Purchase: Wii or Xbox360....

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:29 pm 0

As I don't have either, and have some notes burning a hole..
The Wii looks and sounds great in principle, selling at a reasonable price, all for supporting new innovations in gameplay etc.. but I'm thinking that that the lineup of games isn't looking too hot and I'm not a massive Zelda Fan to be honest - Of course there's going to be the virtual console, but I have pretty much the all best of the PC-Engine games emulated on my PSP..

360 - Nice, proven online/gaming model, nice HD tech, growing if somewhat predictable software library, Dead Rising, Neon, Llamasoft!!

But I'm reading in various places about a Xmas price drop, to about Â£260 for a premium- so should I hang onto my cash for a few more weeks or splurge it on a Wii?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:32 pm 0

Get a Wii, then get a 360 when the price drops, which will probably be before the european launch of the PS3.
Then get Too Human.

PS. The Wii has an excelent launch line up. Super Monkey Ball. Rayman and ExcitaTruck are all looking very tasty from reviews/previews.

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:35 pm 0

I'm a Zelda fan, and I'm planning on getting a Wii the way things are looking right now.

Having said that, I'm pretty sure my 360 will make more hours.

There's a lot of good stuff coming soon-ish...

Mele · Post by **Mele** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:56 pm 0

All nintendo's for me have been the best 2nd console I have had , the first party stuff makes them a must buy. My only problem is there is never enough of them so I prefer to have a platform like PS,Xbox,PC as my main.
I'd be in the price drop 360 camp. If a choice had to be made.
I guess come December the 9th you will get a better idea

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:04 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:...get a 360 when the price drops, which will probably be before the european launch of the PS3.

FWIW, that would be my guess too.

Then again, Gears is coming in two weeks.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:06 pm 0

IMO - the 360 is a lovely piece of kit, and if the games and online service appeal to you then it's a good choice. I haven't a clue about future price cuts though. Common sense tells me it would be a good thing for MS to do, but they may feel they don't have to.

I'm personally not convinced by the Wii. I like twatting around with the Eyetoy and guitar hero, and I love Time Crisis with a lightgun (or preferably 2) to bits - but this isn't the future of gaming for me. It's just another aspect of gaming as a whole, and whilst fun for a change it's not what i want as my bread-and-butter gaming.

If you're not already sold on the Wii (which sounds like the case to me), I'd suggest you either wait until there's plenty of feedback about the Wii to swing it one way or the other (and perhaps take advantage of any 360 price cuts if they happen), or go for the 360 now risking missing out on any price cuts.

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:16 pm 0

Yeah, think I'm leaning more to the 360 - Nintendo systems I have are the old Gamecube (which I've only got a handful of software for) and DSlite. I'll prob' wait until the NY anyway and try and get a 360 in the sales, if they don't do a official price drop until the Spring - and just keep on eye on the Wii. To be honest, I've still got plaenty of distractions with the PS2 - still playing Shadow of the Collsus and Half Life 2 on the PC!! So as you can see I don't have that much gaming time on my hands...

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:33 pm 0

Either would be good.

Can't see there being a price cut for the 360 this side of Christmas.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:36 pm 0

Gears of War looks yummy and the 360 is a sweet console, but Zelda really makes this an easy choice

Portland · Post by **Portland** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:41 pm 0

Wii has the gameplay, XBOX has the looks and 95% of the gameplay. If the price does drop and you're going to be doing a lot of gaming...

Glad to see you haven't shortlisted PS3

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:30 pm 0

Right now I'd go for the 360 and then the Wii when the list of available games grows a bit.

The 360 is starting to get a really decent library of games now covering all tastes and, if the DS is anything to go by, then the Wii will take a little while to really get into its stride.

I've got a Wii pre-ordered but, while good for a launch line-up, the list of games isn't anywhere near comaparble with the 360's.

And as far as waiting for a price drop from Â£280 to Â£260, well it's already down to Â£270 on somewhere like Dabs and there are some decent package deals around. What's Â£10

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:42 pm 0

Portland wrote:Wii has the gameplay, XBOX has the looks and 95% of the gameplay. If the price does drop and you're going to be doing a lot of gaming...

Glad to see you haven't shortlisted PS3

The PS3 is not even in the running, and can't see me buying one for a couple
of years, if ever. Nothing really new, or interesting going on there.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:34 am 0

I think its wrong the inferance the Wii is just for light minigames.

The eyetoy, while good, dosnt allow charecter movement in an enviroment as such, so I dont think its a fair comparison.

The Wiimote itself is simerly limited, but combined with the nunchuck its as good as any other pad for any other game. (unless you a bit fan of "dual analogue" which is the one thing its missing).

Zelda and Red Steal are meaty launch titles.
Metroid Prime Corruption follows shortly.

Also, Super Monkey Ball looks to me every bit an essiential purpose as it was the first time around.

And as far as waiting for a price drop from Â£280 to Â£260,

What makes you think the price drop will be twenty pound

I think we are talking at least Â£230 to make the drop significant to the public perception, and it also being bundeled/pushed with a major game. (Halo3?)
The PS3 might be level with the Xbox360 technicaly, but that wont stop Sony convienceing most people its "true next gen" ect.

newtechlover · Post by **newtechlover** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:24 am 0

Buy a wii....!!!

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:32 am 0

Darkflame wrote:
And as far as waiting for a price drop from Â£280 to Â£260,
What makes you think the price drop will be twenty pound

Nothing.

I was merely responding to the figures Meatpuppet had quoted in the original post.