Originally posted by Saint
Well, as I'm sure some of you have noticed, the Wii section doesn't get nearly as much attention as the PS3 and Xbox 360 sections. It seems like people believe that for some reason, the PS3 and Xbox 360 are better than the Wii.
Haha. Please
Let's remind ourselves that while the Wii may be different, that doesn't make it any worse. In fact, I can think of some pretty good reasons why the Wii could be considered
better than the other consoles.
Could be, but it's not :carling:
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1) It's a lot cheaper.
For a reason, not because Nintendo are being kind about it or anything haha.
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2) It's completely backwards compatible.
Fair enough. Whilst snooping around my PS3 Slim(on CFW) I found that it's perfectly capable of playing old PS1/2 games, but clearly Sony didn't want us to. Probably for those bloody HD remakes they've been doing
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3) It has games that you actually enjoy playing.
Yeah, for about 5 minutes until you get bored of jumping around like an idiot. The games are terrible, that of all things you cannot deny.
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4) It's a family console.
The PS3 & 360 can be too if you buy the correct games appropriate for the kids' age(s).
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5) The 10-year-olds playing multiplayer with you don't have microphones.
The mute button was invented for a reason... anyway, don't turn not having mics into a positive you sneaky bugger :p
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6) "Wii" is more fun to say. Try it.
I feel like a 5YO when I say it, that doesn't make it fun. It makes it stupid.
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7) Compatible with four different controllers.
That's no argument, technically both the PS3 & 360 are compatible w/ hundreds of controllers if you count in the third-party ones.
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Wii started the whole "moving controller" craze.
By craze you must mean fad, because that's all it is. It looks all new and exciting on the ads but once you've got one you get very bored very quick. Everybody I know w/ a Wii, Move or Kinect agrees. In-fact all it's started is an annoying habit of pushing Microsoft into ruining their E3 press conferences by over-advertising their bloody peripheral :n:
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9) They're super light, small, etc.
Provided you're not incredibly weak(literally) the PS3 & 360 are quite light too, maybe bar the old "phat" PS3.
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10) Friend Codes: No need to spend hours trying to think of a good screen name.
Great, perfect for fanboys to copy zzirGrizz & Hutch in CoD. Really not a good thing.
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11) An online service that is free and isn't down for month-long-periods.
Free generally means of worse quality, which Sony proved. If hackers got mad at Nintendo don't think their online capabilities wouldn't be crippled. That's not to say that Microsoft aren't susceptible to attacks like any other online service, however XBL is clearly much more secure than PSN.
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12) It's super easy to hack, enabling free games.
If you really wanted to turn pirating into a positive thing, you can jailbreak a PS3, JTAG a 360 etc. You can pirate on any console.
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13) And, finally... Mario :fyea:
Ooh, one good IP out of dozens. Bravo
hehe
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Anyways, those are just some of the reasons off the top of my head. I'm sure you can do better?
Not really, the Wii is a fad of a console that's only sold so well because young kids think it looks cool and they demand one for their birthday present. Then there's the Wii fit which is quite ineffective, but panders to overweight people who think it's actually possible to lose weight w/o putting any effort in.
Basically it's the ideal console to idiots. IMO.
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Originally posted by Escape
The Wii opened the doors for next-gen motion gaming. Nintendo is always one step ahead of Sony and Microsoft. If you do not believe me, go search up their history. Without Nintendo, the innovation upon gaming would be quite low. That is also why the wii has more sales over all. Because they were the first to have something different and creative, and of course the target market is put out to all ages...but that isn't that much of a factor. When the new Wii comes out, and Nintendo makes a lot of money out of it, like always, you can expect sony and microsoft to copy them, like always. :carling:
They only copied the Wii because of the reasons I posted last, because it's effective at gaining sales. Hardcore gamers everywhere are f*cked off right now, not only are they forcing motion controls into everything where they don't belong(especially Microsoft) but they're also ruining our own convention, E3. F*cking annoying. I hate Nintendo w/ a passion. They don't innovate, they just make something look new and cool to gain sales then ditch it like everything else because they realise full well that the technology won't last in the gaming industry. Grrr...