I’ve been reading many articles over the last few days talking about the hardware capabilities and intentions of the new gaming consoles on the horizon. As I’ve read more and more, the touted abilities of the PS3 seem to be waning. Unbelievably, they just posted an interview where they say this: “We haven’t been creating our [past] PlayStations for the sake of games… The PS3 isn’t designed to lean towards games.” Holy cow - did I miss something?

My intention with this post is to collect all of the articles that talk about the Xbox360’s hardware, and the fight it’s going to have with Big N and Sony. Below, you’ll find links to these articles.

The PS3 isn’t a video game machine. Yegads - I heard the screaming of a million Sony fanboys, and then it was silenced. Check out the great posts in that Slashdot article - people aren’t pleased.

Inside the Xbox360. Deep, techinical, long. IBM’s processor and supporting hardware laid bare. I needed every class of my CS degree (which I earn in 2.5 weeks, BTW) to get everything in here. A thing of beauty.

What OS is under the hood. Invesitgative journalism and speculation about the embedded Operating System running programs on the Xbox360.

Xbox360 Dashboard. Pix of the internal dashboard program. Make sure you click on the slideshow link to see the images!

Non-technical comparison of posted stats. A good read on who’s got more of what in the Xbox360 vs. PS3 arena.

Microsoft’s rebuttal to Sony’s PS3 specs. A fascinating article talking about why the PS3 is not what it E3 seems to have been saying about it. A must-read - even more interesting when compared with the “PS3 don’t do games” article above!