That and the Wii is literally a gamecube with motion controller support. and as for the WiiU, people have already cracked that little sucker, it still has gamecube game support. You just have to figure out how to unlock it. They used the same coding/setting/Idon'tknowreally that the wii had but updated/upgraded it. People found the codes/section that had it able to play gamecube games. I'm not sure if it can actually play gamecube games with the new proprietary reader that thing has (the disks are like blu-rays, but not blu-rays).Nuff wrote:Nintendo consoles are cheaper because they are less powerful and have nothing but a recycled release list that goes instantly dead about two years into the consoles life.
Then there was the recent stink about what the WiiU was powered by, an outdated processor and chipset that is quite weak. (although it does the job seeing as it can play the games it has with no problems while still looking good).
And Akira: you say we fail to see the problems with our systems due to being fanboys. We KNOW what is wrong with each system.
PS3: horrid support for online and purchasing issues, then there was that whole credit card info thing going wrong...more than once. The white light issues early on, the early price point of 600 freaking dollars, their updates take hours at a time, I don't like their controllers, I don't like most of their titles, and they won't send PROJECT DIVA TO THE US!!! Damn you sony!
Xbox: You have to pay to play online, there are nothing but advertisements all over the damned home screen now, the red ring issue when it first released, the fact it has no blu-ray player unlike the PS3, the fact that many games require 2 or more disks because of the no blu ray thing, and the fact that when you buy a new xbo the VGA adaptor covers up the HDMI slot so if you buy a headset (turtle beach, tritton, Datel) you have to buy a 20 dollar adapter (which every tritton comes with).
PC: Viruses, heat, OEM parts, making sure everything is compatible, overall price after everything is said and done, you can only get it cheap if you have the know-how, almost every game now you have to be online to play so that means no single player game for you if you are downrange or on the road, oh and then there is the damned DRM the bloody DRM (Yo-ho-ho, a pirates life for some of ye scurvy dogs), and then if a part goes wrong you can't use it and the fact that PCs are pretty moody sometimes.
Like you said, each has its pros and cons, but the fact of the matter is, it all depends on what you want! Do you want good looking games, do you want mario, do you want cheap games so you can game on a budget, do you want to be mobile, are you a hardcore gamer (Enthusiast), are you under 16, do you have money to have more bells and whistles, do you require utility, and so many other questions can go along with it.
For me: I moved to PC because I needed more utility and I love shiny tech, I like big systems with bells and whistles and other things I don't need. I like little things in my PC and the fact I can browse the web, do my HW, play my games that look so much better than any console and if I want the Console feel I can pop an xbox controller (or a PS3 controller with Xpadder). Then if I want to play some older games with story I liked and grew up on, there are always people working to make cracked versions and emulators. Then for the online only thing, People pirate for a reason, people tend to not like DRM. I also have an Xbox, a gamecube, a ps2, a PSP, a 3DS, a gameboy color, a gameboy SP, I had a PS3, I have more than one PC I set up, and I mean my room is the gamers paradise. But when it comes down to it, you will normally find me playing smaller games or my PSP recently.
This is almost always how a console war pops up.
