The Xbox 360 is getting old. That is to say, in the rapidly advancing field of home video gaming it’s pretty much become the senior member. Released back in 2005, Microsoft’s follow up to its overwhelmingly successful original Xbox is now the oldest game console of what can be considered the current generation. The other two big players, Sony and Nintendo, both released their competing consoles at least a year after Microsoft. But is it still the best choice in gaming systems? Many would say it is.
The Xbox 360 came to the arena prepared to leave a lasting mark and to make sure the world knew that the second Xbox was going to hold its own against any and all competition. Sony already had the Playstation 1 and the Playstation 2 on the market, with development for Playstation 3 underway. Unfortunately for Sony, Microsoft beat them to the release date and contained fewer bugs.
The Wii, as cool as it is to many people out there, doesn’t have the same punch as the Xbox 360. Its graphics and processor are at least a generation behind the times and therefore can’t run things as well as the Xbox can. Nintendo never really made a secret out of this either, by the way. Nintendo sold the experience, and did a great job doing so. They never sold the Wii on the console’s (lack of) power.
Games designed in house by Nintendo make their platform stand out, so maybe it’s just the 3rd party designers who simply can’t figure out how to make the best of the Wii’s system. That really doesn’t matter from a consumer standpoint though. Whether Wii has untapped potential or not, the bottom line is that a lot of the best games just aren’t there.
The PS3 is a great gaming machine but does not have the speed, capacity and support that the Xbox 360 possesses. Don’t get me wrong: the PS3 is a great gaming machine with incredible graphics and an extensive game library. However, the Xbox 360 simply has more power and versatility than the PS3.
Of course, the Sony Playstation’s second generation, the PSII, is still on the market. New games are coming out for it and new consoles are still being sold, for now. Seeing as it’s brushing against ten years old right now it really is the grandfather of the market. Still, the Xbox 360 can safely be called the old player because the PSII is not being actively marketed and isn’t the focus of anyone’s game plan; though, it has beaten the monthly sales of the PS3 now and then.
Until the PS 3 gets more acceptance, which may happen in the next couple of years, the Xbox 360 is the clear winner when it comes to high powered gaming consoles. The Wii, on the other hand, is not a machine built around selling games, but is a machine built around selling the nifty idea of waving around a controller.
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