I'm surprised that the Red Ring of Death wasn't a factor in that video's design score...

My opinions:

Design: I think the designs of both are pretty ugly. If I had to go on just what it looked like to choose a system I'd be going with a Wii.

Features: the freatures they mention make the PS3 sound like the obvious choice, but again it depends on what you're after.

Online Services: 360 is the obvious winner here if you go online.

Games: Here, it could go either way depending really on what you like and factoring in if you're going to take the them online.

Graphics: at the moment the games graphics are at about the same levels, though PS3 is starting to show up a little better.

Value: The PS3 wins in this category if you are interested in the Blu-Ray player (which means nothing to me). When I take that out of consideration they're about even. I too am surprised there was no talk of the RROD on the 360 side.

they are both good consoles

Most people who take the 360's side prefer to leave out the RROD. Which is sad, because if someone would of bought a PS3 to avoid console failure (like me), and they find out they had spent $400 on a system (system and year long subscription), plus games and accessories, then they made a wrong choice, and when high-profile reviewers (like cnet) omit it, then they don't think that there could of been anything that they missed.

Funny, that in order to make their system look good they leave out the number one problem the 360 has. PS3 people have no problem saying they could use a better PSN, but 360 people must say everything good and nothing bad about their system.

what gets me is the free online play for PS3 thats a very big factor considering how online seems so important now.... plus tweet and facebook i use my pc for it man....

I ws thinking about buying them both but then I realized that I would only be doing so for three games if I got the PS3.  It is not worth the $300 plus $180 for the games.

Fox,

  It's true that there is no other option for the DualShock 3 controller other than to replace the entire controller when the battery dies. Sony did state, just prior to the PS3 launch, that they expect the Lithium-Ion batteries to last about 5 years, on average.

I'm a heavy follower of the 360. plain and simple. I, however, would play a PS3 if the opportunity arrises, but as of now I'm an Xbox follower.

Wii has a better design though

@fox

If what dyne said about the battery's lifespan is true, the PS3 actually wins there.  That's five years without having to pay for batteries, or a new rechargeable battery.  If you add up how much money you spend on replacing batteries for the 360 in that span, it's definitely more than $55 dollars.  The 360 batteries suck.  The back gets loose, and the rechargeable ones have very short lifespans.  I bought a rechargeable battery, and it only lasted me about a year and half or so; possibly not even that.

ps3 slim would kill xbox360 because if f up xbox360 it would show the red ring of death which means its broken and your f***

@ metalgearsolid

Actually, I don't think you did any studying on that. Sure, it sucks, but if you give them your claim, they pay for a mailing box, free shipping, and it comes back brand new and with three months of LIVE. It sucks that you have to pay, but the online support on 360 is way better, and I've used both systems. I find the 360 online play much more enjoyable especially with the party system and the larger marketplace. The Red Rings of Death aren't really problems anymore for 360 gamers like me. It happens, it happens. It sucks, but then you can do something meaningful while you wait.

@ Paulinatr, CD

I know I'm being a 360 fanboy right now, but the RROD is not that bad. It happens at least once to everyone, but everyone I know who's gotten had that happen almost a year ago. Not many RROD cases have come up so the real reason we don't report RROD is because there aren't a lot of them anymore. They're actually quite uncommon, but I can definitely tell Paulinatr that you're a big PS3 fan and CD is a moderate choice. All I'm saying is that you're wrong about the RROD. They sucked, but you get LIVE for free with it, so they're willing to at least give something in return. I know that it may look like RROD were left out, but that's the only real burn that I've heard people say about the 360, when it doesn't really happen as commonly as you think. Bottomline, it doesn't happen, so really we Xbox fans kinda forgot about it. We wouldn't mask the truth if it was actually harmful to the gaming industry, we just forgot.

I've actually have yet to get a RROD(hopes he did not just jinx that).  I actually don't play that much online, but I download a good amount of DLC and games from the marketplace.  So I don't even need to pay for live, as you can download stuff with just a Silver account.

That being said what really matters to me beyond all the details are the games.  I actually hate Microsoft (Mac ftw[jk, company loyalty is silly]), but at the time I bought the 360 there were more games on there I like and it was a superior console.

However, now they're about on par and there are more exclusives I want on the PS3.  I would definitely ask for one for Christmas if I wasn't at boarding school.

