CORBIE'S GAME BLOG

Depending on which gaming board you frequent, you'll likely hear one of two responses when the mention of Playstation 3 is brought up. You'll either hear the mammoth praise being heaped upon what is easily the most advanced and powerful video game console on the face of the planet, or you'll hear the many people complaining of the system being grossly over-priced and how it's really not even as powerful as the Xbox 360. Either way some information being spouted out is accurate and some isn't. Let it be known that the cell graphics processor inside of that glossy black box is without a doubt, the most powerful peice of graphics hardware ever seen in the likes of a home gaming console, and most anywhere else in existence at that. Now does that mean it's going to blow the Xbox 360 away when it comes to gaming visuals? Not likely. The Xbox 360 sports quite a bit of graphical horsepower in its own right, but that still doesn't make it more powerful than the PS3. And you can sit there and list every excuse in the book about how developers feel the Xbox 360 is easier to develop for blah blah blah, but at the end of the day, that still doesn't change the fact that when it comes to pushing polygons, the PS3 is the king. And don't get me wrong, I love my Xbox 360 and considering that Microsoft got this console out almost a year sooner than Sony is launching their Playstation 3, you have to be impressed with the sheer power Microsoft was able to capture that early on. Couple that with the fact that the Xbox 360 already has a very impressive game lineup, with many more outstanding titles coming soon, and that might be what makes some gamers gravitate towards the Xbox 360 over the PS3 this holiday season. But all those PS3 doomsayers out there that think the Playstation 3 is just going to bomb are either insane, or need to take their medication. Because like it or not, the Playstation name carries a hell of a lot of weight around the gaming community, and not even a $500 or $600 price tag is going to change that. Will the Playstation 3 dominate in the way Playstation 2 did this past generation? I seriously doubt it, but it's still going to be in the thick of things, and one thing always holds true. You're still the king until someone dethrones you, and that just hasn't happened yet.