PS3 slim vs Xbox 360

As we all already know PS3 slim is coming. With lower price, Sony hoped to take back some market share as well as gaining new ones, especially in USA where they have been suffering a bit.
Unannounced but yet confirmed by couple retailers is that xbox 360's price has been dropped. The Elites cost around USD 299 which put PS3 slim into direct comparison.

Let's take a closer look on what each of the package provide for USD 299.

PS3 Slim
- Bluray player
- 120 G HDD
- Free online play
- Built in Wifi

Xbox 360
- Xbox live (with usd 50/ yr for online play)
- 120 G HDD
- Netflix (US only)
- Headset
- Additional Wifi (USD99)

For other market other than US, PS3 slim is very interesting from the price point of view, because you at least get a blu ray player. USD 299 blu ray player is pretty cheap, don't you think?

From different point of view, well, Blu ray has been slow in market share, because mostly people don't have an urgent need to watch Blu ray. They are pretty happy with DVD at the moment. So, I think it will not be a groundbreaking feature for PS3 slim.

For Xbox, the netflix thing reception has been good. People with mega bandwidth (sadly not me). And what I heard is Xbox live is superior than PSN, and most people find USD 50/yr is a money well spent.

I believe both machines has their own advantages, it will be interesting to see the fight on this holiday season. Let the battle begins!!!

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