Xbox 360 Runs Circles Around Console Competitors
January 16, 2007 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
After all the numbers are in it looks like Microsoft came home with the console sales prize for this past holiday season.
Official stats being published by The NPD group show that Microsoft sold 1.1 million of its boxes last month, followed by Nintendo with 604,000 Wiis, and PS3 bringing up the rear with 491,000 consoles sold.
It’s worth noting that the PS2 outsold everyone though, but I think it’s only due to limited availability and price of the newer consoles. The PS2 sold 1.4million units. That should help recover some costs for the PS3 don’t you think?
By which stats are you going by?
Iwill admit both systems are close in specs ps3 is slightly more powerful. just take a look.
PS3 Xbox 360
Processor 3.2GHz Cell w/ 7 SPEs
2.0 TFLOPS 3.2GHz G5 w/ 3 Cores
1.0 TFLOPS
Memory 256MB XDR @ 3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz 512MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz
10MB Embedded DRAM
GPU 550MHz NVIDIA 500MHz ATi
Best Display 1080p Standard
Dual Screen Output 1080i Optional
Single Screen Output
Network 1000BASE-T Ethernet
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g 100BASE-TX Ethernet
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
Audio 5.1 Digital 5.1 Digital
Wireless Input x7 on Bluetooth 2.0 x4 on 2.4GHz RF
Storage Removable HDD
*TBA Removable HDD
20GB
Release Spring 2006 November 2005
Dimensions About 13.5″ x 3.25″ About 10.25″ x 2.5″
and just being that blueray has more storage space developers can make much larger games” imagine a grand theft auto where instead of of being confined to a city you have a whole country to roam around in”
here are the hddvd vs blueray specs.
Feature DVD HD-DVD Blu-ray
Maximum native resolutions supported via HDMI EDTV (480p) HDTV (720p, 1080i, 1080p) HDTV (720p, 1080i, 1080p)
Maximum image-constrained native resolutions supported via component video1 EDTV (480p) EDTV+ (960×540) EDTV+ (960×540)
Disc capacity 4.7GB (single layer)
8.5GB (dual layer) 15GB (single layer)
30GB (dual layer)
45GB (prototype triple layer) 25GB (single layer)
50GB (dual layer)
100GB (prototype quad layer)
Video capacity (per dual-layer disc)2 SD: approximately 3 hours
HD: n/a SD: approximately 24 hours
HD: approximately 8 hours SD: approximately 23 hours
HD: approximately 9 hours
Audio soundtracks3 Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES
Manufacturer support (home theater)4 All Toshiba, LG, Thomson/RCA Hitachi, Mitsubishi, LG, Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Philips, Thomson/RCA
Manufacturer support (PC storage)4 All Microsoft, Intel, HP, NEC, Toshiba Apple, Dell, Benq, HP, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, TDK
Studio support4 All Paramount, Studio Canal, Universal, Warner, the Weinstein Company Sony Pictures (including MGM/Columbia TriStar), Disney (including Touchstone, Miramax), Fox, Paramount, Warner, Lions Gate
Compatible video game consoles PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo Revolution Xbox 360 (via forthcoming external HD-DVD accessory, sold separately) PlayStation 3
Player prices $99 and less $499 and more $599 (PlayStation 3 with HDMI port); $999 and more (stand-alone players)
Movie prices $6 and more (retail) $20 to $28 (retail) $20 to $28 (retail)
Number of titles available by the end of 2006 50,000-plus Dozens to hundreds Dozens to hundreds
Players are backward compatible with existing DVD videos Yes Yes Yes
Set-top recorders available now Yes No No
Can record high-def at full resolution (eventually)5 No Yes Yes
“Managed copy” option6 No Yes Yes
Copy protection/digital rights management7 Macrovision, CSS AACS, ICT AACS, ICT, BD+, BD-ROM Mark
Region-coded discs and players8 Yes No (currently; could change in future) Yes