| Parokki said: As many of you may, or may not remember, I was mainly a PC gamer for around a decade before I got a Gamecube in 2006. Then I received a Wii a few weeks after it was released, and soon an Xbox and a PS2. After this I started looking at the HD consoles in a different light, and realised they have extremely few exclusives that I actually care about. The 360 has Halo 3 and Dead Rising. The former is great at events with at least 2 consoles hooked up, and all such events I will ever end up going to have plenty of Halo-owners already attending. Offering almost PC-level online on a console is impressive, but I have a PC. The latter is unique and very entertaining, but definitely something I can live without. The PS3 has MGS4 and Little Big Planet. I loved the previous three MGS games, and can't wait to see how the series ends, but I can just borrow a friend's PS3 for it. LBP looks great, but again nothing I can't live without, or play at a friend's place. Then there's semi-want stuff like Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, and Ratchet, but none of them make me terribly excited. Will probably have to borrow someone's PS3 for the next ICO game, though. =/ The more I look at things from this perspective, the better the Wii is looking. By having so many top notch first party games, and using such a unique controller, it's actually the only console to offer a completely different experience to the PC. With third parties finally starting to figure out the Wii, and virtually no new PS3 and 360 games that won't be on the PC being announced for the last several months, I'm starting to think it might be possible to skip the HD consoles entirely, or at least wait until they've dropped below 200€ and there are slim models available. Anyone else arrive at the same conclusion? tl;dr: Wii+PC FTW! |
Awesome post. There are millions of PC-gamers that are juggling around with the same dilemma. Myself included, because I'm first and foremost a PC-gamer. And I arrived at the decision to complement my gaming experience with the X360.
IMO you need at least 5 games to justify a purchase of a current-gen console, unless they are uber-games like Oblivion or Zelda (I bought the N64 just for Zelda, and never got another game). Looking at the PS3, all those big IPs came up in my mind, but I hate Final Fantasy (and dislike JRPGs) and although MGS are well-made big games, I hate sneak games... and what else, Grand Turismo could be fun, but good car games are found elsewhere. The only game that interested me on the PS3 was Resistance, but with so many shooters on the PC i could live without it. And to this day, Resistance and it's sequel are the only exclusive games that appeal to me on the PS3.
Then we have the X360. I wanted Halo 3 for the same reason you mention MGS4. And I wanted Fable 2. And I want the best Zombie games, Dead Rising was already out for the X360, and RE5 would be released this year (zombie games play best on consoles). The 5th game on my list was GTA4, but I'm having second thoughts about it now. Then I thought, a couple or more exclusive games I would find interest in once I owned the console (in this case, Kameo, such a lovely, beatiful game). So the X360 won vs PS3 5-2.
The Wii is different, but I'm too old for Mario and the modern Donkey Kongs are too far away from the originals. I'm not a big fan of sports games, but tennis might be fun with a Wii-mote, but I'm thinking that tennis is already fun with just the regular controller. So what remains is Zelda, but because Zelda: OoT was very frustrating (I never finished it, cuz of those damned dungeons) so I have no current plans to get a Wii.
