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This is a comparison of the features of various seventh-generation game consoles. Please note that the specifications listed here may be subject to change for consoles not yet released.

General information

The asterisk (*) will be used to designate the higher end models for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and (**) for the lower end models.

Release data

	Xbox 360	Wii	PlayStation 3
Price (USD)	US$299.99 (Core) US$399.99 (Premium)	US$249.99 (Includes Wii Sports pack-in game)	US$499.99(20 GB HDD model) US$599.99 (60 GB HDD model)
Release Date	November 22 2005 (North America) December 2 2005 (Europe) December 10 2005 (Japan) March 23 2006 (Australia) November 9 2006 (Brazil)	November 19 2006 (North America) December 2 2006 (Japan) December 7 2006 (Australia and Italy) December 8 2006 (Europe)	November 11 2006 (Japan) November 17 2006 (US/Canada) Q1 2007 (Mexico) March 2007 (Europe and Australia)
Accessories (retail)	HD AV cable (included*, US$40) Wired controller (US$40) Wireless controller (US$50) Universal media remote (US$30) Fast charge kit (US$40) 64MB Memory Unit (US$40) Live vision camera (US$40) Xbox Live Gold (US$ 50) Faceplates (US$20) Headset (US$20) Racing wheel (US$70) Wireless network adapter (US$100) 20GB detachable hard drive (US$100) Announced HD DVD addon (US$200)	Basic AV cable (US$10) Composite AV cable (US$20) Component AV cable(US$30) Wired LAN adapter (US$25) Wii Remote (US$40) Classic Controller(US$20) Nunchuk controller add-on (US$20)	Wireless controller (US$50) PlayStation 2 memory card adapter (US$15) Bluetooth remote (US$25)

Hardware

	Xbox 360	Wii	PlayStation 3
CPU	3.2 GHz IBM PowerPC tri-core codenamed "Xenon" 115 GFLOPS 9.1 billion dot products per second	IBM "Broadway" [1] [2] (made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process)	Cell (3.2 GHz POWER-based PPE with seven 3.2 GHz SPEs) 218 (approx) GFLOPS 10 billion dot products per second
Memory	512 MB GDDR3 @ 700 MHz shared between CPU & GPU	1T-SRAM by MoSys	256 MB XDR @ 3.2 GHz 256 MB GDDR3 @ 700 MHz. GPU can access CPU memory, CPU has low bandwidth access to GPU memory.
GPU	500 MHz codenamed "Xenos" (ATI custom design) 1 TFLOPS (system theoretical) 48 billion shader operations per second [3] 24 billion dot products per second (33.6 billion per second theoretical maximum when summed with CPU operations) 48 Unified Shaders, SM3.0+ 10 MB eDRAM (internal bandwidth of 256GB/s)	ATI Hollywood GPU	550 MHz RSX (based on NVIDIA G70 architecture) 1.67 TFLOPS (theoretical) 74.8 billion shader operations per second (100 billion with CPU) 33 billion dot products per second (51 billion dot products with CPU) Distinct Pixel & Vertex Shaders, SM3.0
Controller	Xbox 360 Controller (up to 4 wireless or 3 wired) (USB hub required for four wired controllers)	Wii Remote (up to 4 via Bluetooth) Nunchuck, Classic Controller, and other attachments GameCube Controller (up to 4) Nintendo DS via Wi-Fi	PS3 Controller (up to 7 via Bluetooth) PSP via Wi-Fi
Dimensions (horizontal position) (h × w × d)	8.3 cm × 30.9 cm × 25.8 cm 1300 cm³ power supply	approx. 5 cm × 11.5 cm × 21 cm (approx.) approx. 200? cm³ power supply (photo)	9.8 cm × 32.5 cm × 27.4 cm (approx.)[4] Integrated power supply

