Almost bought a Wii today.

[thetonestarr]

MontanaHatchet said:

thetonestarr said:
I'm a Nintendo fan, but I'm an objective one, as I own 4 PCs and a PS2 with just as many games as I have for my Wii.

Here's the breakdown.

Wii = $250
PS3 = $600

Wii games = <$50
PS3 games = >$60

Wii controls = more comfortable controller for most, more versatile controller, more abilities (1 less axis of sensing, yes, but the Sensor Bar is able to negate most of that issue, not to mention sense actual 3D positioning and therefore be used for aiming).

PS3 controls = No rumble (presently), more motion sensing abilities, but so far it's been fairly mediocre and buggy (oftentimes has to be done an exact, certain way or else it doesn't work at all).

Wii = Complete GCN backwards compatibility + backlog of many NES, SNES, N64, TG16, and Genesis games.

PS3 = PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility (making for a VERY large backlog of games), but not 100% complete.

Wii = Lower resolution, less powerful graphics

PS3 = Extremely high graphical ability, much higher resolution, but very low RAM (making it difficult for developers to USE PS3's abilities).

Wii = 512MB flash storage

PS3 = 60/80GB hard drive storage

Lastly, the PS3 has little to nothing of value out YET (besides Resistance, if that's even your cup of tea). It WILL have a lot of value out, but for what price? It depends on if $60+ is worth it for a game in your view.

Meanwhile, the Wii has a larger catalog of valuable games out so far (although not MANY that are widely accepted as "good"... most are "cult hits" or casual games (but still extremely fun!)). Its games are cheaper (many MUCH cheaper), and it also has a very strong library on the way. Most everybody can agree that the Wii is lots of fun, and when you can say that AND promise that a strong library is on the way, while the PS3 only has the promise of a possibly strong library... yeah, that's saying a lot.

In the end, I think you'd likely have a better time gaming on the Wii, and it'd hurt your wallet much less. As in, by the end of the generation, you will likely find yourself $350-$1k better off for deciding on the Wii, depending on how much gaming you do.

We have a little saying in Montana...

That was full of more bullshit than a rodeo floor. Do you have any idea what you're talking about? I mean, I'm not going to go on a fanboy rant, because that's incredibly pointless, but you found every possible opportunity to put down the PS3.

So, Resistance is the only good game? That must be why PS3 games are getting worse reviews than Wii games.

Oh, wait.....damn.

Plus, the PS3 is $500. You sound like you went to E3 06, trolled the forums for 6 months, and then completely stopped reading anything after that.

Normally I wouldn't care, but you can't look at that post and not see how biased it is.

 

(1) Maybe you didn't read my entire post, because I definitely said quite a number of things that the PS3 has over the Wii.

 (2) PS3 games are getting good reviews, sure, but I don't see anybody talking about them a month later. I've not seen anybody talking about any PS3 games a month later, except Resistance.

 (3) That's a 60gb PS3,  I was referring to the 80gb (just like EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE WORLD that talks about price comparisons, picking top-cost version of the system). I understand that the 80gb MAY drop in price, but that's only a possibility.

Besides,  MontanaHatchet, I've seen you around the boards all over the place since you first appeared. You're really one to talk about "bias".