I always knew Sony’s gamble with PS3 will payoff in the long run. I also knew HD DVD lost the battle when Microsoft decided not to build the drive in to Xbox 360. HD DVD camp did not recognize the power of game consoles in the current market. As I said in my previous posts, Sony knew and understood more about consumer electronics market. Too bad I am not a Sony fan. I have both xbox 360 and HD DVD player. I might end up with a toy nobody wants or supports in a while. One benefit to the blu-ray camp is that I can get a player just by buying PS3. I am pretty sure that the PS3 prices will come down in a year. Even without price drops, a PS3 is a better deal than xbox 360 with an HD DVD player. If you plan to get the next gen DVD player and a game console, PS3 is definitely a better option. The online options of PS3 are getting better by the day.
One aspect of PS3 most people ignore or don’t pay attention to these days is the cell processor. It may not be as much as Phil Harrison says, but definitely the current gen games are not taking advantage of the architecture. Most developers are slow to understand the realities or dual core programming let alone the 8 core, stream based programming (I guess that is what cell does) that cell employs. Once they get a hang of it, the power pc architecture in xbox 360 will not be able to match up. But that is a long shot.
For now I am staying with the xbox 360 and HD DVD camp.