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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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Hedfix wrote:
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers?
> No.
>
> Er yes it does, hence the remote, hence the simple games
> designed around the remote as opposed to something like
> LOTR:BFME on the 360 which is using the entire pad to enable the
> player to play an RTS game.
I think your losing it around here, as I can't understand your grammar. Having an argument with you is certainly becoming a task, trying to understand what your saying. If you want to carry this please re-read what you've written before you post. Thanks.
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers?
> No.
>
> Er yes it does, hence the remote, hence the simple games
> designed around the remote as opposed to something like
> LOTR:BFME on the 360 which is using the entire pad to enable the
> player to play an RTS game.
I think your losing it around here, as I can't understand your grammar. Having an argument with you is certainly becoming a task, trying to understand what your saying. If you want to carry this please re-read what you've written before you post. Thanks.
Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
Er yes it does, hence the remote, hence the simple games designed around the remote as opposed to something like LOTR:BFME on the 360 which is using the entire pad to enable the player to play an RTS game.
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
Er yes it does, hence the remote, hence the simple games designed around the remote as opposed to something like LOTR:BFME on the 360 which is using the entire pad to enable the player to play an RTS game.
Hedfix wrote:
> ...and following on, the titles are dumbed-down to suit the
> controller. Smash Bros has always been very pick and playable
> (ie casual) and metroid using the Remote to aim is also going to
> be rather easy to control, I expect you can control the metroid
> ball with the remote too.
>
> They might be old hardcore licences but the guts of the titles
> have been re-arranged to appeal to the casual gamers.
Only hardcore gamers would want to play such titles. They wouldn't really appeal to the casual audience. Oh yeah and licenses is spelled "licenses". I don't reckon a causal gamer would go and specially to buy those games.
> ...and following on, the titles are dumbed-down to suit the
> controller. Smash Bros has always been very pick and playable
> (ie casual) and metroid using the Remote to aim is also going to
> be rather easy to control, I expect you can control the metroid
> ball with the remote too.
>
> They might be old hardcore licences but the guts of the titles
> have been re-arranged to appeal to the casual gamers.
Only hardcore gamers would want to play such titles. They wouldn't really appeal to the casual audience. Oh yeah and licenses is spelled "licenses". I don't reckon a causal gamer would go and specially to buy those games.
Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
Causal?
If a gamer falls in an forest did he fall or was he pushed? ;)
>
> Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
Causal?
If a gamer falls in an forest did he fall or was he pushed? ;)
...and following on, the titles are dumbed-down to suit the controller. Smash Bros has always been very pick and playable (ie casual) and metroid using the Remote to aim is also going to be rather easy to control, I expect you can control the metroid ball with the remote too.
They might be old hardcore licences but the guts of the titles have been re-arranged to appeal to the casual gamers.
They might be old hardcore licences but the guts of the titles have been re-arranged to appeal to the casual gamers.
Hedfix wrote:
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
> The layout of the controls are just set
> up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It
> does not require more buttons.
>
> Bingo!
>
> Hence, they're more suited to casual gaming than 360 titles.
Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
> The layout of the controls are just set
> up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It
> does not require more buttons.
>
> Bingo!
>
> Hence, they're more suited to casual gaming than 360 titles.
Does one of the consoles have to be suited to causal gamers? No.
Ninja_Reborn wrote:
> The layout of the controls are just set
> up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It
> does not require more buttons.
Bingo!
Hence, they're more suited to casual gaming than 360 titles.
> The layout of the controls are just set
> up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It
> does not require more buttons.
Bingo!
Hence, they're more suited to casual gaming than 360 titles.
Hedfix wrote:
> Did I say that? What I was saying is that the Wii is more suited
> to casual gaming because of the simplicity of the controller and
> the setup of some of the games. I am not saying all Wii players
> are casuals I am however pointing out that the console is more
> suited to casual gaming.
Not really. If you see the list of upcoming games for the Wii, most of them are not suited for the casual audience. There are some games, but the majority is for hardcore Nintendo fans. Look at it Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario, Metroid ect... Those don't look suited to causal gamers. The layout of the controls are just set up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It does not require more buttons.
> Did I say that? What I was saying is that the Wii is more suited
> to casual gaming because of the simplicity of the controller and
> the setup of some of the games. I am not saying all Wii players
> are casuals I am however pointing out that the console is more
> suited to casual gaming.
