| Clavelle said: Seems to me that for most wii owners it comes to money but on a side note, most of them seem to consider a ps3 before a 360 |
I'm going to expand upon this because it is something i have noticed and believe i have a decent theory as to why this may be.
I think there may be a minor illusion or belief among a lot of Nintendo oriented gamers and Wii owners that if they were forced to choose between one of the alternate consoles that the PS3 would be the better choice for them, because it appears as though - at first glance - the PS3's library is more open when it comes to casual titles and softer, more fantasy-like games. This is apparent when we see games on the PS3 like 3D Dot Game Heroes and Modnation Racers getting a lot of spotlight, and no games of a similar likeness seem to exist anywhere on the X360. In fact i can't remember the last time an X360 game that wasn't rated 15/18+ with a selling point that wasn't extreme violence or featured realistic graphics was given even a fair amount of hype. Also if we think back to previous generations there were an abundance of more casual titles for the PSX and PS2 such as the numerous Crash Bandicoot games that were quite big at the time and its easy to assume to the same kinds of games have carried over into the PS3's library.
Of course if we all delve deeper into the X360's library we'll notice that there are a number of games for everyone, it's just hard to see it at first through all the showings of explosions and guns and extremely violent action. In fact at one point i was starting to reconsider my X360 purchase because softer games on the PS3 that appealed more to me where getting a lot of buzz at the time, like Little Big Planet and Flower and Valkyria Chronicles. I reassessed my purchase and fortunately realized that i was simply confused and remembered why i bought the console in the first place. I have noticed though, at least where i'm from, that a lot of Wii only owners with this frame of mind will more likely fork out the cash for an X360 over the PS3 despite thinking that the latter may have more games suited for them, simply because the library of both the X360 and PS3 are largely the same, only the former is much cheaper to purchase and apparently easier to come by. I really think the price point of the PS3 did far more damage than need be...
I believe this mirage is mostly due to a lack of knowledge of the offerings on the alternate consoles, so Nintendo/Wii only owners who haven't done extensive research into other consoles can only use what they most definitely know to help make a decision, and they only know about what's been thrown in their faces: Grand Theft Auto, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, Halo, Bioshock, Bad Company, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War. etc. etc. games that are almost all 18+ and are filled with over the top violence and darker toned graphics. It's a very similar mindset to the PS3/X360 only owners who believe that the Wii "has no games". Though i'd argue that the latter mentality is far more closed minded.
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