The PS3 vs Wii60

[Spiderpope]

Originally Posted by Negative Creep

Ninitendo have marketed it to people who weren't interested in consoles. All well and good but what happens when the next generation arrives? Someone who bought a Wii to play cooking and fitness games won't want the same thing again with better graphics

Thats the problem with targeting the casual market.The Wii is just a fad for them, they will get bored soon enough. The Wii may win this console war, but Nintendo are going to have their bubble burst as soon as the next craze comes along.

[Double2Seven]

Thw wii will have the most profit and the most consoles sold, but i think that for the true gamer, a xBOX or PS3 is more adequate.

I prefer the XBOX, everyone sayes the PS3 is more powerfull but most of the multiplatform titles look better on the Xbox, and only Killzone2 and Uncharted 2 have lighter better grafics than xbox360 titles....But i still prefer Gears Of War2 grafics, because of textures and overal look, but i have to say Killzone is very good technicaly....But i ended up playing COD 4 , rather than K2.Its really amazing that a console that came out much sooner than the ps3 can compete in the grafics department, and it still promisses to deliver even more.

The sells a lot , but there are many PS3 and Xbox users that own a Wii as second consola, like when the family is all together, but as a gamer i really pass on the wii.

[jFND90]

Originally Posted by Spiderpope

Thats the problem with targeting the casual market.The Wii is just a fad for them, they will get bored soon enough. The Wii may win this console war, but Nintendo are going to have their bubble burst as soon as the next craze comes along.

While I see your point, I doubt tapping into the casual market would be detrimental in the long run; because it may even be the opposite.

Remember that a good portion of those who bought the Wii are also gamers in the first place. For those previously familiar with the various flagship franchises that Nintendo offers such as Super Mario, Zelda and Metroid I would think that old Nintendo heads would've bought the Wii for that and not the motion sensor 'gimmick'. Keep in mind that Nintendo is a large corporation, and they've been in the industry long enough to establish a solid base of consumers. Triple A titles such as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess would be familiar to those people who've played Nintendo's previous consoles and are indeed crowd-drawers.

Add to the fact that Nintendo could've easily turned casual gamers to 'actual gamers' through titles such as MadWorld and The Conduit, it may in turn even spark enough interest to let them dig through the more 'mature' titles on future Nintendo consoles. I know that a larger proportion of Wii owners are probably casual gamers, suffice to say Nintendo would also be fully aware of this. There's no doubt that they'll try their best to retain their casual consumer base for the next-gen, so don't worry about the next 'craze' or the next gimmick; Nintendo's probably already working hard to conjure up the next 'it' thing for the casual gamers of the world.

[brucemendes]

Hey Minty
Myself Brucemendes I read your entire post is good and
Having got all 3 machines i can safely say that 360 is the better. PS3 Lacks a little something i can't put my finger on. Maybe it's the fact that most HDTV's don't play in 1080p only 1080i. You need a top of the range HDTV costing over £700.
Thanks.

[R3vengeance]

Of course, I love my 360. But I started out with a Wii.

Both console's first party titles are top notch; however, third party support for Nintendo has gone down the drain, with nonsense waggling taking place of accurate movements. That in addition to the already impressive lineup of first party titles cajoled me into getting my 360.

To be honest, I really don't see any big exclusives for the PS3. I mean, yeah, LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid are fine, but still... That's not enough to make me pump money into a system that is simply a rip off of others (Crappy motion controls = Wii remote, Trophies = Achievements... You see what I mean).