New into gaming and with so much to choose with the Sony’s PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii all competing hard for your attention – I’d suggest to still go for the PS2! Sony has cut the PS2’s price to about $130, down from a high of $300, to entice casual gamers, kids and beginners like you!
So the PS2 has a new lease on life and is selling well this late in the game. Chances are that it will out sell it’s latest version the PS3 well into 2008. So makers are beefing up offerings of family-oriented titles, kids’ games, and movie tie-ins to cash-in on this large revenue that casual gamers bring in.
Its raining big players in the game console arena now and it all began a year ago with Microsoft’s Xbox 360. This November came PlayStation 3 from Sony and now the Wii from Nintendo. All ready to capture the holiday season but what do you choose from the three?
Cost-wise the Nintendo Wii is the cheapest buy at $250. The next would be Microsoft’s $399 costing Xbox 360. But the winner with the costliest tag are the two versions of Sony PlayStation 3, a $499 entry-level and $599 higher-end machine.
Our good friends at PS3Blog are starting to put together a PS3 FAQ answering all of your questions and concerns.
Some of the questions I have for them are:
The idea of using multiple CPUs to power PC games is nothing new. Quake was one of the first titles to do so and you wouldn’t see 2x the performance, but there was definitely a noticeable increase. With the next-gen consoles coming out soon we are beginning to see consoles take the multi-cpu approach to beef up their games, but what about using a cluster of game consoles to power games? That’s the question that Henning answers over at PS3Blog with Multiple PS3’s Working Together.
While he goes into details that not even I can explain, his conclusion is straightforward.