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thehusbo said:
Sony: the xmb should be updated. It works perfectly well, but I just feel it needs a revamp. Also i feel let down by the amount of playstation move titles released. I have 3 move controls, 3 navigational controls and a sharpshooter and I haven't really used them for a few months.

I don't get this sentiment. My cable company thought the same thing, I called them and told them to switch me back to the old system. It looked prettier with half the features at half the speed, no thanks.

What it can use is more options to organize things, let me make my own folders and hide/delete stuff I don't use.
Faster loading xmb while in game, and do something about trophy synching. I don't dare click on gamer tags anymore in fear it will be stuck synching for the next minute.

I still use move sometimes to play Pixeljunk 3am. Nothing else atm :/ Sorcery was ok-ish but short, Datura was interesting but really short.



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Wii - doesn't do HD. Once I got a nice 32" 1080p TV it was very jaggy and dissapoiting. But on my 52" it's even more sad.

Xbox - it give a bunch off hot air.  I had to move the Wii cause I was worried it was going to cook it.

I am not a fan of the tray for disk.  Espically as I only have room to mount it vertically.

And the little Green LEDs on the console blink rapidly.  I find it distracting.

I like the Speaker in the Wiimote.   I think speakers in the Xbox and PS3 controlers would be a plus.

Kinect - needs a bunch of room, a bit of a challenge to mount and sometimes I have to say things twice.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

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Favorite is PS3 obviously...

Flaws:
- I wish I could view my PS Vita trophies on the PS3. Hopefully they will update this...
- Slow XMB when multitasking.

Other than that I'm very happy with it.



halil23 said:
TakeMeToTheHospital said:
mysticwolf said:
Biggest thing is that I can't listen to my music while I'm playing a game on PS3


that's the reason i sold my PS3 and got an X360 instead. my favorite thing to do is play games while listening to music.

*facepalm* Another sad fellow here...

Your name, did you go there yet?! >_>

why what's wrong with that? i love music more than anything else. all i do is listen to music and it's nice to play some games while listening. ps3 doesn't allow this so i sold the retarded console. i thought it was supposed to be the more powerful one also?



The Wii.

- Underpowered graphically.

- Lacks high budget third party support.

- Friend Codes.



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PS3

- Download speeds, for some reason my PS3 has huge issues with download speeds.
- Mandatory installs.
- Game patches.
- No cross game chat.
- A few inferior multiplatform games.



TakeMeToTheHospital said:

why what's wrong with that? i love music more than anything else. all i do is listen to music and it's nice to play some games while listening. ps3 doesn't allow this so i sold the retarded console. i thought it was supposed to be the more powerful one also?

You have got to be joking.



Not enough ram and too many exclusives I cant pay.



I find it quite disheartening just how many people have a problem with the fact that the Wii is underpowered graphically....do you people really care so much about graphics? seriously? I thought we were above that.



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pezus said:
Runa216 said:
I find it quite disheartening just how many people have a problem with the fact that the Wii is underpowered graphically....do you people really care so much about graphics? seriously? I thought we were above that.

It is as great a flaw as any, I'd say. 

 

That's just it, the fact that people feel this way is disheartening and gives creeedence to the idea that Graphics are super important, and that gamers care more about graphics than they do gameplay. This is a mentality I've been trying real hard to steer people away from.  Games like...well, anything on the Wii....prove that gameplay matters more than graphics, becuase simple stuff like New Super Mario Brothers sells more than any other game this gen (and no, I do not count the Wii titles, those are activities, not games).  

This is why gaming sucks lately, all the focus is going towards making a game pretty or photorealistic rather than adding new gameplay elements or unique design choices.  Well, at least amongst the top tier AAA titles.  I find that saddening. 



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