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"Nintendo DS Vs. X-box 360"

It is safe to say I am REALLY looking forward to Zelda and Pokemon XD this year (and Geist to a smaller but otherwise essential degree), 2 Christmas treats.

But as a Christmas present I WAS planning on getting a Nintendo DS. Already there are some games I'd like, Pac-Pix, Mario 64 DS, Wario Ware, Touch! Kirby and Yoshi's Touch and Go. But the Christmas line up looks immense. Nintendogs appears a good laugh, Snowboard Kids is back and I am truly looking forward to Goeman. Don't get me started on Mario and Luigi 2 (Dances) and Metroid Prime. It is also online and I have wi-fi (yay).

I have no intention on getting a PSP (even if I do love Medievil) but Microsoft's new system looks the nuts!

A few good games at E3 could easily sway me.

So what do you think?

What's the XBox 360 going to cost though? I'm sure it won't be cheap. It does sound tempting though.

It was inevitable really. I think Microsoft's plan was always to box up a PC and sell it as a console, which is a very good idea because it keeps a lot of the PC's strong points (customisation, interaction between devices, multitasking), while eliminating the annoying ones to do with gaming (unstandardised hardware, temperamental and prone to crashing, constant upgrading). It certainly does seem like a good idea, but the problem is that all of the extra features (photos, videos, multimedia interactivity), I can do on my PC anyway, so I don't need another machine to do that for me.

That's basically what Microsoft and Sony see the future of home hardware being. Getting all your DVD/Gaming/PC equipment into one box that sits underneath your TV, if they can keep the price down then I'm gonna have to say I agree with them.

They're certainly doing a lot right. At the start of the previous generation I wouldn't have touched an Xbox with a bargepole, these days though I can't help but think that Microsoft are by far making the bigger steps to advance the market.

Fingers crossed Nintendo might supsrise me at E3 and do something amazing. Though the way they've been recently though I wouldn't get my hopes up.

To be honest, since I've upgraded my PC, I've played games on it far more than my Cube in recent months. Thing with the cube is, that it has certain gems that you'll never find on a PC.

Ur you guys are so stupid sometimes. I said that the Xbox 360 sounds like a PC and looks like a PC. Oh and Hedfix, don't you understand the word "standardised"?

And, if you hook your PC up to your TV, get 4 wireless controllers and buy Pro Evo 4, you can use your PC like a console whenever you like.

*Tries to find a £200-£250 PC that will be able to run all the games available for it for at least 4 years without needing any upgrades*

*Rubs one out on the DS*

*Tries to persuade friends to play on PC in 4 player setup*

*Tries again to persuade friends to shell out for PCs*

*Explains to friends the 'joys' of windows*

Rai wrote:
> , and has a better range of games.

Yey!

Let's all play Mario's rub race or Yoshi's......we'll think of something totally pointless to use the 2nd screen for, but honest to god it's all good and worthwhile innovation.

Hedfix wrote:
> *Tries to put Friends list on PC*
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> *Tries to run exclusive xbox games on PC*
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> *Plays online with controller against players using mice*

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> *Goes ' :( ' a lot*