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Next Gen Console
Which one is for you?
This article will give you some detailed insight into which of the three next gen consoles is for you. Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or Wii? This will be a none biased article informing you on which one is you, not "I think the PS3 is teh best buy it!!!". The article will only go into features and capabilities of each consoles.
All consoles have their ups and downs, different qualities and features. It's up to you on which one is the best, and suits you. Everything has to be taken into account when purchasing something like this (unless you have money to blow).
All of the consoles have similar features, photo viewer, video and music. Some consoles do different things better than the others, they specialize in different things.
Wii - Wii has lots of downsides in the video, photo music category. It doesn’t have DVD playback, so you can only use an SD Card. Music from the Wii can only be play through the Photo Channel, which is a little downside. What’s also odd is that video can only be played through the photo channel. So Nintendo needs to make a dedicated music and video channel.
But other than that the Wii is full of features. It has a forecast channel to view the weather, a news channel to keep up dated. All of these are nicely organized into a globe to view the information by location, which is awesome.
You can also download retro games (NES, SNES, N64, Mega Drive/Genesis and TurboGrafx-16), but sadly all at a large cost at about £3.50 for a NES game and £7.00 for an N64 game. These have to be played for by Wii money that has been put onto the Wii card or your VIP code.
You can create your very own Mii which can be used to play in many games. You can customize them to make them look similar to you, but keep in mind that it's supposed to be a very simplistic art. Although all the cast from the office can be created.
Nintendo has teamed up with Opera to bring us greedy fans the Internet Channel, a very basic browser than can play many games and view youtube videos! But don't expect too much from the limited browser, because it will take time to get used to so don't expect Firefox.
PS3 - DVD playback, video, music and photo! PS3 emulates all of the basic media with any problems. In fact, it takes the infamous Memory Stick Duo that you've held onto for your PSP. MSD is a better memory stick format duo to it's familiarity to Sony fans.
PS3 also has an Internet Browser that has flash, so you can play most flash games and view youtube videos. The browser has a lot of capabilities and features; it's easy to use and is user friendly. One feature I really like is listening to music whilst browsing the web, which the PSP couldn't do.
The Playstation 3 has opened up a lot of homebrew capabilities, just like the PSP did. Emulators, homebrew applications, homebrew games ect. But PS3 is different because it can emulate Linux, meaning infinite possibilities for the PS3!
Sony did make some big mistake making the PS3, replacing rumble for motion sensor. Most gamers prefer rumble than some mediocre motion sensor, that’s not even done as well as Nintendo. But there’s hope as Sony do plan to fix this. This is not the only problem, as the PS3 has problems with backward compatibility in the European model, as some PS2 games do not work. This will most likely be fixed in firmware updates.
Xbox 360 - The 360 also takes care of video, music, photo and DVD playback with no problem. But that’s not what it specializes it. It specializes in online play. It has the biggest online community for a console, currently. But will that change?
Xbox Live market place doesn’t only allow you the play the basic multilayer online games, but you can download content; such as arcade games, games trailers, TV shows, music videos or rented movies.
Conclusion
As you can see the Nintendo Wii is less of a media device, it focuses more on gaming. PS3 is more of a home entertainment system; it does everything. Xbox 360 is aimed at the online gamer and the FPS fan. You can’t really decide upon a winner as they are all good for different things.
Forgive me for any mistakes I have made in this article, as I tried my best!
Which one is for you?
This article will give you some detailed insight into which of the three next gen consoles is for you. Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or Wii? This will be a none biased article informing you on which one is you, not "I think the PS3 is teh best buy it!!!". The article will only go into features and capabilities of each consoles.
All consoles have their ups and downs, different qualities and features. It's up to you on which one is the best, and suits you. Everything has to be taken into account when purchasing something like this (unless you have money to blow).
All of the consoles have similar features, photo viewer, video and music. Some consoles do different things better than the others, they specialize in different things.
Wii - Wii has lots of downsides in the video, photo music category. It doesn’t have DVD playback, so you can only use an SD Card. Music from the Wii can only be play through the Photo Channel, which is a little downside. What’s also odd is that video can only be played through the photo channel. So Nintendo needs to make a dedicated music and video channel.
But other than that the Wii is full of features. It has a forecast channel to view the weather, a news channel to keep up dated. All of these are nicely organized into a globe to view the information by location, which is awesome.
You can also download retro games (NES, SNES, N64, Mega Drive/Genesis and TurboGrafx-16), but sadly all at a large cost at about £3.50 for a NES game and £7.00 for an N64 game. These have to be played for by Wii money that has been put onto the Wii card or your VIP code.
You can create your very own Mii which can be used to play in many games. You can customize them to make them look similar to you, but keep in mind that it's supposed to be a very simplistic art. Although all the cast from the office can be created.
Nintendo has teamed up with Opera to bring us greedy fans the Internet Channel, a very basic browser than can play many games and view youtube videos! But don't expect too much from the limited browser, because it will take time to get used to so don't expect Firefox.
PS3 - DVD playback, video, music and photo! PS3 emulates all of the basic media with any problems. In fact, it takes the infamous Memory Stick Duo that you've held onto for your PSP. MSD is a better memory stick format duo to it's familiarity to Sony fans.
