I-Xbox 360 ye-Microsoft ne-PlayStation 3 yakwa-Sony
IMicrosoft izamile ukuthola ezinye izihloko zomhlaba wokudlala, njengeSony ngokukhishwa kweXbox 360. I-Xbox 360 inikezela ngezinto eziningi ezintsha abadlali abazothanda zona:
- Ukubhaliselwa okulinganiselwe kwamahhala kumageyimu aku-inthanethi - Lokhu kuvumela abadlali abangazange babambe iqhaza kumageyimu aku-inthanethi ithuba lokubona okutholakala mahhala.
- Wonke ama-Xbox 360 eza ne-Live-aware - Lokhu kusho ukuthi ungathola isimemo somngani noma ubone ukuthi ubani oku-intanethi nokuthi badlala ini kusuka ku-Xbox 360 yakho. Inkinobho ephakathi kwesilawuli yenza konke lokhu kube lula kakhulu.
- Inikeza izici ezinhle zemidiya kufaka phakathi ukulalela umculo ngenkathi udlala imidlalo, ikhono lokwenza uhlu lwadlalwayo ngokwezifiso kanye nezingoma zakho zangokwezifiso, ikhono lokudwengula izingoma kusuka kumaCD oqobo kuye ku-Xbox 360 yakho futhi usakaze umculo usuka kusidlali sakho se-MP3 uye ku-Xbox 360 yakho Ungakha futhi ama-slideshows wezithombe ongabelana ngazo nabangani nomndeni.
- I-Xbox 360 inesilawuli esingenantambo. Akusekho ukukhubeka phezu kwezintambo, yize kungasekela abalawuli ababili abanentambo ngamachweba e-USB ngaphambili.
- Ikhonsoli yomdlalo ayisihle kuphela kubadlali bamageyimu, kepha nakonjiniyela. Kungumshini onamandla onenani le-RAM elingakaze libonwe - isici esingezwe esicelweni sonjiniyela.
Kepha, i-Xbox 360 isenezinkinga ezithile ezidinga ukulungiswa:
- Ukwesekwa kwabo kweqembu lesithathu laseJapan kuyashoda - Ngenkathi abanye onjiniyela baseJapan behlinzeka ngesoftware yeXbox, incane ngesibalo uma iqhathaniswa nalokho abakhiqizi abafanayo abakunikela ngePlaystation.
- Ngenkathi isilawuli singenantambo, sidla amabhethri ngokushesha. Amabhethri ajwayelekile ane-alkaline ahlala cishe emahoreni angamashumi amathathu, ngakho-ke uma uthenga i-Xbox 360, tshala imali kumabhethri angavuseleleka ukuze uzongele imali ekugcineni.
- Ngesikhathi zimiswa ezitolo zakwaWalMart ngaphambi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa, abaningi bahlushwa yilokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Xbox ‘360 screen of death,’ i-error screen. I-Xbox 360 nayo ibinezinkinga ezithile ngokushisa ngokweqile.
- Abanye babika ukuthi uhlelo lwe-Xbox 360 lunomsindo omkhulu lapho kudlalwa i-Xbox 360 disc.
Abantu abaningi balinde ngokulangazela ukukhishwa kwe-Playstation 3, okungenzeka ngokushesha nje ngoNovemba walo nyaka. Kuye kwathiwa i-Playstation 3 inokuzwa kwangaphandle (okukuvumela ukuthi ime ngokuzimela noma ngokuzimela yodwa), ngokungafani nokuzizwa kwangaphakathi kwe-Xbox 360. Kuyikhonsoli enkulu kakhulu kune-Playstation 2 futhi isondele ngosayizi wokuqala we-Xbox. Ama-discs wegeyimu aslayida kwikhonsoli njengama-CD slide kwisidlali semoto.
Nazi izici ezimbalwa ezikhangayo ze-Playstation 3:
- Ihlala ivuliwe, ngakho-ke ungafinyelela i-Playstation 3 yakho kusuka noma ikuphi uma nje unokuxhumeka kwe-inthanethi.
- Nge-playstation Portable, ungaxhuma ku-Playstation 3 yakho bese udlulisa imidiya efana nomculo nama-movie.
- I-Playstation 3 ibonakala inamandla kakhulu kunaleyo Xbox 360, Ninetindo Revolution, ne-Playstation 2. Imibiko yokuqala ithi izoshesha ngokuphindwe kabili kune-Xbox 360.
- Onjiniyela nabashicileli bemidlalo engaphezu kuka-230 bamemezele izihloko zemidlalo ye-Playstation 3.
Nazi izinkinga ezimbalwa ezibikiwe nezinkinga nge-Playstation 360:
- Iza no-256 MB kuphela, ngaphansi kuka-512 MB i-Xbox 360 ezofika nayo.
- Iplatifomu yabo ye-Playstation Network (isevisi eku-inthanethi) isathuthuka futhi kungenzeka ukuthi lapho i-Playstation 3 ikhishwa.
- Ukwethulwa kwe-Playstation 3 sekuvele kubambezelekile ngenxa yezinkinga zediski.
Kokubili i-Xbox 360 ne-Playstation 3 kuyiziduduzi ezinhle kakhulu zemidlalo. Kubukeka sengathi yize i-Xbox 360 iphume kuqala, ukubheja okuhle kakhulu kuseyi-Playstation 3. Iphuzu eliqine kakhulu le-Xbox 360 ukusebenza kwalo online, kepha u-Sony kungenzeka ukuthi usebenzela kokuthile okufana ne-Xbox Live khona manje. Kodwa-ke, iMicrosoft ivala igebe ngeXbox 360 futhi mhlawumbe izogcina itholile abakwaSony kuma-consoles emidlalo. Kwabanye abasebenzisi, kungahle kwehlele entweni elula njengokuthi yikuphi okuhambisana kakhulu nemidlalo asebenayo.