To collect your thought on the new generation of game consoles

[andrewducker]

[Poll #726864]

Comments

[derumi.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely be getting two Wiis (we'll be a Wii-Wii household, and Nintendo needs to be signing up Michelle Wie as a spokesperson yesterday), but the PS3 is going to be a threat to the monthly budget about a year or so after it comes out.

[mirukux.livejournal.com]

we'll be a Wii-Wii household

it's so sad but it's so funny ;D

[mirukux.livejournal.com]

check the amusing comments on the /. article about the ps3 launch.

[trav28.livejournal.com]

I own a 360 and I think it's f'ing great!

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Never buying a PS3. I don't have a lot of respect for Sony.

XBox360 doesnt seem to offer much that I can't already do.

Wii intrigues. It'll be the price that makes it for me I think.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I'll get a Wii not long after launch. As the prices come down, I will get a 360 as well. It does the shiny and the new Live Anywhere feature sounds very promising. I can't see a single reason to get a PS3. I got my Playstation 2 for GTA, and they've just announced that GTA 4 is out for 360 on the same day as the PS3 version.

[andrewducker]

The Live stuff does look good, as does the Arcade feature (loads of small games dead cheap) and it's got the Geoff Minter stuff on it too.

Too expensive for me right now, but the Wheeeeee will keep me going.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

JEFF Minter. aka the Yak :P

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

It certainly does the shiny. Everything's covered in vaseline. ;-)

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Keep your weird hobbies out of this, console-greaser! ;-)

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Hey John's the one that's into it. I'm merely point it out. :P

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I think that, whenever a new generation of console comes out, developers of first gen software tend to go OTT the new effects that the hardware allows with little concern for the overall aesthetic.

I think the plastic-y look of games like Kameo comes from a kitchen sink approach: dynamic lighting! bloom effects! refections! If they're all fairly easy to implement then why not chuck them in? I remember a similar obsession with particle effects on the PS2.

Thinks will settle down over the next few months.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

I can't see a single reason to get a PS3. I got my Playstation 2 for GTA, and they've just announced that GTA 4 is out for 360 on the same day as the PS3 version.

I can think of a few reasons for getting the PS3, but they're basically a list of games, not features (in fact, just like your reasons for getting a 360). The reasons I want to get a Revolution/Wii are for both the games and the gameplay features, in addition to the price point (presumed to be at $300USD or so). I'll let the hardcore gamers beta-test the PS3 and the 360 a year or two more until the prices drop; meanwhile the fiancee and I will be playing with my Wii.

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

Wii for me :P. Not just because I'm a totally illogical nintendo fanboy, but because the idea of the control being designed properly = teh lovely....

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

I'm still undecided (despite knowing the official pronunciation) whether to call it:

a) Whee!
b) Why?!

*grin*

I'm not much of a console fan, but I <3 nintendo games more than all the rest, and therefore officially endorse your poll.

I have played with Xbox360, and consider it "meh" to the max.

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I'm largely incapable of caring either way...