I’m sure you’ve all looked at the numbers or console technical specs when deciding which console is truly more powerful, the PS3 or the Xbox360. The gaming industry has a history of making such a big fuss about the numbers and even those that don’t matter at all. Worse, some even make up some numbers that are clearly way off reality. So you may say that this is better because this is 64-bit, but translate that into actual gaming experience and we’ll see what you come up with.

Technical specs can easily be modified just like statistics in such a way that you can change perceptions by selectively focusing on what you measure and the way it is measured. Microsoft was the first one to release the next generation console so it had to release the spec sheet first. Meaning, Sony’s marketing team was able to take a peek at it and focus on a marketing strategy that shows you the PS3s 51 billion operations per second during Sony’s press conference after Microsoft boasted its 9 billion operations per second mark.

Little do most people know that Sony combined both CPU and GPU performance numbers to come up with that mark and Microsoft only considered the performance of their CPU unit. The differences between the two aren’t so great when you consider that the Xbox 360 has 33.6 billion operations per second under its belt if you include their GPU.

But specifications should not be ignored altogether – of course all of them are relevant in one way or the other. Let’s take a look at the differences for the processors. Sony’s PS3 has a 3.2GHz Cell processor which includes a single core with seven SPUs or synergistic processing units.

There is an 8th SPU for contingency purposes. In contrast, the Xbox 360 has three dual-threaded cores than can handle a grand total of six threads at a time. Barring all other scientific and mathematical proofs, the Cell Processor can smoke the Xbox 360 at any time due to its brute force.

Everything is getting better in the world of gaming today.  Everyday I see a new game that just blows my mind. Truly it is an exciting time to be playing video games right now. The recent releases of Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 (as well as Xbox 360 a while back) have brought the gaming experience to a whole new level. If people are willing to camp out of stores for a week before the release of their favorite game console then there must really be something exciting about the next generation consoles as well as the games that you can play with them. Customer satisfaction today will be at its finest.

Most gamers today are so happy that they don’t mind shelling out another $400 to $600 and some even more than $1000 to get the next generation consoles. The new features of the new systems offer Motion-Sensitive Remotes, Online services, Wi-fi Support, and HD (high definition) gaming support. These are novelties in the previous consoles but seem to be nothing short of a standard for the next generation of consoles in the market. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are now killing each other for market share in the race for total domination of the computer game industry.

The Playstation has dominated the race for years since its debut back in 1995 (Playstation 1). Then the console wars took over. Years after the Playstation 2 was released and then Microsoft launched its first console machine, the Xbox. After a few more years, Microsoft has launched the Xbox 360, followed by Sony’s own behemoth the PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii. Both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 have hefty price tags but the Nintendo Wii is good news for parents in a box because it sells for less than the former two.

With the impressive graphics displays and the new gaming experience brought about by new controller technology, this is truly a great era for gaming. We can only expect that games become more enjoyable and fun to play with friends and family.