Gaming aficionados are lucky to have two of the supreme gaming consoles, the PlayStation 3 and its rival the Xbox 360 competing to secure top of mind space. Gaming fans have a stiff task on hand in making up their mind on which one of the two to go for since both of them have excitingly distinct characteristics on offer and the final choice depends on the kind of special attractions the fans are looking for.

The reason that IBM, Sony and Toshiba have been behind the design of the PlayStation 3 processor has given PlayStation 3 a great fillip since it launched.

Other reasons behind the Play station's emergence as a preferred gaming console are the NVIDIA graphics card, the Blu Ray Player with a capacity to store up to 54GB, the facility of being able to watch high definition movies and also browse through its console.

The gamer is exposed to very real and almost actual contact with the various personalities and other displays on the console due to its NVIDIA graphics card which facilitates this and is being credited with coming close to the effects that are shown in big budget movies with similar graphics. The latest PS3 is very much in demand due to the fact that besides the varied choice of games that it already offers, it also provides access to gamers to other famous games of the earlier versions of Play station.

The Xbox 360 with its 512MB IBM RAM processor and 3.2 GHz CPU gives the PS 3 a fair run for its money and is its strongest challenger. The Xbox 360 is thought to be weaker than the PS3 in the graphics department, though it has the ATI at 500MHz backing it. The Blu Ray player of the PS3 scores over the Dual DVD-ROM of the Xbox 360 though the Xbox 360 can be utilized as a complete entertainment tool for the house given its compatibility to both the DVD and CD formats.

The expense factor seems to be the only trigger that can assist gamers to select one over the other as both PS 3 and Xbox 360 are closely matched in graphics and games that they offer and in this, the Xbox 360 may have the advantage of a cheaper expense making gamers prefer it over the PS3. Gaming experts are of the opinion that the two video gaming consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will continue to offer many more exciting games in the near future and are far ahead of competition.

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Author: Jaylen Derell, proud successful writer for Gaming websites. The one article he takes the most pride in is Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

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