Comparing the PS3 and 360 119
Yahoo! Games is running a piece comparing the PS3 and 360. They look at the hardware, software, and HD offerings for Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles. From the article: "Unlike the last generation, where Sony clearly held a commanding lead, the next generation of gaming is going to be a much closer race between the behemoths of Microsoft and Sony. Though there were many skeptics last fall, the past eight months have shown the Xbox 360 to be a very capable system and more than powerful enough to challenge the PlayStation 3. Microsoft also believes it will have 10 million units in the global marketplace before Sony even leaves the gate. So the question becomes: Which system do you buy?"
Don't bother with TFA... (Score:5, Informative)
There is a much better article at Ars Technica [arstechnica.com] that goes into a little more detail about the visual differences from the point of a game developer. Visually, what does a game designer say the difference is going to be between a 360 and the PS3? None. Hardware wise, the 360 and PS3 are actually pretty evently matched, and considering that there are still going to be a lot of cross platform games even if one machine had a decided advantage over the other game studios aren't going to push that advantage given the time and cost involved in just getting a game out the door in the first place.
According to game developers, side by side you aren't going to be able to see a difference between the two systems playing the same game. Pretty much what I expected.
Re:No blu-ray (Score:3, Informative)
$600 just gets you a flash reader, Wi-Fi, HDMI and a silver logo.
None of which (not even HDMI) are necessary for HD on the PS3.