As far as the manufacturers I picked I do have trigger time on some of their other products and cost is a big factor in picking them.
Smith$wesson(pun intended) Is just way more expensive for a comparable product.
If you plan to do much shooting with them then it's probably somewhat easier to justify the initial higher cost of the more expensive make of gun over the long term.
Customer Service and warranty support are worth some consideration, too.
Also the 327 beats a 38 hands down according to the gun rags and ballistics testing.
While the versatility of being able to shoot some other .32 revolver cartridges is probably useful for some folks, the lighter bullet weights of the .327 Magnum cartridge just don't interest me as much as they might some folks.
The ability to chamber 6 rounds instead of 5 rounds is also arguably of interest to a number of folks. I'm just not one of them.
Paper energy figures stopped being a major factor in the selection of small bore handguns for me some years ago, too.
I guess of the two caliber offerings I'd be much more inclined to return to using a .44 Spl ... with a decent bullet weight and a nose cavity design that stood some chance of potentially expanding at the low velocities realized in short-barreled .44 Spl wheelguns.
Then again, I have a good choice of .38 Spl, .357 Magnum & .44 Magnum wheelguns from which to choose, so I'm understandably less inclined to look at the modernization of the .32 revolver cartridge.
If it appeals to you , though, why not get one and enjoy it? That's why they made it, you know?