4 May
2010
4 May
'10
11:48 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Finnegan" <pat at computer-refuge.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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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)
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