Which video game console is better: PlayStation 3 or Wii? – Part 6
Wii all the way. For a start, take a look at the price difference. You could feasibly get an Xbox 360 and a Wii for the price of one PS3. Now let's look at the games. Good PS3 games? Resistance. That's it. Good Wii games? Wii Sports, Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime, Mario & Sonic, Mario Galaxy, Wii Fit,and many more.
Now let's take a look at the way the systems interact with the players. The PS3 has a controller based on the PS1 controller which was released in 1994, and Sony still think it can hold up today? It doesn't even have rumble. I would say that the one decent thing about the PS3 controller is the motion detecting but that is cheap, clunky, and to be honest pathetic. The Wii pretty much destroys every controller ever made. For a start, let's look at the basic Wii remote, none of the attachments, just the remote. It not only has tilt controls far more advanced that the PS3, but it also has Pointer technology, rumble, and a fantastic port at the bottom of it that can be used for pretty much anything developers can dream up. With this controller we can play incredibly immersive games, and also use the Wii's in built channel system to download games, browse the net (including full Myspace and Youtube compatibility), edit images, check todays news and weather forecasts and more. That's just with the core controller. So what about the extension socket I mentioned earlier? Well firstly, some people might say the remote is too simple for complex FPS shooters and adventures games, but with the Nunchuck extension, that theory is obliterated, with Metroid Prime 3 being described by IGN (the internet's most respected video game reviewers) as "the best controlled console FPS ever".
For people not yet converted to the Wii's simple yet advanced control method, there is also the Classic Controller, which is perfectly designed and brilliant for playing Gamecube games and downloadable games. Then there's the lightgun, turning your TV screen into an arcade shooter machine, and the Wii Fit board. The board is currently only being used for an ingenius workout game, where one weighs themselves, does pressups, does basic balance exercises and yoga stretches on the board, but in the future it could also be used for dancemat games, skateboarding and snowboarding games, and other things we can't even imagine.
I've spent all this time discussing just the controls, without even touching on the Wii's ability to appeal to hardcore gamers, young children, old people, and basically, everybody. Whether you've had every console ever made or have never played a video game, either way you can enjoy the Wii, and with fast internet browsing that matches most high end PCs, for only 180 how can you say no? i also didn't mention the Wii's built in wireless abilities, which are just as effective as the Xbox 360's, except for the latter you are expected to pay 100 dollars for an external transmitter.
Wow I could keep typing all night but I won't bore you with that, basically Nintendo Wii is a fantasic console that has something for everyone, for a small price, while PS3 has a pathetic array of games, for a ridiculously high price. If you can afford both, go for it, but if not, it's Wii all the way.
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