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Alfaspeed · 19-08-2008

I lived with the Wii for about 6 months. I will never forget those 2 seconds that i enjoyed it. I'm not one to go on about eye candy (ok i am to a certain extent) but the visuals of the Wii were 10 years old at best. I know that isnt what the console is about. Its about waving your arms around like you're on fire, but i just couldn't like it, try as i might. I did think my girls would like it though, especially as one of them has a DS and the games were similarly simple by design, but even they got bored after only a short period. And unless we had people over, and they weren't already bored with it themselves and wanted to play a game (a situation that i think occurred twice) then it sat lifeless and alone in the naughty corner.

The PS3 is everything a console should be and more. Free online play was a Godsend after splashing out extra a month to play on MS servers. It has been said that the games are rubbish, and although there are not as many as there are for the 360 (who thought that name up?) they are incredibly good. GT5 will be out later this year with proper cars, proper stats, proper handling and finally crash damage. And you get to rip round the TG test track too. PlayTV also ships with it with downloadable vids of races from around the world and the ever increasing TG episodes plus more. Not a bad lot for £35. Its not all peaches and cream though. Looks like Rock Band will have a lengthy delay for the PS3 release, and Sony didnt exactly make it easy for developers to write software for it, but its getting there and there are some huge titles on the horizon that promise very special things. I am totally hooked on the PS3, like its earlier incarnations before it, it will dominate the industry.

19-08-2008	#14 (Post Link)
Alfaspeed AO Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: -, I would rather not say Posts: 2,220 Member car: 147 2.0 Lusso Selespeed	Re: Which Games Console? I lived with the Wii for about 6 months. I will never forget those 2 seconds that i enjoyed it. I'm not one to go on about eye candy (ok i am to a certain extent) but the visuals of the Wii were 10 years old at best. I know that isnt what the console is about. Its about waving your arms around like you're on fire, but i just couldn't like it, try as i might. I did think my girls would like it though, especially as one of them has a DS and the games were similarly simple by design, but even they got bored after only a short period. And unless we had people over, and they weren't already bored with it themselves and wanted to play a game (a situation that i think occurred twice) then it sat lifeless and alone in the naughty corner. The PS3 is everything a console should be and more. Free online play was a Godsend after splashing out extra a month to play on MS servers. It has been said that the games are rubbish, and although there are not as many as there are for the 360 (who thought that name up?) they are incredibly good. GT5 will be out later this year with proper cars, proper stats, proper handling and finally crash damage. And you get to rip round the TG test track too. PlayTV also ships with it with downloadable vids of races from around the world and the ever increasing TG episodes plus more. Not a bad lot for £35. Its not all peaches and cream though. Looks like Rock Band will have a lengthy delay for the PS3 release, and Sony didnt exactly make it easy for developers to write software for it, but its getting there and there are some huge titles on the horizon that promise very special things. I am totally hooked on the PS3, like its earlier incarnations before it, it will dominate the industry. Never Test The Depth Of Water With Both Feet.