CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Well 2006 is a big year for gaming consoles. I've been trying to decide on which console to get, and I will probably buy both eventually however I'm waiting for Crysis to come out a (so I can see which console plays it best) and I'm trying to buy a MacBook pro (to replace my aging desktop). I'm not going to even consider the xbox360 unless they develop a motion detection controller. Trivia: The Wii controller has a rumble function So if you had/have the money which console would/will you buy? ------------------ [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited November 20, 2006).] |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
What do you want out of it? If you want to get a console based on the games, pick the one that has the most games you want. If want to be blown away by killer graphics or have linux on it and don't mind paying ALOT, get the PS3. I am getting the Wii, why? The price, it's the cheapest of the 3. The games, it has the most games I want on it than any other console, and it will be able to play older games (Nintendo, Sega, and Turbografix 16 games) through the Nintendo Online service. The innovation, new kind of controller. The compatibiltiy, I have a gamecube and the Wii will be able to play Gamecube games, so I can sell my GC but keep games. ------------------ [This message has been edited by LAVA (edited November 20, 2006).] |
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
If I had the money and the interest in a console, I would totally be getting the Wii. I'm really impressed with the ingenuity that Nintendo has put into this console, and I hope they hit a Wii-mote home run with this one. I feel that Nintendo is getting closer to what God had in mind when he wired us for games, and helping us to use our brains in new and creative ways, as well as encouraging games to be multiplayer so that we can use them as social events and not just solo entertainment. |
buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
the Wii. I am planning on selling my gamecube, using my birthday money, and saving up (and perhaps asking my parents to help at christmas time) and then buy the awesome Wii. the name may suck but it rocks. for one the cost isn't outrageous, and it has the awesome motion controller. plus I like everything nintendo =D ------------------ |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
I got both (had to trade in a LOT of games to pull it off tho) and I am more impressed with PS3---their ideas were more thought out as far as the launch scene is concerned---their motion sensing (the Sixaxis controller can detect motion, but not where you are pointing) was implemented into games such as Resistance more naturally (you shake it like you are struggling when someone grabs you) where as some Wii games (such as Red Steel) it seems forced and cheaply implemented. Plus the PS3 just feels more open and free to it--for instance you can use almost any bluetooth headset you want on it (or bt mice and keyboards for that matter)---but here is my opinion on the plusses: PS3 Wii
BTW my final word on the 2 would be this: they are both great and I suggest both---PS3 is just unreal awesome and has great games, the Wii will probably have to wait a while until a game I like comes along (SMASH BROS BABY!) but the GameCube compatibility, Virtual Console and such can hold me off--so, for me, the PS3 is immediately gratifying (and will continue to be--especially with Heavenly Sword mwahaha) and the Wii is an investment in wicked games I know are coming---so I think they are both complimentary systems that both take new ideas different directions--I just wish the Wii was a little more media friendly and 'open' feeling (for instance, to add someone as a friend you have to know them in real life or on the internet already and you both have to exchange 12-digit numbers)---LOL sorry for writing a book but I love both and didn't want to sell either short! ------------------ [This message has been edited by zookey (edited November 22, 2006).] |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Thanks a lot for the info! You've answered a lot of my questions about both consoles (and a few games). ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
No prob dude :-) BTW you can surf the net on the PS3 right out of the box, but the Wii will be able to soon--and a new website (WiiCade.com ) is collecting Wii-compatible free flash games so that you can go play net based flash games with the Wiimote (since it acts like a mouse)---just found that out 5 minutes ago---technically you could play those games with a PC or PS3 or any other flash-enabled surfing device--but it is cool to see people thinking outside the box for consoles so I am saving that addy for when the Opera-Wii browser hits (it is supposed to be free for the first few months available--like a bonus to early Wii adopters) ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
What price is the Wii and PS3 right now? I cant find their prices anywhere. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Where? On ebay the PS3 is ca $2000. At WalMart (if they have any left) they're $400 for the 20GB version and $600 for the 60GB version. ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
oh ok, thank you.  I just found the Wii's price on Best Buy. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: There's no possible way to install windows on a PS3 because it's processor is PPC based. Microsoft hasn't released a PowerPC version of windows (and it doesn't seem like they'll do it for Vista either). That means that: ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Ah well, in that case I will probably install Linux on it sometime so I can say I tried it hehe ------------------ |
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buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
isn't the Wii $200? That's what I heard. ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
$250, as found on Best Buy's site. ------------------ |
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buddboy Member Posts: 2220 From: New Albany, Indiana, U.S. Registered: 10-08-2004 |
yeah. oh well, i was off by fiddy bucks. lol. try telling the best buy people that. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Just beat Call of Duty on Wii---not bad--certainly doesn't begin to compete with Resistance on PS3--but if you or any of your friends have a Wii rent it because there is some awesome motion sensing ideas (some bad ones too, but mostly good)---I was impressed overall--now I am back in Resistance that game is uber creepy---just imagine a darker TimeSplitters mixed with Call of Duty and you probably will have the right idea ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Just beat Call of Duty on Wii---not bad--certainly doesn't begin to compete with Resistance on PS3--but if you or any of your friends have a Wii rent it because there is some awesome motion sensing ideas (some bad ones too, but mostly good)---I was impressed overall--now I am back in Resistance that game is uber creepy---just imagine a darker TimeSplitters mixed with Call of Duty and you probably will have the right idea ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Just beat Call of Duty on Wii---not bad--certainly doesn't begin to compete with Resistance on PS3--but if you or any of your friends have a Wii rent it because there is some awesome motion sensing ideas (some bad ones too, but mostly good)---I was impressed overall--now I am back in Resistance that game is uber creepy---just imagine a darker TimeSplitters mixed with Call of Duty and you probably will have the right idea ------------------ |
Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
The Wii Is God's favorite console well, I dunno if God HAS a favorite console, being that he has way better things to do then sit around and play "pretend" when he watches out over the whole universe, but the Wii is definently my choice. Screw PlayStation (Sorry for language) $600? Yeah right. Just for vamping the graphics and having Blu-Ray? Never.
