11 months of consecutive growth for the platform. And they added a brilliant marketing campaign too increase consumer awareness of the device.

The 360 'Slim', added features that should have been standard from the start: wifi, reduced noise, reliability. The jury is still out on whether or not hard-drives have become a standard for 360s, though the leaked "Arcade Slim" a while back, says "no" - it only comes with 4GB flash. MS also added a non-matte finish to the device, which is a nightmare for entertainment centers on account of the dust.

A better more reliable design. The 360 S did not bring anything other than putting in what had to be purchased separately. It was in demand of a redesign far more than the PS3. Other than software features, the PS3 had what was need out of the box except HMDI cable. By your statement Sony did not really need a redesign!?

I agree with ndibu that the Xbox 360 S brings more to the table than the PS3 slim because the PS3 didn't really need a revision since it was nearly perfect both hardware and feature wise. The only thing it needed was the form factor which was what it got with the Slim.

On the other hand, the old Xbox 360 was a disaster. It was by far the worst hardware in the console gaming industry, which was not a surprise since Microsoft rushed to the market in fear of Sony's next console. If any console needed a hardware revision, it was the Xbox 360.

I think the Xbox 360 should top this list. The 1st place of this list is not where you want to be.

Your point is noted, but your logic proves what a lot of Sony fans have been saying for quite some time, which is that the PS3 is fully loaded to begin with. Thus, no revision was truly needed. The 360 is playing catch-up from a technology standpoint. The PS3 is still the most techologically advanced console on the market. You're asking how the best can get better? I'd say, we'll plrobably have to wait for the PS4 for major revisions.

A more logical comparison by your standards would be: Which console brought more to the market at the time of release, the 360S or the PS3 (any revision)? It still seems to point to the PS3 from a technological standpoint. This is based on the fact that the PS3 hasn't changed much during its life but has maintained its technological superiority. And the PS3 has been out for 4 years. That is an impressive feat from a pure technological standpont.

On a side note, BC was purely a business decision for Sony. The PS2 was still selling big at the time of PS3 launch and Sony did not want to undercut their existing sales. USBs, there are still plenty, and a button doesn't score many points in either direction. It's a button. Blu-Ray is still reason why Sony has captured the technology arguement. They stood by their format and it has paid off for Sony.

So once again microsoft is being praised for "FINALLY" making the console as it should have been 5 years ago.. I remember a similar phenomenon when the red ring of death became a predominant problem. Micosoft vehemiantly denied the existence of such problems, then they began blaming customers not allowing ventillation as the culprit, then out of the blue they said hey we screwed up have a free 3 year warranty and suddenly they are heroe's. Same with the slim they sold nearly featureless consoles in comparison to the ps3. No hdmi drive until the elite, no standard hard drives, no wifi built in, no optical output, pay for online service. Now that most of that stuff is being built in they are being praised from the rooftops and the kicker? ITs the same freaking price as the old outdated featureless consoles! Why do people continue to support microsoft? Hell when was the last time they announced an ORIGINAL first party IP? Sony busts their humps to give people what they bitch about and all people do is find something else to moan about.. I'm sick of the spoiled misguided gamers in this generation..

It still plays the same games and has all the major functions of a PS3, but now it is AFFORDABLE.

My God where were you in 2006-2009 when every media outlet, analyst and blogger were bemoaning the "exoribtant", "expensive", "just not worth the price" PS3?

The price cut was the single most important aspect of the PS3 Slim. Period.

Your logic is also missing a few points. The Slim 360 'took' away the removable hard-drives. And unless something has changed they still haven't added HDMI 1.3, which is just sad.

128-bit, same as the Dreamcast. But it's not a valid measure of "power" anymore.

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I remember wondering about this as well. we all just seemed to stop talking about bits and I didn't get it. like the author I thought it just doubled every gen.

bubs+ fishyfingers super helpful! :)

no both are 64 bit cpus

Sony's Playstation 2 CPU Emotion Engine is advertised as a 128 bit processor. It has 128-bit SIMD registers, like many processors, but is only a 32-bit processor in the traditional sense as it can only use 32-bit memory addresses.

dreamcast was similar save it was a 200mhz

cell and the ppc chip in 360 are both 64bit processors
true 128bit cpus wont be around until 16exabyte of ram is exceeded
as its mainly refering to the memory buswidth

i remember when they announced those bad boys, i was like "dayummmm!!! it folds!!!"

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments