XBOX 360 - 7, PS3 - 0

With the launch of the PS3 today, I'm sure everyone is eager to see what it has to offer. Well, so far nothing it has to offer as launch titles are equal to their counterpart on the 360. The 6 PS3 launch titles that are currently available for 360 all received higher reviews from IGN.com for the 360 version. Here is the breakdown:

______________360 ______ PS3________
Madden '07 _______8.5 _______8.3_________
Tiger Woods ______ 8.5 _______8.3_________
NFS Carbon _______8.2 _______7.9_________
Marvel UA ________8.2 _______7.9_________
Tony Hawk 8 ______7.8________7.0_________
NHL 2K7 _________8.9________8.6_________

Also, Call of Duty 3 is available for both, but IGN hasn't reviewed it yet for PS3. Lucky for us Gamespot has! The 360 version received an 8.8 while the PS3 version couldnt match up yet again with an 8.2. Here are some of the comments from the PS3 review:

"Call of Duty 3's visuals are great, though a problematic frame rate leaves the game looking decidedly less impressive than it does on the Xbox 360."

"Call of Duty 3's online component is more robust on the Xbox 360, but there's still a lot to like on the PlayStation 3. Twenty-four people can play online, but whereas four players per Xbox 360 could go online, just one person can play on a single PS3, and there's no ranked play."

"It's worth noting that we encountered a handful of bugs in the single-player campaign. None of these prevented the game from being completed, but they did force us to restart levels from previously saved checkpoints. In several instances our soldier got stuck in the floor, and we got temporarily stuck a few times because a computer-controlled soldier had stopped in front of us, while another stopped right behind us. The most annoying glitch was that the CPU can occasionally see and shoot through walls and doors, which lead to many frustrating deaths."

"There are a couple of visual issues that mar the otherwise great graphics. Key amongst these is the erratic frame rate. It was fast and mostly smooth on the 360, but the game's extremely choppy on the PlayStation 3. This problem isn't limited to hectic battle sequences either--it'll chug in rooms that are completely empty."

I know its only a few games, but I think that it is very interesting to see that the 360 got a better review on EVERY SINGLE ONE!

Let the console wars begin!