| phisheep said: Yes, I know this is a horribly naive question. I'm sorry! I really don't understand anything about the differences between PS3/XBox 360/Wii online capabilities (have only recently got myself a sensibly stable broadband). Could some kind soul please explain what the different consoles do in terms of online/how they differ? I have trawled around a bit, and all I find is broad generalities like 'full online service' which don't mean anything to me. Much thanks. |
I understand your confusion, as the people talking about it are doing it mostly to try to convey value on their console.
When people talk about online, they talk about accessibility and features, what you can do with it and how convenient it is.
That's all.
IMO, the best online is the one that is seamless. I remember the day when I accessed online at home with RTC lines. It was cumbersome, as you couldn't afford to let it on everytime. So I largely prefered the online at school, which was faster, but mostly its best advantage was that it was constantly connected.
I remember my early days of Internet (1991), when I thought that it would never start as long as people couldn't stay on 24h/24. Internet usage exploded with broadband, not because of throughput, but because you could live it on 24h/24 without problem.
When looking at gamers describing online, and what they describe as the best, is actually a geeky system that is yet inaccessible to others not in the know.
As I see it, the best online is the one of the Wii, which is the only one that understands at least the basis of Internet usefulness. It's the only console that can be left online 24h/24 and uses this capability. Also, going on the Internet is seamless. It truely destroys both its competitors' online capabilities by far.
Once it gets streaming TV, it will definitely let the two others in the dust.
To answer your question better, you'll find that explaining PS3 and XB360 online is very difficult, while explaining online on the Wii is very simple: it's like everything else, you go on some TV screen and you won't even realise you're on the Internet (provided you configured it once).
