Actually, I am the co-publisher and founder of another gaming site (Gamer 2.0: www.gamer20.com). I've written what some people would call anti-Sony articles, but it isn't because I dislike the PS3.
In fact, I will admit that in my pre-press years I was a Sony fanboy and Xbox hater. I thought the Xbox was big and clunky (much like Microsoft's still terrible OS and productivity programs), focused too much on graphics, and thought they had no real business being in the videogame industry.
Over time, I matured and grew much more objective. I finally bought an Xbox when I fell in love with a friend's copy of Max Payne, and gave the console an honest opportunity at impressing me. In all, I certainly had more PlayStation 2 games and memories, but I actually grew to like the Xbox quite a bit.
This generation, I think Microsoft has done a phenomenal job. They're biggest hiccup has obviously been the RROD issue, which actually choked out my launch unit after it had been going strong for about 2 years. Otherwise, they've put out some great software while the PS3 is still trying to find its place.
I think the PS3 will get there though. While the 360 can still do some impressive things, it's starting to become obvious that the PS3 does indeed have more muscle and in the final years of this generation we will definitely see a gap in the visual output of both. I could be wrong, and it may just be because the 360 is loud as hell, but it does seem like it struggles harder than the PS3 does.
Actually, it's totally plausible that the PS3's best years will be the last ones before the PS4. It'll probably be pushing better visuals at a more reasonable price. The problem will be with their exclusives. They dominated the last gen because they had so many games that just wouldn't appear on the Xbox. Now we're seeing WAY too many simultaneous release. The PS3 no longer dominates the global games market, and - while still down big time - the 360 has been making strides in Japan with sales up 157% so far this year. Though being up 157% from practically nothing isn't all that much.
I talked a lot about these issues back in August:
http://www.gamer20.com/feat...
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