PS3 also has an Internet Browser that has flash, so you can play most flash games and view youtube videos. The browser has a lot of capabilities and features; it's easy to use and is user friendly. One feature I really like is listening to music whilst browsing the web, which the PSP couldn't do.
The Playstation 3 has opened up a lot of homebrew capabilities, just like the PSP did. Emulators, homebrew applications, homebrew games ect. But PS3 is different because it can emulate Linux, meaning infinite possibilities for the PS3!
Sony did make some big mistake making the PS3, replacing rumble for motion sensor. Most gamers prefer rumble than some mediocre motion sensor, that’s not even done as well as Nintendo. But there’s hope as Sony do plan to fix this. This is not the only problem, as the PS3 has problems with backward compatibility in the European model, as some PS2 games do not work. This will most likely be fixed in firmware updates.
Xbox 360 - The 360 also takes care of video, music, photo and DVD playback with no problem. But that’s not what it specializes it. It specializes in online play. It has the biggest online community for a console, currently. But will that change?
Xbox Live market place doesn’t only allow you the play the basic multilayer online games, but you can download content; such as arcade games, games trailers, TV shows, music videos or rented movies.
Conclusion
As you can see the Nintendo Wii is less of a media device, it focuses more on gaming. PS3 is more of a home entertainment system; it does everything. Xbox 360 is aimed at the online gamer and the FPS fan. You can’t really decide upon a winner as they are all good for different things.
Forgive me for any mistakes I have made in this article, as I tried my best!
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As I work for a games company, I have to recommend the PS3 for the sales value, I recommend the 360 as it's probably the best thing out there for most people and I don't have to promte the Wii as hundred of people visit and phone for them every day.
I have the 360 and couldn't be happier (well, I could if I could eventually get on live...)
I have the 360 and couldn't be happier (well, I could if I could eventually get on live...)
Ninja_Reborn wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> You brought it off-topic in the first place. :D
>
> No not really, it was a ontopic discussion between me and you
> about whether or not Wii is a casual gamers console.
Which you lost your composure on and proceeded to draw the thread off-topic and onto grammar and spelling which, funnily enough, you also lost.
Edit:Nought dat I'ma gord @ engaleesh or n e fink ;)
> Hedfix wrote:
> You brought it off-topic in the first place. :D
>
> No not really, it was a ontopic discussion between me and you
> about whether or not Wii is a casual gamers console.
Which you lost your composure on and proceeded to draw the thread off-topic and onto grammar and spelling which, funnily enough, you also lost.
Edit:Nought dat I'ma gord @ engaleesh or n e fink ;)
Geffdof wrote:
> The original post is a load of rubbish (no offence). You have
> missed out a lot of the key features of the consoles. The fact
> that the Wii doesn't output in HD. The choice between Blu-ray or
> HD-DVD drives in the PS3 and 360. The huge difference in price
> between the 3 consoles. The games each console has.
>
> You haven't provided anything new to the discussion. In fact you
> haven't provided half of the old stuff either.
Listen dude, I didn't want to go into too much detail, or it would be too long. I only wanted to write the basic to practice my writing skills. And I know I made some errors and it could have been better, I apologies. And yes, the Wii is aimed at everyone (what I was trying to say).
I hope to write more better articles next time, as I need to brush up on my skills, and general gaming knowledge. And the article was aimed at people with lesser knowledge about the consoles, and was supposed to help them get a step closer in deciding which console they want.
> The original post is a load of rubbish (no offence). You have
> missed out a lot of the key features of the consoles. The fact
> that the Wii doesn't output in HD. The choice between Blu-ray or
> HD-DVD drives in the PS3 and 360. The huge difference in price
> between the 3 consoles. The games each console has.
>
> You haven't provided anything new to the discussion. In fact you
> haven't provided half of the old stuff either.
Listen dude, I didn't want to go into too much detail, or it would be too long. I only wanted to write the basic to practice my writing skills. And I know I made some errors and it could have been better, I apologies. And yes, the Wii is aimed at everyone (what I was trying to say).
I hope to write more better articles next time, as I need to brush up on my skills, and general gaming knowledge. And the article was aimed at people with lesser knowledge about the consoles, and was supposed to help them get a step closer in deciding which console they want.
The original post is a load of rubbish (no offence). You have missed out a lot of the key features of the consoles. The fact that the Wii doesn't output in HD. The choice between Blu-ray or HD-DVD drives in the PS3 and 360. The huge difference in price between the 3 consoles. The games each console has.
You haven't provided anything new to the discussion. In fact you haven't provided half of the old stuff either.
You haven't provided anything new to the discussion. In fact you haven't provided half of the old stuff either.
The wii is actually targeted at everyone.
Discussion over.
Discussion over.
Hedfix wrote:
> You brought it off-topic in the first place. :D
No not really, it was a ontopic discussion between me and you about whether or not Wii is a casual gamers console.
> You brought it off-topic in the first place. :D
No not really, it was a ontopic discussion between me and you about whether or not Wii is a casual gamers console.
You brought it off-topic in the first place. :D
Thank you for spam flooding my thread...
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