For those of you who read engadget you might have seen a post today with a side by side comparison shot of the PS3 and Xbox360. The picture shows the Xbox360 much larger then the PS3, this is not true. In reality the xbox360 is smaller. The picture above is the accurate dimensions, the one on Engadget is wrong. If you notice the power socket of the xbox360 in the engadget shot, its been doctored. I really like Engadget, but sometimes they can be really unproffesional.
4 replies on “Dimensions of the Xbox 360 vs PS3”
this one is inaccurate as well, the 360 is a sliver taller then the ps2 vertically.
PS3 mockup
320 x 240 x 80 = 6144000 mm3
12.60 x 9.45 x 3.15 = 375.07 cu in
Yeah, your picture looks inaccurate for the xbox360
https://www.ps3updates.com/4634634634643.gif
Based on these dimension specs, the PS3 actually takes up less volume than the xbox360. Of course these numbers are not perfect since each system is not a plain box object. But the 360 is definately the closest to a true box, so it’s volume is most accurate, and the PS3 is probably the most curved and so it’s calculation is the most inaccurate and takes up even less volume. But you get the idea.
Sure the PS3 is slightly longer (or taller if stood vertically) than the xbox360, but only by less than half an inch. And by volume, PS3 is smaller than either the xbox or xbox360. Personally, I wish they would have made the PS3 the standard 17.25 inch AV width and ultra thin with an LCD display, so that it would fit nicely into my AV rack. Then it would make a nice looking BluRay player as well. 🙂 I am guessing they made the top rounded to discourage putting stuff on top of it. Oh well.
xbox
311 x 248 x 89 = 6864392 mm3
12.24 x 9.76 x 3.50 = 418.12 cu in = 2.90 cu ft
xbox360
309 x 258 x 83 = 6616926 mm3
12.17 x 10.16 x 3.27 = 404.33 cu in = 2.81 cu ft
PS3 mockup
320 x 240 x 80 = 6144000 mm3
12.60 x 9.45 x 3.15 = 375.07 cu in = 2.60 cu ft
PS2 original
301 x 182 x 78 = 4272996 mm3
11.85 x 7.17 x 3.07 = 260.84 cu in = 1.81 cu ft
You’re all wrong. The PS3 is larger in size and volume than the Xbox 360. Sony’s original PS3 size has been enlarged because they couldn’t fit everything in the size they had planned. Nevertheless, the photo above inaccurately depicts the size of the 360 compared to the PS3. The 360 is pictured too small.