Although I'm a staunch PS3 advocate, I also have an XBox360 and love it. Touch wood, I've not had the need to return it due to the RROD and it's provided me with hours upon hours of entertainment. What I love about the 360 is the library of games it has. Sure, they aren't all blockbusters, but a ton of them can be had for a song these days (Dead Space - $15, Orange Box - $15, Mass Effect - $15 and so on) and that means a lot to me when times are tight but I need entertainment.

I'm not over the moon about the fact that I had to drop almost $100 on a wireless adapter (c'mon Microsoft...seriously?) and forgive me if I'm not lined up outside BestBuy waiting to renew my Live membership for $60 (c'mon Microsoft...SERIOUSLY?). These things should come as standard fare on any console's menu of features.

As far as the design goes, I rather like the 360's cadaver greyness. It's right in keeping with the undead pall of most Windows-based PCs. Somehow it's endearing. PS3 has 360 in its clutches there. The new slim pS3 looks mint and thank Windex they opted out of the piano black finish like the one my fat a$$ old one has. I have no fingerprints left on my fingers...they're etched onto the surface of my PS3! The slot-loading, touch-sensitive, built-in wireless adapter and free online (for now at least) have 360 beat. Hands down.

As far as game quality goes, I believe in my heart of hearts that one day, there will be a quantum separation between PS3 and the 360 due to the fact that the PS3 has barely begun to scratch even the surface of its depth as an entertainment unit. BluRay discs hold 52 GIG?? Come on. That's gotta be enormous amounts of game data when we consider what a regular run-of-the-mill DVD holds (5 GB). The unfortunate thing is that they may have built the PS3 TOO powerful for this generation of consoles. It simply isn't profitible for a game developer to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on porting games with massive amounts of additional data and graphic or sound fidelity from one system to another. Simply put, they aren't making games that showcase the PS3s ability and they won't because it's cost prohibitive. Would you drop $130 on a game if it promised a remarkable leap foward in graphics, hours of gameplay and 7.1 surround?

Bishop, you are right.

All of the multiplatform games are PS3 ports because 360's are "easier to develop on", and is the main reason (from what I'ver hear, I am no means a developer) Valve does not like the PS3. In the future, PS3 exclusives will eclipse 360 exclusives and multiplatform games that 3rd parties might even have a little bit of difficulty doing well on the PS3. Just my opinion there. And about your question on buying a game with those features, I am not sure about the price point, but I would shell out about $70-80 for a game like that. It is only about $10 (doesn't sound so bad when you look at it that way to me) more. But to me, that kind of seems like it could be Oblivion (I know people with about 220 hours logged in on ONE profile) with graphics better than Uncharted 2. That to me, is a good deal.

As for everyone else who responded to my RROD comment:

I think it is a problem. A regular and widespread hardware failure is definitely not normal. It seems to me that a person's experience with hardware failure is based on luck. I have a friend who babied his 360's (plural, I know), he dusted them weekly, took care of them, and he still had to send it in twice. He bought it before the uber warranty, so he got it fixed for free the first time, but second one he had to drop $100 to get it fixed. Well, it broke a third time, and he told me he couldn't keep doing that, and he was tired of the RROD, so he got a slim. That is my experience with the RROD, and I admit I do not have a 360, but I was not impressed. I guess everyone has a different experience with it, right?

@Paulinatr

Yes, it is a problem, but it's so uncommon that PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware failures are nearing the same percentage. Yes, it happened a long time ago to everyone at least once, but they've updated the system completely, and only a minute few have had the problem. No one even cares about it anyway, and even if you get it, free LIVE and a free console. If you can't survive without a game console for three weeks while it's being fixed, I blatantly shall say that you need to go outside once in a while. As stated from a news article in 1UP.com, (I honestly can't find the link, it was deleted from the blogs on there) the newer consoles have a 10% - 20% chance of failing, whereas older consoles have a 20% - 25% chance. This is the true study, too. It was higher back in 2007, but two years later, this really isn't a problem. Sometimes they break more than others do. It's happened to me three times, but who cares? It's perfectly fine, and I'm proud to consider it the best console on the market. You really should get your facts straight if you're going to base your judgment on your friend's experiences with it.

Let's think for a second, A 500 some-dollar 360 elite or a cheaper PS3 with groundbreaking games. hmmmmm...