4 May
2010
4 May
'10
10:54 p.m.
Andrew Burton wrote:
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Greatest videogame device (was Re: An option - Re: the
beginningof the end for floppies)
I guess I'm unusual... although I'm not a true 'gamer' (the amount
of gaming I do in a year is very very very very small).
However, I do like the Wii... it isn't much of a powerhouse... but
it does have some good titles that you can have a lot of fun with.
Of course, maybe because I haven't had anything "better" (in terms
of graphics) (other than my PC), I can't miss them :-)
The Wii is quite easily 'opened' so you can run lots of homebrew... or
backup your games to an external hard drive to avoid the requirements
of having to change discs. There are lots of emulators you can run on
the Wii including Nintendo64, NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari 8bit computer,
Apple II, etc....
Plus the price is more affordable :-) (and for someone who doesn't game
all that much... that is a good feature :-) ).
-- Curt
On Sunday 02 May 2010, Andrew Burton wrote:
Yeah, but the Wii is essentially a fad. Alot of gamers I know bought it, and
then either let it sit gathering dust, have passed it on to relatives, or
have sold it.
Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of Nintendo (no Wii yet, far to busy and have
no space for it in my bedroom).
I disagree completely.
The Playstation brand may have been popular once (XBox now has that
honour), but that doesn't make it the "greatest videogame device of
all time". Personally, I think the SNES and Megadrive jointly
deserve that honor. Not only did both consoles have excellent and
unique games, but software and hardware companies came forward to
push the consoles abilities further with special extra's in the game
carts:
Actually, Nintendo's Wii has had many more sales than either Xbox 360
or
PS3. It looks like PS3 is gaining on the Xbox, and I suspect that most
of the Xbox 360 sales at this point are from people who need to replace
their broken Xbox, anyways. :)
The only really compelling game exclusively for
Xbox is the Halo series,
and that's exclusive because Microsoft bought the company that made it.
I disagree.
There are loads of great games on Xbox (Gears Of War and Call Of Duty:
Modern Warfare are both amazing), and XBox Live is vastly superior to Sony's
PSN (Playstation Network) which has download issues (lack of bandwidth) from
what I hear.
Rare's titles are also excellent, though usually targetted at kids.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk