For the first time in the history of the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 console wars, gamers have a chance to pay the same cash for very similar hardware.

For $299 a happy gamer can land themselves a PS3 Slim or an Xbox 360 Elite. Let's go to the numbers to see how they compare.

Green = Good
Red = Not so Good


PS3 Slim(left) vs Xbox 360 Elite(right)

Price: $299------ $299
Color: Black------ Black
Hard Disk Size: 120GB------ 120GB
USB Ports: 2 ------ 3
WiFi: Built-In ------$99 Add On
Disc Drive: Blu-ray/DVD/CD ------ DVD/CD
HDMI: Yes, no cable included ------Yes, no cable included
Bluetooth: Yes ------No
Controllers Included: One ------One
Backwards Compatibility: No ------Partial
Online Play: Free ------$50 a year
Dimensions: 290 × 65 × 290 mm ------310 x 80 x 260 mm
Weight: 3.2 kg ------3.5 kg

Yellow light on PS3------Red ring for 360 both bad but a whole lot less frequent on the PS3


PS3: 11 Xbox 360: 7

Looking at just the hardware the PS3 Slim seems to win the match-up offering both built-in WiFi support and a Blu-ray player for the same price as the Xbox 360 Elite, which has neither but does include backwards compatibility.

Of course, the bigger, most important deciding factor will likely boil down to game selection. And that's a whole other article


http://kotaku.com/5346777/ps3-slim-v...le-of-the-tape






in my opinion, i would get the ps3 what about u guys, what do u think?

PS3 wins hardware, but I don't really care for its games. 360 has better selection (though still inferior to Wii) so I'd get the 360, since I'm not too concerned about hardware.

Of course, I already have a 360, so in reality I'd get the PS3, but the 360 is the better choice.

I don't care about whether you can watch films on the console and stuff like that or if it has bluetooth etcetc. So my vote goes for the 360, it's awesome.

PS3 Slim> All
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I'd rather have a PS3 slim. I've never liked the 360, it's just doesn't have many games that I like.

PS3 has better hardware, 360 has better software.
My only reason to buy a PS3 at the moment is for bluray.

i just got a xbox 360 like 3 days before the elite dropped ='(. (i got the pro) i really like all the features for it but thats just me personnaly. As for my neighbor, his dad wanted bluray, and he wanted a 360 or PS3 so they got a ps3. IF you just want games i choose 360. IF you want bot ps3

**EDIT** and the 360 is WAY more likley to get the red ring than the ps3 getting yellow light, you could put that on your good bad thing.

I preffer the xbox360 just because of the game collection it has

oh yea i almost forgot about that too. interesting