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
quote: You have way too much money and way too much time... I evny you. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
LOL--I only had enough for the PS3, Resistance and the Wii---all the Wii games I have played I rented from GameStop--I am a part time employee there so I have check out privelages----with that 600 bucks tho you get the most bang for your buck--the PS3 does more feature wise than 360 or Wii--but I consider Wii a good secondary console---I could technically do without my Wii but not my PS3---although I am happy to have both and would strongly suggest to anyone I know to get and try both! ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Hey everyone! Since I made that last comment involving TimeSplitters I felt sad because I miss the TS seires (I got royally hooked to it) so I looked up Free Radical Design (makers of TS) and was pleasantly shocked: they are making a new PS3 and 360 shooter called HAZE that is coming out EARLY next year (either march or earlier if I remember the GameStop page correctly--altho I might be wrong)----that is bound to rock!! Plus they said they have no idea when, but they WILL make a new TimeSplitters in the future---I am so happy!! If any of you have an Xbox, GameCube or PS2 please run out right now and pick up either TS2 or FuturePerfect if you love FPSs---those are some of the best First Person Shooters I have ever played (they are in the line of GoldenEye and involve a lot of the same people who used to work at Rare and developed GoldenEye). I am psyched cause I am kind of a Free Radical fan--the only game of theirs I haven't played was Second Sight because it didn't appear to have multiplayer or map building (2 cornerstones of TimeSplitters). Man, now I need to bug my boss at GameStop for hours because I have new toys to save up for (PS3 and Wii left me broke--thus the reason why the only Wii game I own is WiiSports) LOL sorry for writing a book---just really psyched FR is back to releasing FPSs and now I have another several month wait before something I want comes out LOL! ------------------ |
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
if i had to pick between the wii or the ps3 it would be easy to choose, the wii. 1st, it's cheaper. second, i already have a gamecube, and the wii plays gamecube games as well, so that's always good. the ps3's capability of running linux makes it tempting, but i already have 3 running computers, and i have the parts for one i just haven't put it together yet, so i don't need another one. if i were you cpufreak, i would look at which games were coming out for the 2 different systems and go with the one that had the most games you would like. after all, that's the whole purpose of a GAME system, to play games. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
pretty much puts it in perspective on that one I wish I still had gamecube games---I had them a long time ago but I traded them in for other stuff---now I am desperately trying to find Eternal Darkness Sanitys Requiem---I loved that game and now it is hard to find---I did find the Resident Evil remake for 10 bucks tho---and I think our store still has WaveRace for 6 bucks so tat isn't bad---still tho most games I own are sony---still waiting for that memry card adapter to show up so I can transfer my FF12 save to my PS3 and continue playing it---had to abstain from 12 for quite a while now  ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
Wii. Simply so I can play Chrono Trigger again. Come on, 100% backward compatability.... how AWESOME IS THAT?
So, 250$ as opposed to 600$? Plus, look at reliability. Nintendo has had very minimal problems with systems, and their products are very VERY durable. Playstations have broken a lot, had recalls, can't hardly take a hit, and are generally poor quality system. I'm getting the Wii.... WOOT! ------------------ Blind belief is dangerous. - Kenyan Proverb Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
looks like my budget for next year will BARELY be able to accommodate a Wii... let alone a PS3. I suppose many people down here will be happy to get a Wii if I'm not happy with it . ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
just saw the info for PS3 linux http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/ydl/delivery.shtml I will probably give that a try sometime pretty sweet that you can do that! With PS products--yah I had a defective PSone and PStwo---but I think they have cleaned up since they started offering a 1 year warranty instead of 30-90 days---my first 1 year warranty product was my PSP and I got it day one without problems---although it is true Nintendo puts their consoles through hell before shipping them--the drop-test them from 5 feet and there was even a story from the first Iraq war of an old school brick style gameboy surviving a bunker being bombed--so they are pretty tough! ------------------ |
