Personally, I prefer the PS3 to the XBOX..
Space isnt really an issue since you can always add a FAT formatted hard drive via USB that works for saving all your media to. Also, with the PS3, you can use any standard 2.5" laptop hard drive without voiding the warranty, Just dont format/use your replaced PS3 hard drive for anything else (store it, dont use it). I'm not sure about the largest amount of storage, but via USB, it would depend on how much space the FAT format will allow you. I had a 320GB ext hdd hooked up to mine before I sold it and never ran out of space.. It also made it easy for creating system backups...
On the Xbox, I'm not sure about USB storage for media and such, I haven't owned on.
@Farli, With the PS3, copying part of the game to the HDD makes it load quite a bit faster. It also allows them to release patches for what gets installed on the hard drive, thereby allowing for more content or fixes to bugs that are causing issues. At least that's what I think it's doing :)
--Gnunixguy
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Judd Pickell
<pickell@gmail.com> wrote:
The XBox doesn't require a game be copied to the hard drive. Only
downloads you purchase would require a hard drive. I am just as happy
with my XBox 360 arcade (which means no hard drive). I am thinking
about getting the hard drive, so that I can play older XBox (non 360)
games on it. I am not a big content downloader, except for the WII,
and that is only because I love a lot of the old NES and SNES games.
Sincerely,
Judd Pickell