Sony PlayStation 3

The 120GB PS3 bundles the earlier PS3's top-notch features into a smarter, sleeker, less-expensive package. You can now have a first-class, BD-Live-capable Blu-ray player with 1080p HDMI output, integrated Bluetooth and 802.11g, an upgradable 120GB hard drive, gigabit ethernet, 7.1-channel Dolby Digital audio support, and Sony's monstrously powerful custom multiprocessing CPUs. Games like Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots and Uncharted have reignited gamers passion for Sony’s console.

The PlayStation 3 has always been renowned for its superior hardware capabilites (in the console market) and because of this, it will have a longer shelf life than the Xbox 360.

Graphically speaking, the PlayStation 3 can often outperform its console rivals, with many gamers opting to play single player games on their PS3, but they will often switch to the Xbox 360 to take advantage of its superior online capabilities.