Do you think Xbox will come out with something like the PSP or Nintendo DS???

no one cares a about what microssoft could have done or has the money to do. What they have done and are currently doing is all that matters. All the money in the world will not make xbox 360 a better system just because microsoft has so much money. Microsft had the potential to make a new chip and they did, sony had the potential to get a new chip and they did too. Sony's just happens to be a better chip than microsofts by far. Haloman7 i agree you cant really compare the systems until they come out but with all respect due to both parties here, Microsoft had the more capable system with the xbox and still could not compete with ps2's profits and sales so what makes anyone think anything will be any different now that sony has the edge on system power now and still has the fan supporter to back it up???

 

we dont know that the PS3 will be better their is info that show that the PS 3 will not be better then 360 but the 360 will be better the PS3.

Xbox 360 has 3 general CPU’ cores , PS3 just one
Xbox 360 GPU has better proccessing power than the PS3 . Thus contributing to overall rendering performance.
Xbox 360 has alot more memory system bandwidth than the PS3.

and before you say MS could have made it up but you got to remeber that a geek can prove that is not real information and have it on the internet within 1 hour so why will they lie and look bad before their 360 comes out. this is base on the specs given.

 

rap4life could you point out to me exactly where you think the xbox specs are better that will change or make up for the 1 teraflops that x box has to offer against the 2 teraflops that ps3 has to offer

here are the specs:
Product name: PlayStation 3
CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS
Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1
Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)- you can use your PSP as an controller!
Network (over IP)
AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE




xbox
* Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
* Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
* VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
* 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
* 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
* 9 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
* 10 MB of embedded DRAM
* 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
* 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
* Unified shader architecture
Polygon Performance
* 500 million triangles per second
Pixel Fill Rate
* 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
Shader Performance
* 48 billion shader operations per second
Memory
* 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM
* 700 MHz of DDR
* Unified memory architecture
Memory Bandwidth
* 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
* 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
* 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
Overall System Floating-Point Performance
* 1 teraflop
Storage
* Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
* 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
* Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB
I/O
* Support for up to four wireless game controllers
* Three USB 2.0 ports
* Two memory unit slots
Optimized for Online
* Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
* Built-in Ethernet port
* Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
* Video camera ready
Digital Media Support
* Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD • Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
* Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
* Custom playlists in every game
* Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
* Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers
High-Definition Game Support
* All games supported at 16:9, 720p, and 1080i, anti-aliasing
* Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported
Audio
* Multi-channel surround sound output
* Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
* 320 independent decompression channels
* 32-bit audio processing
* Over 256 audio channels
System Orientation
* Stands vertically or horizontally
Customizable Face Plates
* Interchangeable to personalize the console

 

lxboy: On the gamespot there is an article about something called a unified pipeline technology that Ati (-> Xbox360) uses and Nvidia (->PS3) doesn't use and which is supposed to make the Xbox360 better then the PS3.

MIND YOU: I'm just saying what the article says: I'm being objective so I'll immedialetly point out that it's written by a guy who works for MS or ATI can't remember (laizzy/laggy day look it up yourself )

As to microsoft coming out with a handheld: don't think so, but the gizmondo runs on some MS thing not :d. It's just to late now for microsoft to get in the game, but I think that in 4y or so (when pc graphics have caught up with PS3 an XBOX360 graphics, and we call the graphics from the consoles bad) the technology will exist (and the batteries) to make a console 4 times the power of the Xbox360 and PS3 in the size of a PSP and you can just connect it to the tv to play at home (seperate wireless controller) or take with you (on unit controls or brain powered controls or something like that )

But for now: I just want my PSP now :'(

*EUrope Lags, PSP rocks, my pocket is empty*
-> If you know a good psp deal mail me please, 3 games + PSP (bundle) for cheaper prize then 3games + PSP seperate = eternal gratitude (depending on quality of extra games )

 

yeah the psp should be made so that you can hook it to the tv and plug in another controller so that two players can play it on tv too. That would be a good option for a friend who does not have one to play with someone. A TV tuner would not be a bad idea either.

 

the thing is i think they said that the sony cell processor only has one physical core, and one virtual one, like on your pentium 4 hyper threading processors, it shows 2 cores but only has one.

 

ibox!
a cross between an ipod and xbox.
this would kill sony!


the future is near

 

No disrespect but Microsoft doesnot have time to worry about a portable. They still have the task at hand to see if they can dethrone sony this time around with the xbox 360 and then if they get that done they might consider a portable but right now they have bigger things at hand on their menu.