05-16-2006, 12:56 AM
So I was watching all the E3 coverage and I must say I'm pretty disappointed with the impending future of console gaming. From the outrageous price of the PS3 to what sounds like a very limiting and frustrating control system for the Wii, I can say with confidence that there's nothing that makes me want to run out and preorder yet.
Sony is out of their minds. Sure there are people that will pay $600 pretax for the PS3, but there will be a lot less early adopters then they would have had they set their price for their competitive market. The big point that people are making is that you could potentially purchase a 360 and a Wii for the price of a PS3. Free online play is a bonus, but who knows how solid a service they'll offer gratis.
The Wii worries me with their wacky controller. For their sake, I hope they offer the choice in game to use their motion sensitive controller or a controller from my old Gamecube. From the footage I've seen, the demos that used it were simplistic and dull (golf and tennis) and I haven't really heard how well a more demanding game like Zelda or Mario handles with such limiting controls. Plus, we'll all look damn silly playing it. I should know, I play WarioWare on my Gameboy Advance already.
I know nothing about the 360 as I don't think I've ever even tried a demo model in a store. For you people that own it, was a new console so necessary so soon after the release of the original XBox?
Sony is out of their minds. Sure there are people that will pay $600 pretax for the PS3, but there will be a lot less early adopters then they would have had they set their price for their competitive market. The big point that people are making is that you could potentially purchase a 360 and a Wii for the price of a PS3. Free online play is a bonus, but who knows how solid a service they'll offer gratis.
The Wii worries me with their wacky controller. For their sake, I hope they offer the choice in game to use their motion sensitive controller or a controller from my old Gamecube. From the footage I've seen, the demos that used it were simplistic and dull (golf and tennis) and I haven't really heard how well a more demanding game like Zelda or Mario handles with such limiting controls. Plus, we'll all look damn silly playing it. I should know, I play WarioWare on my Gameboy Advance already.
I know nothing about the 360 as I don't think I've ever even tried a demo model in a store. For you people that own it, was a new console so necessary so soon after the release of the original XBox?
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