| Thinking about buying a new gaming system? What | | | | the Xbox 360 has almost the same library at half the |
| are the pros and cons of the three major players: | | | | cost while the Wii offers exclusive, original |
| PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii? | | | | entertainment for a quarter of the price, and both |
| PlayStation 3: All PS3s are backward compatible with | | | | have broad third party support, something Sony has |
| PS1 and PS2. However, only the 60GB (and | | | | seen beginning to wane as their sales have slowed. If |
| discontinued 20GB) models in the US and Japan does | | | | you have the money, go ahead and buy. But this |
| so through hardware (the superior option). The 80GB | | | | system is the beginning of the end for Sony unless |
| and 40 GB, as well as the PAL region 60GB, all use | | | | they either create a less expensive version or |
| software emulation for backward compatibility. | | | | somehow come up with better exclusives. |
| Bottom line though the PlayStation does not contend: | | | | |