Kazuo Hirai, the current president of Sony Computer Entertainment, who replaced Ken Kutaragi, has strongly refuted claims that the Xbox 360 is as powerful as the PS3. Speaking in a recent interview with Scott Hettrick of Hollywood In High-Def, Kaz also defended the use of Blu-ray as the disc storage medium of choice and the future of physical disc media compared to downloadable content.
HiHD asked him "What are the primary erroneous points of information/misconceptions out there in blogger-land about PS3 in general and vs Xbox?"
Hirai replied "I have heard many people say our competitors’ systems are just as powerful as PS3. That simply is not true. No other next-generation entertainment system pushes the envelope on advanced technology like PS3. I have heard people say that a high-capacity game delivery vehicle like Blu-ray isn’t necessary in a next-generation computer entertainment system. You just can’t expect that the 9 GBs of storage capacity found on today’s DVDs are going to have enough space to hold tomorrow’s games. Developers have already pushed the DVD to its limits in terms of space used. We had games like ‘Resistance: Fall of Man’ coming in 16 GBs at launch. That game simply wouldn’t be possible on any other system without using multiple discs. There is no doubt in my mind that you need more capacity on discs for truly next-generation gaming, and Blu-ray gives us that space."
But Kaz, it doesn't matter how much more powerful your console is compared to the other competitors on the market if it isn't being utilised to the full. I'm willing to believe the PS3 is more powerful under the hood than both the Xbox 360 and Wii, but it's games that will determine the final placings in this battle for hardware manufacturers supremacy, not what the machine is theoretically capable of.
The PS2 didn't really start showing its full hand until late in its life, after a good five years of it being on sale, so does this mean the PS3 is potentially five years ahead of its time? Possibly.
Meanwhile the Xbox 360 owners out there will be happy in the knowledge they have the best next generation game (so far) in the form of Halo 3, and give no credence to Hirai's comments about the lack of power bubbling away under the case of their consoles.
Quien sepa ingles que se ponga las pilas.Mas o menos se refiere a que BR esta por encima de todo lo demas, y que posteriormente se meteran juegos en BR de mas capacidad.Tambien dice que por ahora no hemos visto nada acerca de la consola.Y que un juego como Resistance en una XBOX360 es impensable por su capacidad.A ver si tiene razon y la cosa queda demostrada con hechos xD.
Por lo pronto (soy nuevo aqui pero sacando informacion acerca de PS3 en muchos sitios) he encontrado a lo largo de estos meses estas conclusiones :
los de Lair (factor5) dicen k ps3 con Cell gracias a los SPEs esta varias generaciones por encima de 360 y de cualkier PC
IBM dice k Cell es superior a mas de 1000 Pentium4, aunk hace 3 años decian k era mas potente k 4.000 P4
Nvidia k el RSX es tan potente como 4 8800GTX
SONY k PS3 el RSX es mas potente k 50 GS (Chip de video de la generacion DX5 de PS2)
un profesor de una universidad de USa k Cell es mas potente k los super ordenadores
un cientifico k de usa k Cell salvara contra el cancer con algo k los PCs necesitarian 100 siglos para calcular
la universidad de Barcelona k lo usaran para simulacion gracias a k es un super ordenador economico