Not really. If you see the list of upcoming games for the Wii, most of them are not suited for the casual audience. There are some games, but the majority is for hardcore Nintendo fans. Look at it Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario, Metroid ect... Those don't look suited to causal gamers. The layout of the controls are just set up more simplistic this time round, as it has motion sensor. It does not require more buttons.
Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
>
> You've not really backed up your answer with real hardcore
> proof.
Didn't really have to. There's a ton of titles out there and I only had to mention a few to give you the jist of things.
> Anyway, I've changed my opinion about the Xbox 360 being
> for casual gamers. But I still thoroughly disagree that Wii is
> for casual gamers.
Did I say that? What I was saying is that the Wii is more suited to casual gaming because of the simplicity of the controller and the setup of some of the games. I am not saying all Wii players are casuals I am however pointing out that the console is more suited to casual gaming.
> It's just introducing a new type of audience,
> and they don't need to be casual or hardcore.
Well yes they will actually be one or the other. Introduced to it as casuals and a smaller amount will go on to be hardcore gamers.
>
>
> You've not really backed up your answer with real hardcore
> proof.
Didn't really have to. There's a ton of titles out there and I only had to mention a few to give you the jist of things.
> Anyway, I've changed my opinion about the Xbox 360 being
> for casual gamers. But I still thoroughly disagree that Wii is
> for casual gamers.
Did I say that? What I was saying is that the Wii is more suited to casual gaming because of the simplicity of the controller and the setup of some of the games. I am not saying all Wii players are casuals I am however pointing out that the console is more suited to casual gaming.
> It's just introducing a new type of audience,
> and they don't need to be casual or hardcore.
Well yes they will actually be one or the other. Introduced to it as casuals and a smaller amount will go on to be hardcore gamers.
Hedfix wrote:
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Well your right. Nintendo have marketed the Wii aimed at
> everyone too. But mostly hardcore gamers buy the Wii, for their
> sequels of classic games. In my personal opinion I don't see
> the
> Wii's launch line relate to any casual gamer.
>
> I see the download service and the simple approach appealing.
> You telling me that that tennis game isn't appealing to casual
> gamers?
>
> 360 has fairly hardcore Capcom titles for starters, is
> developing it's RPG line-up and demands people play £40 a
> year to use the online service. I think those examples alone
> show the 360's rather more hardcore than the dumbed-down
> licences found on the Wii (although, granted, there is Zelda).
>
> Also I hardly think Sega's Mech games are going to be lapped up
> by the casuals.
You've not really backed up your answer with real hardcore proof. Anyway, I've changed my opinion about the Xbox 360 being for casual gamers. But I still thoroughly disagree that Wii is for casual gamers. It's just introducing a new type of audience, and they don't need to be casual or hardcore.
Alfonse wrote:
> It's all opinion. Right now, alot of people seem to want wii more
> judging by the sales.
I really doubt it. That was just the launch craze. Now that things have calmed down and after a few months, then we can decide who wants what more.
> Ninja_Reborn wrote:
>
> Well your right. Nintendo have marketed the Wii aimed at
> everyone too. But mostly hardcore gamers buy the Wii, for their
> sequels of classic games. In my personal opinion I don't see
> the
> Wii's launch line relate to any casual gamer.
>
> I see the download service and the simple approach appealing.
> You telling me that that tennis game isn't appealing to casual
> gamers?
>
> 360 has fairly hardcore Capcom titles for starters, is
> developing it's RPG line-up and demands people play £40 a
> year to use the online service. I think those examples alone
> show the 360's rather more hardcore than the dumbed-down
> licences found on the Wii (although, granted, there is Zelda).
>
> Also I hardly think Sega's Mech games are going to be lapped up
> by the casuals.
You've not really backed up your answer with real hardcore proof. Anyway, I've changed my opinion about the Xbox 360 being for casual gamers. But I still thoroughly disagree that Wii is for casual gamers. It's just introducing a new type of audience, and they don't need to be casual or hardcore.
Alfonse wrote:
> It's all opinion. Right now, alot of people seem to want wii more
> judging by the sales.
I really doubt it. That was just the launch craze. Now that things have calmed down and after a few months, then we can decide who wants what more.
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