Did Any of the Big 3 Get It Right in the Console War

[ilovetogame]

i really see lack of dvd in wii as a non-issue. if you're a gamer you probably already have a system that plays dvd's so you're set. or else you probably have a dvd player. if you don't have either of these then you are in the ridiculously small minority of people and probably don't have too many dvd's in the first place.

i'd say ps3 failed badly in delivering what gamers wanted for this gen since it for the most part doesn't offer much beyond the 360 but costs way more so unless you can't live without ff13, gt5, and mgs4 and are willing to pay an arm and a leg for it there's no point in buying it. its basically like if nintendo had made a duplicate of the 360 but charged 200 bucks more because it had nintendo franchise games, but since nintendo franchises are better than the ps3 exclusives lets limit it just to mario, zelda, and mario kart.

the 360 hit its targets i think with this gen except that they built a terribly put together machine. which is a big no no. besides that its a good system although after over 2 years that price needs to come down about another 70 bucks or so.

the wii hit its mark this gen except 3rd parties just weren't expecting it. this has created a delay in top quality support outside of nintendo that is still going on. as it was their goal to not have a huge leap in graphics i can't say the missed their goal there. but lackluster effort by third parties have created plenty of games with ps2-level graphics which is very unnacceptable on the wii. the other gripe is the ridiculous online set-up they have so far fallen behind in that. but they at least finally have entered the online arena and its free even though its nothing compared to 360's live.

basically microsoft screwed itself over with crappy hardware that hopefully has been fixed now with the falcon version, otherwise good. sony screwed itself over with a pricetag a couple hundred dollars too high, but then that creates a whole avalanche of bad effects like poor sales and losing exclusives which creates a downward spiral of badness. nintendo did it almost completely right but left out a couple things like good online and a bigger harddrive (but both of these can change with a change in online policy(unlikely) and the allowing of external harddrives). but what has really hurt them so far has been from outside rather than from within. they still need 3rd parties.