Dear multiplatform owners

…now that the formalities are out of the way… I’ve just joined the superior gaming class of those who own all 3 current gen consoles. *shakes every ones hand* And as I know, all of you would have to be very unbiased as you’ve experienced the pastures on every side of the fence. So I’m interested in knowing which console you’ve chosen in your heart to love that little bit more (or a lot more) then the others?

Basically, if Satan made you give up 2 of your 3 consoles which one would you keep and why? And what’s your opinion on which console truly has the edge this gen? If you could can you score your opinions and I can tally them. Rate your consoles on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the best score you can give.

My answer
I would have to keep the Wii. Even though I want HD graphics more then pretty much everything the Wii has to offer I’ve fallen for Nintendo’s Zelda and Metroid franchises. All the fable and assassins’ creed and burn out could never replace the hope of a new Zelda game. But having said that I think the 360 is the better console of the three and its price drop gives it that extra value. From the feel of the controller through to the look of the system sitting next to my TV to the games, through and though it has more to offer me then ps3 and Wii put together, even though my long Nintendo history means I could never give up the Wii

Wii = 5... 360 = 4... ps3 = 3.5

P.S
if this has been done before lets have some fun and do it again :) I'll be back every half an hour or so to check

Current tally

360 = 29 / 7votes = 4.142
PS3 = 27.8 / 7votes = 3.971
Wii = 18.6 / 6votes = 3.1

As a per cent of all the votes

360 = 37%
PS3 = 35.4%
Wii = 27.6%

My conclusions are at the bottom of the page

My Xbox360: 4.5

My PS3: 2.5

PS3=5
360=3
Wii=1.5

Neither the 360 nor the Wii have any exclusives I need to play. I don't want to pay $99.99 to make my 360 wireless, so It's big draw of great online is a moot point to me. PS3 has Valkyria Chronicles. PS3 has LittleBigPlanet. Trophies and Home set to come out pretty soon by all appearances. Lot's of high-def movies coming out. I admit, I've always been a Sony fan, but the 360 is a real good console too. I just like my PS3 the best. Only reason I bought a Wii was to try and get my wife to play more games. She liked Wii bowling. And to spite an annoying prick who was trying to get the last one in stock. Glad I didn't have to pay full price for it. It was used.

360=5
PS3=4.5
WII=2

I only choose the 360 over the PS3 because I have more real life friends that play 360.

I gotta say 360. When my 360 was (and still is) having disc drive issues, I was on the phone trying to figure out how much I'd sell my PS3 or Wii for to buy another 360 before Gears 2 launched. The system has some issues, but it offers more of everything that I want.

Xbox 360: 4.5

Playstation 3: 3.5

Nintendo Wii: 3.5

Xbox 360 = 4.5
PS3 = 3.8
Wii = 2.6

The Xbox 360 is the ghost with the most.

That makes:

PS3: 21.8
X360: 20
Wii: 15.1

I could only count people who gave scores for all three consoles.

Hey guys, I couldn’t get back on the net yesterday but we got

360 = 29 / 7votes = 4.142
PS3 = 27.8 / 7votes = 3.971
Wii = 18.6 / 6votes = 3.1

As a per cent of all the votes

360 = 37%
PS3 = 35.4%
Wii = 27.6%

If I may, based on the results and your comments, I would conclude that owners of HD consoles favour the offerings of the 360 slightly over those of the ps3. But it’s obvious that owners of all three value their Wii experience less. When looking at this information in relation to the current gen console sales the HD market is winning over the low resolution market of the wii and it shows that users of HD consoles have little regard for last generation offerings with updated controls (with the exception of some ground breaking games in terms of interactivity). What will be interesting to discover is if you’d still be playing your HD games if they didn’t have amazing graphics with screens full of endless detail.

So the market favours HD graphics (slightly) 41.04M HD consoles to Wii’s 38.15M and based on this small survey’s results you ‘could’ conclude that gamers who have purchased all three have gone away with better impressions of the HD experience.

I for one have been swayed over to the HD and have no interest in purchasing games for the wii unless they were exclusives made by Nintendo them selves. (The barrier was price, but now the consoles are significantly cheaper their viable entertainment options.) But in the last 3 weeks of owning HD consoles I’ve purchased more HD games then I have wii games since I got the Wii on launch day.

Although Nintendo’s Wii strategy is paying off for them as a singular company it’s interesting to look at the market from the high def verse standard def perspective and get some insight from people as to their preferences. Wii might have huge sales numbers but it might not have the customer satisfaction that the HD gaming market brings.

P.S.
I am aware that I am making assumptions based on little data so don’t rip me about it, I’m purely speculating that if the information gathered were true across the world then these conclusions would be fair.