Whenever we think of game consoles, the two name brands that stick out the most in our minds is Playstation and XBox. These two consoles have been in competition for a long time. It's hard to say who will triumph........
Ok...We all know that the Playstation 3 is a very anticipated item in a gamers world. With the cost of the PS3, ($499.99 and $599.99), will more gamers be prone to stick to the game console they already have or will they be more willing to trade those consoles in towards the price of the PS3? Let's look at it this way..... the 360 gave you a choice of a core system ($299.99) and one with a hard drive ($399.99). In order to play online games, you would have to purchase the hard drive system and 
then pay your monthly subscription to XBox live, which I think was $24.99. Let's do the math... one year of XBox live would run you about $299.88 not including tax. Plus, the price of your console, your talking about $699.87 not including tax for one year of outstanding online game play. Now with the PS3...your "hard drive system" would run,as we said, around $599.99 without tax. But your online gameplay is already set up and doesn't cost anything more than what your already paying for home internet service. You already save money just by buying the PS3. Will Microsoft see an impact before the PS3 even hits the gaming world? Or will XBox's gamers be loyal no matter what?Since the new launch date of the Playstation 3 has been pushed back to March of 2007 in Europe, is this something that we can expect to happen in America? We all have our hopes set high on promise that PS3 consoles will be arriving here in the States in November of 2006. But will our hopes be let down? The reason for the delays and shortages was because of the Blu-Ray technology. Sony had a difficulty with producing the Blu-Ray technology in such a large quantity. Because of this problem, Japan and North America may be facing a shortage of hardware when the PS3 does launch, possibly releasing in the neighborhood of just 100,000 units in Japan and 400,000 in North America. Though Sony contradicted this by stating it hadn't confirmed launch numbers beyond its initial November launch of 2 million units worldwide, and 4 million units by the end of 2006. What do all these developments mean for Sony and the PS3? What about all the money we've all been saving for our first console with Blu-Ray technology? Is it worth all the shortages and delays with all the dilemmas of placing Blu-Ray into a console? Take our poll!!
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