Did we ever work out what was likely to be the best 7th-gen console?

ha ha, NO

Fuck those shit marketing strategies - I claim full responsibility for single handedly destroying Sega's console ventures, buy simply purchasing every one of their consoles.

I now wearily turn my war torn bloody eyes towards Nintendo.

i got a PSP last week, fairly impressed with it. Although the power button is in a stupid place - i accidentally switched it off at one point.

Biggest problem with the 360 thus far is that Madden blows. Slow, awkward, the franchise mode is a step back, gameplay doesn't work right (this year I quit playing because every game was prolonged by pointless and unavoidable cut-scenes of the linemen getting ready, etc.) - nice graphics, though.

If the PS3 can provide me Madden with great graphics and the gameplay I'm used to, I'll buy one next summer.

ps3 is offering nothing that 360 doesn't have besides slightly better graphics and one or two exclusive titles (metal gear and?)

More "social" games have a stronger pull, I'll admit - if the Wii gets a Guitar Heroes type game, it might really get tough to resist if I weren't broke all the time..

Seeing as I think we're only interested in Twilight Princess at this point tho, Nick's gonna get the GC versh. So no Wii for now. Maybe in a while.

not unless you think china, japan, the EU, australia, canada AND the states are all headed for some kind of simultaneous depression! Too much spare time and spare change going around makes a populace idle and demanding of entertainment.

anyway, the wii seems to have the most to offer for the average joe.
the 360 isn't bad for people who want HD and PC-like no-holds-barred network competition/coop.
the PS3 is for people who have more money than sense.

Virtua Fighter 5, Final Fantasy XIII, Devil May Cry 4...looks as though potential system selling stuff like Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto 4 will be getting a 360 release.

The people the video game industry has been making money out of since 1978, basically.

too expensive? the wii ain't that expensive.

oh yeah, and the DOA movie is coming out next month.

xp

As I understand it most (all?) games can be played by sitting on your arse and using flicks of the wrist.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061113.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Anyway:
What will Nintendo think of next?

They might think of another scheme wherein developers are given the chance to finally stretch their talent at minimal upfront $$$ while offering the highest revenue potential for any platform per unit sold, on a console which they themselves make a profit on from launch day forward, yada yada fucking yada.

Anyway if anybody else has $500-700 to throw away for the chance to play such classics as FPS: Apocalypse In The Future, FPS: Apocalypse In The Future, or FPS: Apocalypse In The Future, let me know how fun that shit is, maybe I'll eat ramen for a month and join you.

If I were to buy any of these (which I'm not) I'd go for the one that is likely to get the best range, the biggest games and the most staying power and I bet that'll be the PS3.

Played Wii last night, am in LOVE. The Zelda sword-swings aren't anything more than a wiggle of the remote, but that is still way more satisfying/hilarious than button-mash + button-mash. Also, when they come out with a Wii Fly Fishing game, I will be the first in line to buy.

nintendo's a seven year-old, xbox and playstation are 15 - take yr pick.

meh:
http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=SNE&t=6m&q=l&l=on&z=m&c=NTDOY.PK&a=v&p=s

not at $700 a pop, and the company still losing money at that price, and developers shying away. a year or two from now somebody will write an article and the title will be "blu-ray killed the playstation star." And I'll get that fucking song stuck in my head, just like I did to myself just now.

Nintendo: why didn't you bring out a proper console? Why have you gone down the Russell T. Davies route of destroying something good by remaking it for women and gays?

So the people who actually play games buy an Xbox and spend several hundred pounds on games and accessories. The Women and Gays who don't play games buy the Wii, play Wii sports for 5 minutes, then go off and talk about shoes or something.

Excellent plan.

the one at EB has it where you leave your ID at the desk, and you get the controller to play with

http://media.gamespy.com/columns/image/article/700/700544/planetfargo-get-your-odama-on-20060406061336673.jpg

http://www.cliffracer.com/store/images/snes-controlpad1.jpg
^ still the best controller ever, in terms of comfort and practicality.

It's worse and also not wireless.

-- step hen faps (curtis.stephen...), November 29th, 2006.

otm!

though i'd say the 6-button "arcade pad" for the genesis/megadrive was pretty close.

holy shit isn't that the truth

-- jw (jo...), November 29th, 2006.

hahahahahahahaha i WAS that person

the Big Wiibowski

Oh great so the only alternative to the controller for WOMEN, GAYS and probably SPASTICS is some kind of bastardisation of the worst bits of the SNES controller and the Dual Shock. Well done guys.

Oh dear.

Predictable reference to Spastics? It's not my fault that Nintendo and chums feel compelled to include them in most of the promotional material:

http://britishgaming.co.uk/wp-content/callofduty3_wii_2.jpg

Yeah, i want to play games looking like that man. I'm sure he has LOTS of friends :|

nah, In my head there's a forum of pathetic infantile 30-somethings. Rather than applauding they simply post 'grebt' at everything i say and do, before making a rubbish joke about kittens.

xpost

Using dismissive posts in place of actual retorts -10 points
Being a bit podgy and looking like a pedophile -10 points

What utter rubbish i thought geeky 80s fan children had more class :(

www.wiihaveaproblem.com

Peyton Strickland, 18, was killed Friday at a house he shared with three roommates, Sheriff Sid Causey said.

Roommate Mike Rhoton said Strickland was unarmed when he got up from playing a Tiger Woods golf game but may have been holding a controller when he went to the door as officers bashed it in. Strickland's dog also was shot to death.

The sheriff said Strickland was shot by members of a specially trained team who went to help university officers serve arrest warrants. Causey said officers considered the arrest a high-risk situation.

"Anytime that someone beats a person severely and commits an armed robbery, I certainly would consider him a risk and a danger," Causey said.

The sheriff said the robbery victim waited in line for three days to buy the units for $641 each at a Wal-Mart. He was unloading them at his campus apartment when one man beat him to the ground while another took the consoles, Causey said.

The Associated Press

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