For those of you who don’t know, Ken Kutaragi is currently the insane head of the Sony Computer Entertainment gaming division. Mr. Kutaragi is often referred to as “The Father of the PlayStation”. But lately Ken has also been referred to as “The Father of Nutty Marketing Statements and Vicious Microsoft Slander”. Some of his statements have caused some concern that he might actually be going a tad senile. For instance…

“We want for consumers to think to themselves ‘I will work more hours to buy one (PS3)’. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else…”

Does “anything else” include food, clothing and shelter? Based on some of the eBay bids over the last couple weeks that point could definitely be argued to the affirmative. But the point of my post is that even for all of Mr. Kutaragi’s insane smack talk, the PS3 just doesn’t seem to be quite what he hyped it up to be. It seems that many folks just aren’t that impressed. Take the guys over at 1Up for instance. They seem to think the PS3 really isn’t that much better than the Xbox 360, despite being more than $200 more expensive. So… what basis do they have for this rediculous claim? The videos HERE pretty much sum it up… (note the split screen comparison between consoles)

I’ve only included one of the 10 or so videos they have posted at 1Up, but personally I think the 360 actually looks a little better. If nothing else, it seems like the 360 does a better job at HDR lighting. These videos might actually be enough to sway my purchase if I happened to be in the market for a next-gen console (which I’m not, based on my utter lack of cash). If I had to make my decision based solely on these videos (and the fact that I don’t give a rats ass about Blu-Ray) I think I’d be inclined to save a couple hundred bucks and buy a 360. Ultimately this is all irrelevant though. My money (when I can finally scrape it together) is going towards a Wii.