Interfaces and media

	Xbox 360	Wii	PlayStation 3
Display resolutions	HDTV-capable (480i, 576i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p), 1080p requires software update	EDTV-compatible (480i, 576i, 480p)	HDTV-capable (480i, 576i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)
Video output	VGA, Component, S-Video, Composite, SCART	Component, S-Video, Composite [5][6]	Component, S-Video, Composite, HDMI Standardized HDMI port and PlayStation 2 AV port
Network	100BASE-TX (100 Mbit/s) Ethernet Optional 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi	Optional Ethernet via USB 2.0 Adapter Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	1000BASE-T Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g (built-in, optional adapter*)
Audio	5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS	Dolby Pro Logic II, Mono speaker in controller.	5.1 Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, 6.1/7.1 Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD
I/O	2.4 GHz radio Three USB 2.0 ports (4 with HD-DVD add-on) One Ethernet port	Bluetooth Two USB 2.0 ports Four GameCube Controller ports Two GameCube Memory Card slots 1 SD Card slot [7] Sensor Bar port	Bluetooth 2.0 Four USB 2.0 ports One Ethernet port. Flash readers.
Media	12x (65.6–132 Mbit/s) DVD CD HD-DVD drive available as accessory	12 cm proprietary DVD format 8 cm GameCube Optical Disc	2x BD-ROM (72 mbit/s) 8x DVD 24x CD 2x SACD
Storage	Detachable SATA 20 GB hard drive (13 GB available to user, proprietary interface not upgradeable) (included*) Xbox 360 memory cards USB mass storage (AV content)	512MB built-in flash memory SD/MMC card USB mass storage GameCube Memory Cards	Upgradable 2.5" SATA 20** / 60 GB* hard drive Memory Stick* SD* CompactFlash (Type I, II)* USB mass storage

Services and software

	Xbox 360	Wii	PlayStation 3
Online service	Xbox Live Live! Arcade Points based store Webcam, headset	Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection WiiConnect24 Virtual Console Opera Browser Subscription required Wii Shop Channel (points or credit card based)	PlayStation Network Platform Arcade Currency based store Xfire integration for some games Cross Media Bar "web 2.0" browser Other Linux applications
Backward compatibility	Supports some Xbox games, additions made with software updates (current list)	According to Nintendo, will support all GameCube software, a selection of NES, SNES, N64, C64, Genesis and TurboGrafx games playable through online Virtual Console service	According to Sony, will support PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games that adhere to the "technical requirements checklist" [8]; initial systems have been reported to use PlayStation 2 hardware.
System software	Xbox 360 Dashboard	Wii Channels	Cross Media Bar Yellow Dog Linux
System software features	Audio file playback (non-DRM AAC, MP3, WMA) Video file playback (WMV) Image slideshows Connectivity with a Media Center PC for more codec support Keyboard support	Audio file playback (MP3) Video file playback (motion JPEG) Image editing and slideshows	Audio file playback (AATRAC, AAC, MP3, WAV) Video file playback (MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4) Additional Linux codec support (Ogg, Xvid, Theora, etc.) Image editing and slideshows (JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP) Mouse and keyboard support Folding@Home client with visualizations from the RSX
Consumer programmability	After "this holiday", with final build of XNA Game Studio [9]. Development on PC.	Hinted at via Virtual Console	Yes, via Linux [10]. Development on PC or console.

Games

Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 will offer many of the same games, while Nintendo will mostly offer its own titles. When Wii is released on November 19, the only game the three consoles will have in common is Madden NFL 2007.

System Images

Consoles

Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
November 22, 2005 - Present
Wii (Nintendo)
November 19, 2006 (NA)
December 2, 2006 (JP)
December 7, 2006 (AUS)
December 8, 2006 (EUR)
PlayStation 3 (Sony)
November 11, 2006 (JP)
November 17, 2006 (NA)
March 2007(EUR)

Note: First year of release is the first year of the system's worldwide availability.

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-Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (will) offer many of the same games, while Nintendo will mostly offer its own titles.  When Wii is released on November 19, the only game the three consoles will have in common is [[Madden NFL 2007]].
+Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 will offer many of the same games, while Nintendo will mostly offer its own titles.  When Wii is released on November 19, the only game the three consoles will have in common is [[Madden NFL 2007]].
 *[[List of Wii launch titles]]
 *[[List of Playstation 3 launch titles]]