PressDemocrat: For the second part of my three-part roundup of holiday gaming gifts, we'll be taking a look at how to pick out a console. (The first part of the roundup dealt with software, and can be found here. The third part, on a handful of gaming products you should avoid giving as gifts unless they're specifically asked for, will be coming later this weekend.)
We're far enough along in this generation of game consoles and handhelds that they're all pretty much known quantities, and you can't really go wrong with any of them. Each has its pros and cons, and all have a robust lineup of games worth checking out.
If you've got your heart set on buying a console as a gift, you'll need to know your audience. While the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are, in many ways, quite similar (and share some of the same games), the Wii is an entirely different animal. It's currently the only system on the market with motion-sensitive controls, but it's also somewhat underpowered compared with its competitors, and Nintendo's online services are in many ways lacking. While you can expect a game released for multiple consoles to play largely the same on the Xbox 360 and PS3, you'll be getting an entirely different experience on the Wii. Sometimes, this can be great. Other times, not so much.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
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.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
On the first day of Christmas an xbox gives to you.
3 red rings
4 scratched discs
5 overpriced peripherals
6 ways to pay for online
3 French hens
7 no innovation
8 closed studios
9 no new games to speak of
2 turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.
its rolled past and landed right at my feet.
O look there's a piece of paper beside it. Lets pick it up and read what it says shall we Jimmy.
' It says people who buy and knowingly support broken hardware and pay to play online when its FREE on the competitions console are dumb a$$holes.'
Top of the world ma!!!!!
Cheers Jimmy we could watch my copy of Angels with dirty faces.
The only thing is mine doesn't star James Cagney.