Sony announces 2.40 PS3 firmware update

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• This has effectively settled my decision making. I can for-see no added benefit to purchasing an XBox instead now.
  
  Even the price difference is excusable given the Blu-Ray drive. When you add it all up, it's still more for less. Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
• You're absolutely right about no benefits to buying an XBox. Except for maybe the fact that due to development issues on the PS3, games are generally developed on XBox and ported to PS3, meaning games run smoother, have less issues etc. when running the XBOx version side by side with the PS3.
  
  But that's a minor point, I'd obviously sooner have a built-in blu-ray player than a machine that can actually run my games well.... Posted by JP, Ireland
• that may be true to some extent, but most critics agree that the difference in game operation is very small and in almost all cases, negligible. in fact, it will not be an issue in the near future, when developers start to more fully understand how to program for the ps3, and just like it has been for every ps system, the full potential of the system will not be realized until the end of this generation consoles.
  
  in short, if the quiet play of dvds and blu-rays is not enough for you to cough up an extra 130 bucks, maybe this will: the ps3 has more capabilities than the xbox, and at the end of the generation consoles, ps3 will be running better games more smoothly. 360 will be left feeling like the genesis of old, while ps3 will be remembered as a classic system much like ps1 and ps2. Posted by albert, usa