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Do you think the other consoles don't design their own hardware, OS, Firmware and license games? Even the old Genesis/Megadrive had a licensed screen. And with IBM's cell chip in the PS3 you need Sony's licensed architecture just to produce the games. I'm a games developer and these days, there's nothing that doesn't require a license fee. And why shouldn't they be allowed to develop and license their own software? Epic and Valve, the two biggest PC games developers are pushing 360 development, so just because its Microsoft, closed-source and license-funded, doesn't mean it is at all bad.

And Live isn't costly, infact it is a bargain for what you get. And actually connectivity is free and gives you access to to demos and bonus content, films, trailers, gamerpics and what-have-you. Its only the ability to play the games online that you pay for through "gold" membership. Everything else is covered under the free Silver membership.

Get off your high-horse. Xbox is now the cheapest console around, even with Gold XBL included (at least in the UK). Its got some fantastic games and judging from your collection of consoles you are no fanboy and so the fact its designed by Microsoft as you make a point of saying should be no issue to you.]]>Dec 30th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/29/playstation-3-lags-behind-wii-xbox-360-this-holiday-season/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/29/playstation-3-lags-behind-wii-xbox-360-this-holiday-season/Dec 30th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/29/playstation-3-lags-behind-wii-xbox-360-this-holiday-season/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/29/playstation-3-lags-behind-wii-xbox-360-this-holiday-season/Dec 30th 2008 12:12PM