At $250, the Wii isn't cheap, but it's still a bargain compared to the $599 PlayStation 3 and the $399 Xbox 360 Premium system. And unlike Sony, which is only making 400,000 PS3s available at launch, Nintendo says it will ship four million Wii units by December 31st. So it's likely you'll actually be able to get one. But it's also likely that you'll be just as able to get an Xbox 360 with its more than 100 available titles by year's end. For now, only one thing's for sure: Until Sony gives us a compelling reason to buy the PS3 beyond it being an incredibly affordable Blu-ray disc player, either of these other choices is a winner.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.
This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆
But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.
Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.
Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.
As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .
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but 360 is a bargain...
bargain is if the two products are compareable...
wii is like ending up bying a bicycle while u intended to buy a car...
it head on, the 360 is the console of choice for people who think before they buy, 100+ games plus costs a little more than a gamecube with motion controller.
ps3 is a bargain ! the best console and it has the best games! and you can buy it for 500 bucks. who needs crap for 400 bucks ? who ? noone.
Is the reason all SONY fans and all XBOX fans need to join together as one and put this sneaky monster they call "THE WII" to rest....
Next month the "wii" will crush both SONY and XBOX and none of us will even know it happened untill it is to late. Because we all sit here and argue over the PS3 and xbox360 while the wii is getting ready to kill them both, and if that happens what are we going to have to argue about on here?????
That is why we must unite and make one HUGE fan of the dead wiiwii...Burn wii burn;)
The wii… as Nintendo viewed it, is not meant to compete with the ps3 and the xbox 360… but I think it will do great… many of us is very impressed by the controllers… but I think in the long run, people will get tired of the controller too… it’s not meant for everyday use… come on, just imagine… you came home from a very tiring day… you want to play a game… would you rather play with the Wii, where you will have to swing your arms around and stand up until the end of the game, or the PS3 or 360, where you could just sit or lie on your back until you finish? I would obviously pick the latter. But that’s where the standard GC controllers come in. When you don’t want to use the controllers, you could just plug standard GC controller and play the game… but in the end, you will realize, what’s new? Did I have a great gaming experience when I played the Wii using standard GC controller? Is there really something different with the Wii and the GC? Yeah, true, having those very innovative controllers this gen is a great idea… but in time, people will realize that there really is nothing new with the Wii… just the controllers… a few tweaks in the hardware, and that’s it… and also remember, developers make a game for the wii, concentrating on how they could utilize the Wiimote… if you play it with ordinary controller, the experience is almost the same with GC…