It's the battle of the London newspapers battling over the battle of the next-gen consoles battling for the monopolization of your wallet! That's a ton of fighting. Anyway, let's talk about the positive news first -- the London Evening Standard dedicated an entire page to the next-gen console war and awarded its top marks to the PS3. The heading of the article should be leading towards the content found therein: "World-beating PS3 well worth the wait". Yeah. What did they say about it? Another quote: "The first thing that hits you is the quality of the graphics. They are incredibly detailed and fast, noticeably more so than Microsoft's Xbox 360, and often tough to distinguish from video." As for game reviews, Motorstorm got five stars, while Resistance and Ridge Racer 7 both got four stars.

The Guardian (another London paper) took a completely different stance. Let's listen in... "The launch games we've played do look impressive, especially when viewed on a high-definition TV, but there is nothing on display that Microsoft's competing Xbox 360 couldn't produce. In fact, upcoming Xbox 360 titles such as Gears of War offer superior graphics to anything we've seen so far on PS3." Now, we're going to agree. Gears of War does look incredible. But... it's been in the works for a long, long, long time -- so it ought to blow everything else away. Does that mean that in a year the PS3 will have something that makes Gears of War look like a drooling Atari 2600? Doubtful, but it's most certainly a noble goal. Which newspaper will you guys side with? Because it completely matters.