THE PLAYSTATION 3 CONSOLE IS STATISTICALLY THE MOST UP-TO-DATE CONSOLE TO HIT THE MARKET. THE 7 CORES COMBINE TO FILL A 2.0 TFLOP FLOATING POINT PERFMORANCE (aka ABILITY TO DISPLAY HIGH-DEFINITION GRAPHICS AND PROCESS OUTSTANDING PHYSICS AT THE SAME TIME). THE XBOX 360 HAS ONLY HALF THIS POWER, AT 1.0TFLOPS. THROUGH RESEARCH, I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT THE PS3's CELL PROCESSOR HOLDS 234 MILLION TRANSISTORS ON THE CHIP, WHEREAS XBOX 360 ONLY HAS 165 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS ALLOWS THE PS3 TO PROCESS HIGH DEFINITION GRAPHICS AND PHYSICS, ALONG WITH THE BEST QUALITY AUDIO AT THE SAME TIME. AS FOR THE GAMES: SURE, THE LAUNCH TITLES FOR PS3 WON'T BE AS GOOD AS THE GAMES WE SEE FROM THE SAME MAKERS ABOUT ONE YEAR FROM NOW, BUT JUST BY SEEING THE FIRST FEW DEMOS, THE GAMES ALREADY MATCH WHAT THE XBOX360 HAS TO OFFER, AND THEY'VE HAD YEARS TO WORK ON THEM. THE BLU-RAY DVD PLAYER IS ALSO ANOTHER KEY FUNCTION FOR THE PS3. THIS DRIVE ALLOWS GAMES TO USE 54GB OF SPACE INSTEAD OF THE CONVENTIONAL DVD (4.7GB) OR, AT BEST DUAL LAYER (9GB). JUST THINK, THE BEST XBOX 360 GAMES CAN ONLY BE AS LARGE AS 9GB, CREATING ANOTHER OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE FOR THE PS3. HAVING 54GB OF SPACE TO USE NOT ONLY OFFERS 6 TIMES MORE GAME, BUT ALLOWS GAME MAKERS TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE FOR MORE INTERACTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN GAME. INSTEAD OF MAYBE 10 HOURS OF SINGLE PLAYER STORY MODE, A GAME CAN BE MADE TO PLAY FOR UP TO 60 HOURS. OR LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, A GAME ON A 9GB DISC COULD MAYBE COVER THE AREA OF ONE CITY TO PLAY THROUGH, HAVING 54GB OF DISC CAN ALLOW FOR ENTIRE STATES, OR PERHAPS EVEN REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO PLAY THROUGH. WITH ALL THESE FUNCTIONS, THE PS3 STILL HAS MORE TO OFFER: 7 WIRELESS CONTROLLERS INSTEAD OF 4 (AND INCLUDED WITH BOTH VERSIONS OF THE SYSTEM IS ONE WIRELESS CONTROLLER WHEREAS THE 360 ONLY OFFERS IT THROUGH THE "PREMIUM" EDITION), 4 USB HOOKUPS (FOR CHARGING CONTROLLERS, KEYBOARDS, ANYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF WITH USB CONNECTIVITY), HDMI OUTPUT(THE BEST HIGH DEFINITION CONNECTIVITY TO DATE), AND FREE ONLINE SERVICE TO PLAY ALL ONLINE GAMES THAT WILL EVER COME TO THE PS3 (MICROSOFT'S XBOX 360 OFFERS THE SAME SERVICE, BUT AT A FEE OF $50 PER YEAR--ONE MORE BILL TO WORRY ABOUT). and one more reminder: Blu-Ray DVD players are on shelves right now, FOR $1,000. A stand-alone Blu-Ray DVD player that offers nothing more than to watch moives in High Definition.

However, don't only take my word for it. Do some research yourself. Avoid PS3 fans and XBOX 360 fans, and look at the facts.

If I had legitimately been convinced by Microsoft to buy their product, I would have, I bought an original XBOX and felt used by paying for online services. But Sony has done it right with the Playstation 3.

All the specs listed below for Sony's Playstation 3 can be verified at Sony's Playstation 3 website, so check it out and get yours while you can.