Round 1: Design and Looks

On each post I'm going to start with the *BLACK* Playstation 3 and then go on to the Xbox 360. (The Playstation 3 above is the white Playstation 3, same design as the black, but is is simply white).

The Ps3 has a sleek black design with a built in hard drive. It has "Playstation 3" printed on the top in a silver text color. Under the disk drive it has a Playstation logo as well as a Sony logo with an on/off button (touch activated) embedded under the disk drive. Underneath is a flat surface, on it located 4 USB ports. It is an off-set "football" shaped design on the sides and a rounded square bottom and top. So it can sit and not wobble back and forth the bottom is squared off.

Now to the Xbox 360.

The Xbox 360 has a rough "gritty" white texture on all sites but the two small ends are a medium colored gray. All the bottom and top sides (when laid horizontally) are flat, the small end on the end closer to the on/off button is concave and full of holes for ventilation, the end on the other side is flat but when you stick the hard-drive on it sticks out about a 1/2 inch out, and the back side is slightly rounded. It has a engraved white Xbox 360 logo on the two big sides. On the front side (where all the main buttons are located) it has a round concave button with green LED power button in the middle. Next to it is a chrome, sliding disk drive with a chrome button to open and close it; engraved on the drive is "Xbox 360". Under the disk drive is 2 memory card slots, a sleek black controller receiver, and a controller synchronizing button.

And the winner for looks is... Xbox 360

I had to give Xbox 360 this one. It looks alot better and does not have that super awkward and weird shape the Ps3 has. The sleek design on the Ps3 can be easily scratched and get purple fingerprints on it every single time you touch it. The buttons on it are less obvious and don't even look like buttons. The 360 is also smaller, more lightweight, and looks better when stood up vertically. The Xbox 360 mostly won because it has a nice, simple shape, and doesn't look like a flattened football.

Xbox 360: 1/10

Playstation 3: 0/10

To all you who are Ps3 fans, I already know that Ps3 is going to win most of the upcoming Rounds so be patient. Once again, I'm not biased and like both consoles equally. See you next time on Round 2: Controllers.