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Which Console do you prefer?

Microsoft Xbox 360 75 24.59%
 
Nintendo Wii 65 21.31%
 
Sony PlayStation 3 165 54.10%
 
Total:305
oniyide said:
adsl said:
oniyide said:
adsl said:
oniyide said:
adsl said:
oniyide said:
adsl said:
oniyide said:
adsl said:

The Wii.

It has the most balanced library of the games this gen. Women, children, adults, teenage, old-school... and even hardcore games can find good gamers among its library.


looks for Fallout3, GTA, SF4, ME nope cant find these

Are you saing that those are the only good hardcore games in ther market?


nope, but those are popular series, and some of them dont even have an equivalent..

So you are not dening the that the Wii have some good harcore games?

my bad, it was never my intention to to say Wii did not have some good hardcore games.  But those i mentioned are heavy hitters. I just find it strange how someone can say that Wii has the most balanced library of games, when some genres are really underrepresented and other gneres simply dont exist on Wii. That not me trying to crap on Wii, it simply is MISSING genres

I see, this why instead of start a discussion I just tryed to understand what you said before... As every other console the Wii has underrepresented or nonexistent geners, however it has games that apeal to single type of gamer (unlike the onther consoles), this why I consider its library balanced compared to the PS360 where 90% of where made for a small part of the market (the hardcore gamers).

if this was 2009 id agree with you, but Move and Kinect kind of debunks this, as it stands now, those unique Wii games (exercise, dance, minigame compilations etc,) are availabe on the HDs.  There is not that many of them, but they are there. But there is not as much fighting, racing, FPS, TPS, on the Wii either, so it kinda balances out if you have both. But is there a game type on WII that cant be found on HDs?? And vice versa?? No to the first, yes to the 2nd

Let me use a example: the PS360 can have 1000 fitness games, but if they better why aren't they selling more then Wii Fit? The answer is simple: they don't appeal to the Wii Fit audience... My concept of balance has nothing to do with number of games or number of generes.

??? Those 1000 fitness games dont do as good as WiiFIt on WIi anyway, so i dont see your point. I never said they were better all i said is that they are no longer exclusive to the Wii like they were. Whereas stuff like Fallout is not on WIi, but HDs. Your concept of balance has nothing to do with number of games or genres?? That makes little sense, considering thats exactly what balance is on a gaming system. Even if your using sales as a balance (which i dont know why you would) its still lopsided. WiiFIT did like 20mil? EA sports active did like 1.5 mil?? how is that balance?? im not even going to get into how much the "core" games sell on the system

It's simple:

1) Wii has games that apeal to everyone, this is why every type of gamer (childreen, adults, males, females, etc) can buy one. In other words it has a balanced library.

2) PS360 have games that apeal only to hardcore gamers and this why only hardcore gamers buy those consoles. In other words it has a unbalanced library.

3) Wii Fit is just a good example of game that apeal to a large audience and the PS360 have nothing that apeal to the same audience (what we can conclude based on the sales of PS360 Wii Fit clones).



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Dark_soul said:
Ps3 definitely

-Free online, no one has ever charged for online before or since MS and frankly xbl doesn't really do much that psn can't and pc online does more so what exactly are you paying for?

-Games, the vast majority of the worthwhile ones on 360 seem to be multiplat and I don't particularly care about a resolution notch or prettier grass. Where ps3 has so many exclusives in so many genres I want.

-Reliability 360 isn't even close to, well it kinda is now but it took 5 years to get to that point so yeah...

-All the nickle and dimming MS does with the HDDs and other stuff.

-Rechargeable controllers, using standard batteries just seems outdated, I'd rather have a wired one frankly.

-Blu ray media and music options are a small plus.

Pretty much the only thing 360 has that I wish ps3 had was custom music available in all games, for ps3 only some can do it and it always seems to be the ones I don't even consider using because the in game music works better for the setting.

Bias much?



                          

xS7SxSNIPER said:
Dark_soul said:
Ps3 definitely

-Free online, no one has ever charged for online before or since MS and frankly xbl doesn't really do much that psn can't and pc online does more so what exactly are you paying for?

-Games, the vast majority of the worthwhile ones on 360 seem to be multiplat and I don't particularly care about a resolution notch or prettier grass. Where ps3 has so many exclusives in so many genres I want.

-Reliability 360 isn't even close to, well it kinda is now but it took 5 years to get to that point so yeah...

-All the nickle and dimming MS does with the HDDs and other stuff.

-Rechargeable controllers, using standard batteries just seems outdated, I'd rather have a wired one frankly.

-Blu ray media and music options are a small plus.

Pretty much the only thing 360 has that I wish ps3 had was custom music available in all games, for ps3 only some can do it and it always seems to be the ones I don't even consider using because the in game music works better for the setting.

Bias much?



Kinda the point of the thread...

I have no favourites per se. But, I have an Xbox 360, so will support it.

1. Xbox Live is fantastic, and it works very well. The older I get, the more I get used to paying for things I want, so I have no problem with the cost.

2. The Controller: it works; and is comfortable for all sizes of hand. Superb.

3. Variety of game: not what you would suspect; has a large proportion of none console exclusive games, something I actually applaud; money is tight, so the more the merrier.

