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So, I've been watching these current consoles, and I've decided I wanted to say something about each of them.
PS3- This is the current underdog, and the reason is rather apparent. I've been a Sony guy for two generations now. I bought the PS1 and the PS2, as well as a ton of games for them. I loved Crash Bandicoot when it was made by Naughty Dog. I loved the Final Fantasy games, Ratchet & Clank, and God of War. I even bought that bore-fest Killzone (Halo-killer, yeah okay! Call us when you can color the enviroments something other than gray!). I loved SOCOM, I played it a lot. The Resident Evil and Silent Hill series are among my favorites. God, I'm gonna have a lot of fond memories of my PS2.
However, Sony went too far this time. $5-600 for a single console! Are you shitting me Sony!!! You don't even have any good exclusives, just a bunch of games that you can also get on the far cheaper 360. That's the other major problem, aside from the price, Sony doesn't have any good 1st party games or even regular console exclusives. Their only good exclusive to date is Resistance, though there are some recent additions this holiday season that warrant more than a look.
Even after watching both E3 and the TGS, I can't really spot many exclusives that would really make me want to buy the system. That's not good, because this generation seems to be rapidly moving away from Sony.
Now, not all is doom and gloom. The PS3 now has Heavenly Sword, Drake's Fortune, and the next Ratchet & Clank which could help this floundering giant float. However, I'm not sure it's going to be enough to pull the majority of Hardcore gamers from the 360. So, Sony could just end up like Sega and SNK this generation if it doesn't pull some fancy moves out of its magic bag.
Wii- Oh, it's just so much fun! Great fun, until a week passes by. Then you realize exactly how lame this thing is. It's extremely underpowered for one thing, and this is a serious problem. No level of Snerd love can change that fact.
A system with less power is not going to be able to render as vast a world as a more powerful one. The Wii could never run Elder Scrolls IV. Hell, I don't think it could run Elder Scrolls III!
The controller also gets old fast. It's really not as great as it was made up to be. The whole thing feels so gimmicky and lame. I keep wishing for some depth as I'm playing, but it never comes. Take Wii sports for instance; whether it's the fact that the game does all the work for you like in tennis or that the controls register the same move whether you make a full swing or just flick the remote like in the baseball game, the game babies you from beginning to end!
There is absolutely no skill involved in the play, and that's great for children or people who have never picked up a controller before. However, it's just terrible for people who actually treat gaming as a full-fledged hobby and want to be able to explore on their own and grow throughout the game.
The whole system is just completely over-rated in every aspect. The reason this thing even flew off the shelves in the first place is because the PS3 was too expensive and the 360 was dealing with the Red Ring of Death. When the media saw this, they latched onto it because they thought it was going to be the next big thing. So they hyped it up and made it a fad. The Wii has become an over-priced Furby! Yeah, I said it! The Wii sucks! The main reason it's doing so well is due to media hype! I swear to god, the next person I come across who repeats to me this now tired line that "the Wii is bringing the fun back to gaming" is getting punched in the fucking face! I mean it, there will be blood!
Hey, if you are actually considering buying this thing, I want you to think of this word when you see that box being placed in your hands, Powerglove. Maybe this one will work too, iToy. Revolution my aching ass, Tiger Electronics has been making these games for 4 fucking years now! You know the commercials.
Xbox 360- I guess Microsoft's biggest problem was the Red Ring of Death. This was the biggest factor in the 360 getting a score of 3 1/2 stars on Amazon. The whole incident poisoned the relationship between Gates and a good portion of the gaming community, and he's going to spend the rest of this generation making up for this. Another irritating problem with this system is the extremly loud fucking noise it makes when it's playing certain games! Christ, I just want to play Dead Rising without fearing that my 360 is going to blow up the damn house!
Aside from this, the 360 delivers where Nintendo claimed it was going to, and that's fun! The 360 is going to have the best games of all the consoles far into the foreseeable future, and that's a good reason to get this one over the others.
Plus, you get total connectivity to any device with a USB port, the whole customizable soundtracks option, and Xbox Live, the best online service around today! Not to mention the achievement system is actually pretty damn cool! So yeah, go with the 360! Of course, that's just my oppinion, I could be wrong...
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I don't much like the direction Nintendo wants to take the industry in, but I'll be alright as long as 360 software continues to sell.
It should, and I have a feeling that Nintendo is going to have to alter its strategy once Sony starts heating up.
The thing with Nintendo is, they're like roaches. They tailor whatever stupid thing they do to make profit for themselves. So even if Wii software software sales never grow, they'll still be in business due to the small amount of money and effort it takes to make Wii games. They will always have a core demographic (hardcore Nintendo fans) who will buy enough of whatever they make to put themselves in the black.
That's the real Wii revolution: Cheap budget games that yield profit.
Damn shame, at least the DS is pretty cool. Mostly because the stylus has 100x the precision of the Wiimote. I don't have anything bad to say about the DS, my beef is with the Wii and its mainly crappy titles.
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