Wednesday, October 29, 2008

My Views on Gaming

This is a re-do of my extremely bias post from like 2 years ago.



XBOX 360
The Xbox 360 was developed by Microsoft as their "sequel" to their previous system the Xbox. The Xbox 360 is actually a well made console, it has a easily removable hard drive and a great library of games including Halo 3, Mass Effect,Portal: Still Alive, and Viva Pinata. The Xbox 360 has gotten a few makeovers over the years, resulting in the Xbox 360 Elite which includes a 120 GB HDD and a nice black finish, and the recent "re-release" of the system that costs like $350 I believe and has a 60 GB HDD. The Xbox 360 is an excellent system that is very popular now, but is beginning to slow down in sales. One last note, If you want an XBOX 360, you will need to be okay with it breaking. The XBOX 360 has around a 33 percent failure rate and MS will fix it or send you a new one.
Wii
The Nintendo Wii is a relatively cheap system with a much less powerful graphics engine than the XBOX 360 or Playstation 3, but it is still a very popular system with children and adults alike. I don't hate the Wii, I just feel like it only has a handful of good games. I have already heard plans that Nintendo is already planning on releasing their next console withing the next two years. The Wii apparently does no have an HDD either. I am interested in seeing where the Wii will go in the future, but for now I will wait on it. In fact I think I might get one after Nintendo's next system comes out, because I was at Gamecrazy the other day and they had a stack of like 8 Gamecube's (Nintendo's Last console) for $25 each. So I may pick one up later.

Playstation 3
Sony's Playstation 3 started out really slow, but now there are many reasons to get one. Sony currently has two models of the PS3 in circulation. The 80 GB model for $400, and the 160 GB model that comes with a copy of Uncharted Drake's Fortune, a free copy of the online game PAIN for $500. The PS3 also has a blu-ray player in every console. This means that every single game on the PS3 in in High Definition, and developers can fit a game the size of up to 50 GB on a single disc as opposed to only 9 GB on a regular DVD. this also means that the PS3 can play Blu-Ray disc movies. The PS3 had also gotten a whole lot of good games over the past few months, including MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, BioShock (originally exclusive to the Xbox 360) and Ratchet & Clank Future:Tools of Destruction. The PS3 also has a large assortment of online games that can be bought from the Playstation store, including Wipeout HD, Pixeljunk Eden, Ratchet & Clank future: Quest for Booty, and Super Stardust HD. The PS3 also allows players to play online, and access the PS store (which includes movies and games) for FREE. I could go on and on, but I like the PS3 the best, The Xbox 360 is also pretty nice and I would like to get one in the future, but for now, I'm happy with my PS3.

No one is going to read this, but I don't really care, I'm a gamer and these are my thoughts.