halo,GT4, Fable these games look and play great.

Yes, thats cause its been ported from the console to the PC and BTW, halo for the PC was the worst game port ever, it was a horrible port (great gameplay and sotry though). Check out games like half life 2 and doom 3 which have been ported to consoles, they look much much better on the PC. It works both ways.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

I only have a PS2 and I am happy with that....and my computer however bad it maybe compared to you all, I am still happy with it.....I am very self-sufficient

[Clownloachlover]

Go here and click on some screenshots of Oblivion on the 360.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_x ... ens_01.htm

Morrowind sucked the life out of me, this looks even more in depth. The 20 min in- game video is awesome and it's from the 360.

Clown