NEXT-GENERATION CONSOLE COMPARSION
FACT SHEET
CONSOLE PRICE COMPARISON
PS3 System (20 GB HDD)
Console
$499
Requires Users to Buy:
HDD (20GB)
$0
Blu-ray Drive
$0
Wireless
$0
Controller
Free Online
$0
Access
Total
$499
Xbox 360 Core System
Console
$299
Requires Users to Buy:
HDD (20GB)
$100
HD DVD Drive $199
Wireless
$50
Controller
12-month Xbox $50
Live Gold
Subscription
Total
$698
Wii
Console
$249
Requires Users to Buy:
HDD
N/A
DVD Drive
N/A
Wireless
$0
Controller
Online Access
$0 for the
first 6
months
Total
$249
CONSOLE FEATURE COMPARISON
FEATURE
Dimensions
CPU
GPU
Memory
HDD
I/O
Controller
PS3 system
(60 GB HDD)
PS3 system
(20 GB HDD)
Xbox 360
Xbox 360
Core System
Wii
Approximately
Approximately
309mm (W) x
309mm (W) x
157mm x 215.4mm
325mm (W) x
325mm (W) x
83mm (H) x 258mm 83mm (H) x 258mm x 44mm
98mm (H) x 274mm 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
Cell Broadband
Cell Broadband
Custom-designed Custom-designed PowerPC CPU
Engine™
Engine™
Xbox 360 CPU (3.2 Xbox 360 CPU (3.2 (code-named
GHz PowerPC
GHz PowerPC
“Broadway”)
processor with 3
processor with 3
cores)
cores)
RSX
RSX
ATI graphics
ATI graphics
243 MHz ATI
processor (500
processor (500
"Hollywood" GPU
MHz)
MHz)
 256MB XDR
 256MB XDR
 512MB GDDR3  512MB GDDR3  24MB "main" 1TMain RAM
Main RAM
Unified System
Unified System
SRAM
 256MB GDDR3  256MB GDDR3
Memory
Memory
 64MB other 1TVRAM
VRAM
 10MB embedded  10MB embedded SRAM
DRAM
DRAM
2.5” Serial ATA (60 2.5” Serial ATA (20 20 GB HDD
None
512MB internal
GB)
GB)
flash memory
 USB 2.0 (x4)
USB 2.0 (x4)
 USB 2.0 (x3)
 USB 2.0 (x3)
USB 2.0 (x2)
 MemoryStick
 Xbox 360
 Xbox 360
/SD/CompactFlas
memory card
memory card
h
(64MB)
(64MB)
SIXAXIS™
SIXAXIS™
Xbox 360 Wireless Xbox 360 Wired
 Wii-mote
Wireless Controller Wireless Controller Controller
Controller
 Nunchuk
attachment
FEATURE
PS3 system
(60 GB HDD)
PS3 system
(20 GB HDD)
Blu-ray/DVD/CD
“read only”
Blu-ray/DVD/CD
“read only”
Game Media
Format
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Communication
Wireless
Communication
x1 / 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX,
1000BASE-T
IEEE 802.11b
(WiFi)
x1 / 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX,
1000BASE-T
None
Bluetooth
2.0 (EDR)
2.0 (EDR)
AV Output
 HDMI out –
(x1/HDMI)
 AV Multi-Out x1
 Digital Out
(Optical) x1
480i, 480p, 720p,
1080i, 1080p
 HDMI out –
(x1/HDMI)
 AV Multi-Out x1
 Digital Out
(Optical) x1
480i, 480p, 720p,
1080i, 1080p
HDMI out –
(x1/HDMI)
Digital Out
(Optical) x1
HDMI out –
(x1/HDMI)
Digital Out
(Optical) x1
HDMI output
Digital Audio
Xbox 360
Core System
Wii
 12cm optical
discs for Wii
 8cm
GameCube™
discs
DVD Disc
DVD Disc
 12cm optical
discs for Wii
 8cm
GameCube™
discs
Ethernet port
Ethernet port (Hard USB 2.0 LAN
Drive or Memory adaptor
Unit Required)
Xbox 360 Wireless Xbox 360 Wireless IEEE 802.11
Networking Adapter Networking Adapter
sold separately
sold separately
(Hard Drive or
Memory Unit
Required)
None
None
Bluetooth enabled
Disc Drive
Screen Size
Xbox 360
12X DVD drive
12X DVD drive
Component HD AV Composite AV
cable
cable
AV Multi-output
port for component,
composite or Svideo
With the Fall 2006 With the Fall 2006 Output to 480p and
console update,
console update,
16:9 widescreen
Xbox 360 consoles Xbox 360 consoles
will have the ability will have the ability
to upscale content to to upscale content to
1080p and support 1080p and support
future 1080p games future 1080p games
(TBA)
(TBA)
None
None
None
Digital Out
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Digital Out
None