damn some people are ignorant. ps3 2x faster than the xbox 360? my ass. plz do some research on the specs of the systems, then talk. First off, the PS3's cell proccessor CAN be faster than the xbox 360's 3 processors. But its extremely hard to code for. considering its wat... 11 sub cell proccessors? its a more inovative design, while the xbox 360 just went for 3 beefy CPUs. but thats just the processors. the main concern i have with the ps3 is its gpu board bandwith restriction. anyways, whoever can code the most efficiently for which system, will make that system the "fastest". these systems are so god damn powerfull, that i doubt game devs will even make anything that will have a speed difference between the 2 systems. anyways, the ps3 comes out like half a year after the xbox 360, so sony has alot of time to use new technologys and if they just stick to the current technology they have made for it so far, in half a year the price of those chips will go down significantly, allowing sony to sell their PS3's at a lower cost than the xbox 360 when it is released. now for the game selections thats another story. I think that showing of the xbox 360 microsoft did was completely horrid. they are trying to turn the god damn thing into a entertainment system. i am not spending 500 dollars for a god damn movie player, or a mp3 player, or a web surfing comp, i want that 500 dollars to be spent JUST ON A GAMING MACHINE. anyways, the systems are 1 year apart, so why not get both.