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Auron said:
MrMafoo said:
elnino334 said:

Well if you haven't bought a 360 wouldn't it make sense to buy one since it has a much larger library? You would get great games from 2006-2007 alot cheaper. Isn't that one of the reasons the PS2 is still doing so well? At this current time all the great games on the 360 can be played using the arcade 360 and until that is no longer the case how it a dumb move to spend $280 though will be cheaper in due time to play those games which will be $30-50. Again nothing against the PS3 but the 360 is a solid purchase especially if all you care about is games.


We will see. The 360 is a great machine, but so was the xb, and it died (I have owned them both). It has everything to do with where it sits on the market.Oh, and if library size is your thing, then the PS2 or the Wii would be a better choice. The type of people that drop 300+ on a gaming rig, want the most technologically advanced games. If you wanted less than that, there are a lot better choices.

 


The 360 and XB are ok machines. If they were great they wouldn't be getting totally anahilated by the wii and they would have sold a lot more WW then their over-priced competitor with almost no great games. And 360 games aren't the most technologically advanced games, are you slow, they are arguably the prettiest but far from technologically advanced. This gen the Wii has motion sensing, PS3 has Sixaxis and the 360 well it has the same stuff as XB but prettier.


The Wii has a lower price point, a simple yet engaging game (Wiisports) and Bluetooth motion sensing, as well as built-in Wifi and Gamecube BC. It is an excellent value. But the word of mouth, plus the casual gaming aspect really propells the Wii's success. It's fun and soccer moms, grandparents and children have a console they can play together and not have to worry about achievements, online deathmatches and the like. Nintendo marketed this to get nongamers into the gaming fold. The 360, nor the PS3 can even compete with that. Plus, the motion remotes have RUMBLE (so last-gen, huh?).

The Wii isn't a hardcore gaming machine. It's built for folks who don't know the difference between a boss and leveling up, and yet offers hardcore gamers something as well.

MS realized this and released Viva Pinata and Scene It! (with some pretty cool controllers) to get folks over to the 360. It's working, but not even as fast as the Wii is.