Gaming Shift
So I canceled my WoW subscription and bought a PlayStation 3. I was hunting for a Wii for a week and a half, looking online and driving around the area trying to catch one of the 3 or 4 that the big box retailers got in after Christmas. That gave me time to pause and reflect. I looked at the Wii in EB, checked out the games and what was going to be released. I realized that while the remote is neat, it’s a gimmick. I’m sure lots of folks will find it endlessly amusing, but I could see myself getting tired of it pretty quick. The games available fall heavily on the Zelda/Mario axis, which I also find amusing but not really captivating. Lastly, the Wii does not play DVDs. Not a big deal at home, but I wanted something I could travel with and not have to use a laptop to show the kids movies. I wanted awesome graphics, deep gameplay and multimedia functions. I also knew I would be going high-def eventually. The PS3 does it for me.
Now, I know the XBox 360 has been out for a while, currently has better graphics (it takes some time for game designers to really use a new system), and integrates with Windows. I don’t have a Windows household, and won’t. I don’t mind playing PS2 games for a while until the PS3 stuff really starts shipping, and I think all the graphics comparisons are really premature. I don’t have any complaints, and I’m having a blast. Oh, and I spent about the same on a complete PS3 system as I would have just to upgrade to the latest Nvidia card for my gaming pc.
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