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Nintendo fans say Wii will rule despite the facts

Written by Stan Beer

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Page 4 of 4 Meanwhile, over in Microsoft and Sony land, the real family consoles will do battle. I say real family consoles because PS3 and Xbox 360, like their predecessors, really will be used by the whole family. Aside from purchases made by diehard gamers, many of the consoles purchases will be made by parents of games playing kids, who will be thinking of the DVD and now high definition video playback capabilities. Where Xbox 360 may make some gains on Sony is in its modular approach. Xbox 360 plays DVD and is considerably cheaper then PS3. If you want high definition, then you can buy an add-on HD DVD player, which brings the package up to about the same price as PS3. With PS3, you get no choice - it's Blu-ray or nothing. So the addition of an HD DVD option that can be added later may tempt some would-be PS3 buyers over to Xbox 360. When it's all said and done, however, the market has already made its judgement on Xbox 360 over the past year, so the only device that is up against PS3 is Wii. While Wii may be the darling of the Nintendo set and some sections of the media, the music player most of the kids in my son's class use is iPod and the console they're all talking about is PS3.{moscomment} Tags See All Tags Blu-ray  PlayStation  Xbox  games  video  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now When you subscribe get a 12 months license for LiveProject Valued at $99 USD Download the FREE iTWire desktop alert widget << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 Next > End >>

 

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