Dust on Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 gets all gaming time
Filed under: Gaming, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: February 25, 2008 | 50 Comments
Although I love the Nintendo Wii, I never seem able to give it any gaming time as the Sony PS3 gets it all. The Nintendo Wii has been collecting dust, but I gave it a good go the other day by spending £160 on some new games and played for the evening because some family were over.
That was 4 days ago and since then it has not been used again, but the Sony PS3 has had many hours everyday on games like Call of Duty 4 and Unreal Tournament III.
Am I the only gamer with the Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii that has this problem, or do other gamers with both these systems find that the Wii only gets played when people are over at the most.
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This kind of discussion really shouldn’t appear on google news. I hate coming across these kinds of “news articles” where I see people diss another system for no good reason at all. I’d participate in this debate and say how brainless Bob and Art are up there (as if it isn’t already obvious), but I’ve taken part in too many of these. People just need to look at ALL of the aspects of a console apart from judging with one slice of biased info.
At Art:
Please explain hoe the PS3 is not a suped up PS2. You claim it isn’t quite vehemently but you neglect to explain your reasoning behind your statement.
nintendo fanboys are funny as they claim to enjoy playing AAA titles that they claim only the big N can develop. my advice to the people who own a wii and post in threads like these is to go out get a 360 ( i would say ps3 but the 360 is the finest example of a console with the most killer app’s)and purchase bio-shck, COD 4, Halo 3, oblivion, PGR 3 or 4, Gears of war, ghost recon, rainbow 6, the orange box(after playng through Portal tell me if Nintendo are still the only innovators).When you have played through all of thes or whichever ones tickle your fancy, put the disc back in and play them online. love games fanboys, not nintendo.ill play my 360 for the forseeable future even though i despise microsoft, but thats because im playing games and not companies.
To bluntman (hey, I love to smoke too!)-
All the games you mentioned are all good games (well, PGR isn’t really all that). They are also, with the exception of PGR all FPS that look and play better on a PC, and none of them support same-room multiplayer with a single console. Not to be an ass, but I have an awesome PC that can run circles around the PS3 (I mean, have you seen Crysis in full-res?) The purpose of a console for me is probably very different than for you- for me the Wii is the ultimate console, which is to play with friends. Hell, even if it just was a Virtual Console jukebox it’d still justify $250.00.
The Wii was never intended to compete graphically with the PS3 or 360- it’s like saying that Bill Gates has more money than Gandhi, stupid comparision. But yet, in 2008 on you f’in FPS-centric consoles you are playing WITH ANALOG STICKS???? I mean seriously, that really sucks that all you have to play for good games are FPS with shitty controls. Analog sticks offfer NO advantages, and this is not debatable. It’s a shitty control scheme from the PS-era (no surprise, as you PS3 people are still playing with a PS contoller, lol). I’ll take great controls over with poor graphics, rather than shit controls with great graphics anyday. I mean are you playing a game or watching a movie????
to thondor (keep smokin buddy lol)
While I agree with your opinion on fps controls but this thread seems to be more of a console line. I to enjoy the pc arena (i run crysis on an Alienware area-51 7500 ep) so i know exatly what your on about. Playing crysis online with buddies is a bit of a bore though to be honest. ill continue to play halo 3 online for now as counterstrike got boring imo. appreciate your opinion.
wow to think that ppl argue over such things as to which system collects the most dust. I have a wii, PS3, 360, ps2, xbox, GC. Right now they all collect the same amount of dust because games have all become copies of other games. Lets face it COD 4 is still a MultiPlayer FPS. as with Halo 3. Until they come out with something truely original that it changes your experience then dust will continue to settle. Though the wii is fun to play, but i’m waiting for that game that fully uses that wiimote(a jedi game perhaps)
Joe:
Explain why any new console is not a suped up version of its predecessor.
The Wii is a Gamecube with motion sensors and Internet.
The PS3 is a PS2 with Blu-Ray, WiFi, expandable HDD, Media Hub and better (if not perfect) Online play.
I have both - I like both - but the PS3 gets pretty much all of my time, because I’m a little too old for the seemingly endless conveyor belt of Mario variants and ‘party’ games that I’m sure I’d have enjoyed more when I was twelve.
Don’t get me wrong, my son loves the Wii. But then again, he has just turned five - which I guess is a case in point.
To Brick:
In terms of technology it is true that all new consoles are just super up versions of their predecessors, but it terms of game play and innovation the PS3 and XBOX360 is just more of the sam thing we’ve been getting for years. Yes, I know we’ve also been getting Mario and Zelda for years, but at least the way you play the games has changed. By the way, just because every other game on the Wii isn’t rated M doesn’t make it a kid’s console, if you read earlier post there are many adults who love the Wii over the XBOX360.
XBOX360 gets the action round these parts, Halo 3 and Devil May Cry 4. Only thing I play Wii these days is Tiger Woods on rainy days. PS3 has been a little more active since Unreal. I’m a Yoda fan so when Soul Calibur 4 comes out then XBOX360 will just keep on going. http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=940048&img=41#screen_42
I bought the Wii at launch. I was most excited about it and it was the most affordable at the time. During the last three years it has been a great console for myself and family. I grew up playing NES, SNES and N64, and the Virtual Console is an invaluable service to me. I also have a great library of games that have already been mentioned in this discussion.
During the time I have owned my Wii, I have purchased an HD TV and PS3 slim at prices I was willing to pay for them. I have owned my PS3 for about a month now, and I am very pleased with it. It has gotten a lot more of my attention since I bought it, but I am definitely still in the throes of the Honeymoon period.
I do not regret for a second buying the Wii. It is a unique and awesome system, and I have no intention of letting it go. No system has proven as accessible as the Wii, and it can provide hours of entertainment for any party regardless of previous gaming experience. I can enjoy outstanding games from my childhood (with always more on the way) and there are some great Nintendo offerings that are more “in-depth” with even more on the horizon.
The PS3 is a very different system. It is only beginning to show it’s potential as a Hi-Def machine, and it is one of the best blu-ray players on the market. I don’t regret waiting to purchase this item.
All three major players in the console market are fantastic gaming machines. They all do what they do, and they each do it well. Why does this always have to be a “which is better?” discussion?!?