Still, the PS3 has some wonderful exlclusives, and the Wii has Mario Galaxy 2, so, the happiest person is the one with the most consoles!



Sun-Tzuing my way to the necessary 100 posts - Sorry!

I guess my preference would be my ps3. Had it since 2007. Got the Wii not too long ago.



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Gaming on: PS4 Pro, Switch, SNES Mini, Wii U, PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060)

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Jay520 said:
xS7SxSNIPER said:
Dark_soul said:
Ps3 definitely

-Free online, no one has ever charged for online before or since MS and frankly xbl doesn't really do much that psn can't and pc online does more so what exactly are you paying for?

-Games, the vast majority of the worthwhile ones on 360 seem to be multiplat and I don't particularly care about a resolution notch or prettier grass. Where ps3 has so many exclusives in so many genres I want.

-Reliability 360 isn't even close to, well it kinda is now but it took 5 years to get to that point so yeah...

-All the nickle and dimming MS does with the HDDs and other stuff.

-Rechargeable controllers, using standard batteries just seems outdated, I'd rather have a wired one frankly.

-Blu ray media and music options are a small plus.

Pretty much the only thing 360 has that I wish ps3 had was custom music available in all games, for ps3 only some can do it and it always seems to be the ones I don't even consider using because the in game music works better for the setting.

Bias much?



Kinda the point of the thread...

Ok next time i will Flame way = D



                          

xS7SxSNIPER said:
Dark_soul said:
Ps3 definitely

-Free online, no one has ever charged for online before or since MS and frankly xbl doesn't really do much that psn can't and pc online does more so what exactly are you paying for?

-Games, the vast majority of the worthwhile ones on 360 seem to be multiplat and I don't particularly care about a resolution notch or prettier grass. Where ps3 has so many exclusives in so many genres I want.

-Reliability 360 isn't even close to, well it kinda is now but it took 5 years to get to that point so yeah...

-All the nickle and dimming MS does with the HDDs and other stuff.

-Rechargeable controllers, using standard batteries just seems outdated, I'd rather have a wired one frankly.

-Blu ray media and music options are a small plus.

Pretty much the only thing 360 has that I wish ps3 had was custom music available in all games, for ps3 only some can do it and it always seems to be the ones I don't even consider using because the in game music works better for the setting.

Bias much?

How is any of that biased? 



pezus said:
RolStoppable said:
oniyide said:

They do have Move for those point and click just like wiimote, i wasnt really talking Risk myself. There might not be something like Trauma series, but according to the Wiki, it is a visual novel type game and those have been released on other consoles.  BUT i have never played it so i will just take your word for it, is it like Phoenix Wright?? Because ive had that on Wii for awhile, hated it, gave it another go and love it

Then do tell which board games you were talking about.

The Trauma series really isn't a visual novel type game. The story is told with a lot of text and character portraits instead of cutscenes (like in Strategy RPGs), but there's way too much actual gameplay to call these games visual novels. You have to be skilled to play these games, especially on the highest difficulty setting. There's even an infamous crybaby review from 1UP for Trauma Center: New Blood where almost the entire review is a complaint about one specific level they didn't even manage to pass in two player mode.

EDIT: Here is the 1UP review. Well, they actually did pass that level eventually, but the review is still damn funny, especially when you consider that one common complaint always was that Wii games are so easy. This game actually isn't even that hard, but it still owned the 1UP crew brutally hard. They originally gave the game a 5.0, but it's actually easily worth a 8.5. This is my favorite quote from the review:

"I've never seen Jeremy so utterly defeated."

Board games such as Magic: The Gathering? Or is that not a board game? Not sure about the classification

card game or trading card game (trading seperates it form games like blackjack and go fish but is inaccurate with video game versions since there is no actual trading so take it or leave it)



Mr Khan said:
Runa216 said:
Mr Khan said:
Wii because of the games, but then again i've never owned a non-Nintendo console for a long laundry list of reasons

I'm curious what these reasons are. 

A lack of time precludes me from buying the other systems, that i generally only play for an hour a day, so i buy roughly a game a month (usually anywhere from 9 to 13 retail games a year), so Nintendo consoles alone are sufficient for me despite the cyclical droughts.

Preference for their games is mostly due to my love of games that have charm, replay value, and colorful. I don't like games that take themselves too seriously, hate the movement towards movie-dom, dislike anything that involves zombies or post-apocalyptic scenarios, am indifferent towards competitive online play (though i love cooperative online, one need Nintendo does not fill, though i have found such games on Nintendo consoles before in Phantasy Star Online and Monster Hunter Tri), and platformers are my favorite genre (a genre that barely exists on non-Nintendo platforms)

Basically i have no interest in the kinds of genres that usually skip Nintendo consoles (WRPGs, Racing Sims, traditional fighting games), have a strong preference for the types of games that do predominate, and no time to really invest in any other consoles.

Those are all actually really well thought out, rational, and personal reasons.  Arguably one of the best posts in this thread.  Thanks for your time! 



My Console Library:

PS5, Switch, XSX

PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360

3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android

adsl said:

2) PS360 have games that apeal only to hardcore gamers and this why only hardcore gamers buy those consoles. In other words it has a unbalanced library.

 

Lolwat?  Really?  This is honestly one of your arguments?  



My Console Library:

PS5, Switch, XSX

PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360

3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android