Alright, just to make sure everyone is completely aware so I don't get nasty comments: I own both a PS3 and an Xbox 360 -- and I do like them equally.

I've heard a lot of people bashing the PS3 on this website and saying that the 360 is 30 million times better. Well, to be honest, this isn't true.

I'm not going to go into 360 cons and pros, mostly because I'm way too lazy to write another section... maybe later.

The PS3 may not have the full support in the software department like the 360 does, but what it does have is very good.

Motorstorm is a fun, intense and pretty game. Resistance: Fall of Man is a very good shooter, one of the best on the next gen consoles. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is an amazing game full of puzzles, platforming and third person gun battles while having a damn good story and gorgeous graphics. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.... I can't say anything you don't already know. Those are just a few examples.

It may be lacking in exclusives, but a lot of them are very very good -- something that the Xbox 360 cannot boast. About half of its exclusives are great games, the rest are just meh.

The PS3 started out with big storage capabilities, the 60 GB versions far surpassing the measly 20 GB 360's. Sure, Microsoft has upped the ante by introducing the Xbox 360 Elite with a 120 GB hard drive, which you can also buy separately and use on your regular Xbox 360. But you need that drive to upgrade at all. If you really want to get some more space you can use an external hard drive, but 1) it isn't supported as well as the regular hard drive is 2) it takes up more space and 3) it uses up one of your 3 USB ports.

Now here comes the big one that ties in with some of the things mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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The PS3 is all about compatibility. For instance, you can upgrade your hard drive with ANY 2.5 inch laptop hard drive, you can hook up an external hard drive, and you can hook up ANY 3.5 inch hard drive. Instead of buying a special headset to use during online play for voice chat, you can use the PS2's wired headset or ANY blue tooth headset that you have. You can take it directly from your cell phone and use it on your PS3. You can use flash memory sticks (Like on the 360 as well), SD cards from cameras -- pretty much any kind of memory you can imagine. With a cheap converter you can use ANYTHING on your PS3. It can play DVD's, Cd's, high definition Cd's, Blu-Ray disks (The winner in the next generation format), DivX videos, and much much more.

You can install Linux on your PS3 so you can run pretty much anything you could want. You can even run Windows XP on your PS3 with a bit of modding. You can access the internet using a full browser with plugins and such. Now the Playstation online store is totally revamped, giving it a newer and easier look and feel to it. They are also now starting to populate their library with SD and HD movie rentals and purchases, television series and game previews and trailers.

The PS3 runs cooler and quieter than an Xbox 360 and has less hardware malfunctions. Sure, the controller may be exactly the same... but why do you NEED to change? It was a good design to begin with, so why stop now?

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There's the end of my PS3 praising, leave me comments with your opinion on the two consoles and if you think my information was correct or incorrect.

Very long song... mostly because of the tremendous intro.

It's an amazing song, definitely in the top 20 songs of all time.

Listen to it all the way, you won't regret it.


I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie

From their new album, Narrow Stairs.