Hello everyone, I wanted to put my 2 cents into this console war. Just for a recap, some people are for the 360, some for the PS3, and some for the Wii. Now, my thoughts aren't going to be siding for one system and making you buy one, I just want to put my thoughts in it.
First, we have the Xbox 360 by Microsoft. The advantage this system had against the other two is the one year release prior to the PS3 and Wii. It's price at $400 got to some people, but they managed to buy it. It came out with a couple of good games at launch, with a few original games only for it(like Perfect Dark Zero and DOA4). The biggest disadvantage was, of course, the overheating and the lights of death. People were playing their systems for a while and then the lights would come on. it was like the videogame industry's West Nile Virus, everyone was on edge about it. They did fix it though and you can always send it to them for $132. Another disadvantage is the sound of the ventilation system. It is so loud that people compare it to a jet or helicopter.
Now the Playstation 3. Released by Sony, and is the third(or fourth if you count the PSX) of the playstation series. The advantage this console has is the Blu-ray for half the price it is to buy it separately. You get a motion-sensitive controller that moves your character/car/dragon in the way you tilted it, which is a pretty interesting concept to use. The graphics are very beautiful too, in Resistance, you can actually see the bulletholes in the wall where you shot it. The biggest disadvantage is the price. At $600, it has a lot of people rethinking their thought on buying it. The 360's price was on the borderline, but the PS3's price was way past the line. Also, the backwards-compatibility isn't as good as its predecessor, the PS2. With the PS2, some of the PS1 games looked better, while most of them looked the same on the PS2. With the PS3, the PS2 game graphics don't look as good as they were on the PS2, mostly worst. There is also a few PS1 & PS2 games that have tech glitches when on the PS3. They are working on it though.
Last, but not least, the Nintendo Wii. An advantage this system has is its low price. At $250, it's a good price for someone on a budget that wants to still have a good playing experience without paying so much. The controller is very interactive, making the player stand up and literally do the moves that normally, would be done by a button-press combo. The Wii channel is cool and it doesn't leave Nintendo out of the internet thing like the Gamecube was last gen(the PS2 had PSOnline,and Xbox had Live). The disadvantage is with a cheaper price, comes cheaper items. The graphics aren't changed from the Gamecube, they're exactly alike. Another is so far, there is no online play games like the other two gamesystems. It would be awsome to have Super Smash Brothers Brawl with online play.
That was a little recap. Now my opinion on the winner of the console war. Drumroll please(bum-bum-bum-bum-bum) THERE IS NO WINNER! Each system has the same amount of strengths and weaknesses. I have a Xbox 360, and even though I like it very much, I say it's not the winner. In the last generation, the PS2 won because of the amount of games, the quality of them, and the longetivity of the console itself(it's 2007, and we're still waiting for games like GOW2). This generation, you can't say that for any console because they all have quality games coming out or are out(360= Gears/Halo 3/Bioshock, PS3=Resistance/FFXIII/MGS:GOP, and the Wii=LOZ:TP/SSBB/Mario Galaxy). They have interesting things for you to interact online too, giving you more ways to chat it up with friends and make new ones too. Each of them seems to have a long life ahead of them too(with Halo 3, Bioshock, and GRAW2 coming out for the 360, SSBB, Super Mario Galaxy, and Metroid Prime 3:Corruption for the Wii, and FFXIII, DMC4, MGS:GOP for the PS3, I see people playing these systems for a long, long time). So if you have a Wii or 360 or PS3, don't let it get to you that someone with the opposite system(or systems) talk about you or make fun about your system, you enjoy your system to its fullest extent. That was my thoughts on the console wars and on all three systems. Everybody have a good play now. Come and comment too.
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