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Picking Sides In the Console War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the choose-but-choose-wisely dept.

If you're having trouble picking, the reviews are beginning to come in for the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. Chris Morris at CNN offers an analysis of the Wii launch games and some frustrations about the PlayStation 3. Chris Kohler at C|Net offers a side by side comparison of both systems ... and some frustrations about the PS3 controller. Finally, 1up offers a look back at Sony's launches, and a similar look back at Nintendo's launches in an effort to judge how the weekend will go.

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  1. Isn't picking sides like choosing b/w Ford & G by r_jensen11 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They're both consoles, they both do the same thing. Neither is completely "better" than the other, but rather that customers have to compare their perceived values? Besides, any Slashdotter that's getting a PS3 has been waiting for the past few days outside their local national chain with 10 bags of Doritos and lifetime supply of delivery pizzas

  2. Sides? by Kamineko · · Score: 5, Insightful
    What is this with 'sides'?


    Don't pick sides, pick games.


    Everything else will follow from there.

  3. I find this whole "war" thing funny. by CyberLord+Seven · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Why should we, as consumers, care?

    I have a, still functioning, Sony Betamax. I have a, still functioning, Sony PS2. I have a, still hasn't set the house on fire, Xbox 360. I would like a Wii.

    I don't care who "wins". I just want a machine I can play fun games on.

    I don't own stock in any of these companies. I don't work for any of these companies. I have been on the "losing" side of these "wars" before. Just note my admission of owning a Betamax above. When Sony stopped making the players and stopped making the tapes, my machine continued to function quite well. In fact, I still watch my recordings of the original airings of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I watch for the old commercials more than for the show. Those who lived in the Oakland/SF Bay Area in the 1980s will know what I'm talking about when I mention "Paul, from the Diamond Center".

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  4. Kids, PLEASE buy a Wii, 360 or PS3 today =) by dryriver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With the FPS kiddies and casual gaming boobs migrating off the PC platform, PC gaming may actually go back to the more complex, cerebral, mature games we used to be able to buy.

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    Why did the chicken cross the road? Because Elon Musk put an AI chip in its head.
  5. Re:customers and editors clearly have diferent val by joshsisk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They aren't JUST toys to a lot of people on slashdot. A decent percentage of people who post here work in the games industry, thus are very close to this topic. Several of my good friends work for game developers, one works at SoA. The "way the wind blows" is pretty important to them.

    Beyond that, what other people buy WILL have an impact on you. If a console fails to achieve marketshare, the 3rd parties will stop supporting them.

    Also, many people in the US (and, I'm sure, Japan as well) look on it as a patriotic issue... many Americans want to see US companies do well in what has traditionally been a market not dominated by American console manufacturers.

    Finally - I don't see how it's any emptier to be interested in the videogame industry than the traditional software industry, or even sports...