Gee, thanks Microsoft!

When I bought my Wii, one of the things I worried about was - "could I buy another console or am I just limited to having one".

Wow, I can buy an XBox, despite having a Wii already! I can now sleep at night :P

Microsoft appears to be jealous. Wii games may appear to be simple, but they are in fact really fun to play, and the fun stays over time.

Nobody argues that the 360's graphics are better : it's a fact. But better graphics alone do not make a good game.

Whatever.
Then explain to me how I can't simply go to a store and pick one up. XBox is for the Hardcore gamer, the Wii is for the rest of us. Somehow this guy wants to cash in on the Wii's success. If anything I would go with a Wii and a PS3 instead of the XBox any day.

I recently dumped my Xbox 360 for a PS3 and I'd say it is a huge upgrade. 360 has lots of issues and is a terrible media player. PS3 is the best of both - gaming and media sharing client.

And it is incredibly arrogant to assume that everyone wants to play Halo instead of Wii sports. The Wii is far more appropriate for younger gamers. Microsoft has done nothing to address that market with Xbox 360 (and neither have Sony really). I don't get why there has to be just one console anyway. I like that there are multiple options.

The funny thing is that while Sony and Microsoft battled to get number one status, Nintendo side step them both and has had such a successful run, that you can't just walk in to a store and pick one up. You can't simply order one online. The XBox competition is the PS3, the Wii is on a class of it's own, with no forceable competition.

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"Hardcore gamer" = "button masher" ? <-- Not to be rude but honestly curious to know. I really do enjoy both but I don't find the Wii and XBOX 360 / PS3 to be on different levels but just different styles and maybe even different moods. Wii maybe simplistic but that doesn't mean by any level it isn't simple enough for the novice yet challenging enough for the expert. Tell me how many of you Halo pros can hit a hole in one on Wii Sports golf or get 10 out of 10 home runs in Wii Sports Home Run Derby? I didn't think so, not as easy as it appears. Or for those looking for more challenges, try the Rayman: Raving Rabbids titles. The Wii definitely takes skill. Think of it somewhat like the Mac OS. Basic things in easy reach and operation for beginners but there are underlying advanced characteristics for professionals and those looking to 'flex some muscle'.

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The 360 has pretty much reached its pinnacle. I respect MS for what they've done in the "past" for gaming -- back in the nineties for the PC, but definitely not now.

Now that games that should have been designed around a pointer cough mouse, are being gimped for their console, than ported to the PC -- usually as an afterthought -- with so many compromises, they're just not worth buying.

Instead of worrying about the Wii Microsoft, first fix your dam console! And actually focus on it being a game console, not a trojan-media-center. It really doesn't go over well that the red-ring problem is what comes to mind when the 360 is mentioned -- only second to Halo.

They really don't understand the market. If any one person is really interested in the games a 360 offers, but has not bought yet, they're most likely looking into a PS3 -- at least this console is reliable. They've had their Halo moment, so what's next, more of the same? More thumb-twiddling gimped console games?

The only thing hardcore about the 360 is its horrid controls -- why anyone would aim a gun with their thumb is beyond me. It's certainly a tedious way of doing so and quite limiting. I find it ironic that FPSs are so popular on that system, when its default controller is the worst possible way of playing those games. If anything, Microsoft needs to graduate to a better controller, because it truly limits the 360 more so than the Wii's lesser tech -- which is nothing to sneeze on BTW.

Anyway, the Wii and the DS are the most fun I've had in years. They've brought back genres of games I loved when I was younger( Graphic Adventures as an example ), games that had been lost when 12 year old kids that consider animated blood mature, became the publisher's targets -- which is also ironic, because a survey just the other year showed peeps like me, guys in their thirties were the majority gamers.

If MS thinks I want to take a trip back to last generation with their 360 and really limit my gaming options, they're highly mistaken.

OK, I'm done ranting.

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