Wii or PS3 for Christmas?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2006-10-14 04:35pm

Since I'm the top guy...

Which gaming systems are you planning to get for Christmas and why?

Ok... despite the weirdness of the OFP(Original First Post). My family is getting a Wii. It's cheaper than the rest of the stuff coming out and it has Zelda!

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2006-10-14 04:36pm

If I could be bothered, a Wii. Since Europe got shafted yet again...

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2006-10-14 04:42pm

A PS2 (that wasn't a typo.) I'm probably going to get it before Christmas, though.

I'll probably get a Wii when the prices go down. Not gonna bother with a PS3. Maybe I'll get a PS4 if it's backwards-compatible, though. I prefer to leapfrog my way through the consoles now that backward-compatibility has become common.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-10-14 04:43pm

I'll probably be getting a Wii, if I can spare the cash. Otherwise it'll have to wait until Spring.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-10-14 04:46pm

Neither. If we get any of the current generation of consoles, it'll be an Xbox 360, and even that's not likely.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-10-14 04:51pm

I'll be getting the Wii. Can't be arsed to pony up $600 for what amounts to an overpriced paperweight.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-10-14 04:52pm

PS3's not out here 'til March.

But if it was, I'd still be getting a Wii.

Also, Elite, before you come a cropper at SDN, we like people to post words in their topics.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2006-10-14 05:03pm

I'm going to try my best to find and purchase a Wii. I don't plan on getting a PS3 until there are some considerable price drops.....so that may be a long, long time.

Hell, I bought my first PS2 in 2003!

Count Dooku · Post by **Count Dooku** » 2006-10-14 05:05pm

I'll be camping out in front of Best Buy from November 16th-17th for a PS3. I plan on selling it on E-bay for a profit of around $1250, and then I'll get myself a Wii.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-10-14 05:08pm

Getting... for christmas? Isn't the average age here a bit old for that sort of thing?

I'll be buying myself a Wii, though.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-10-14 05:52pm

This makes the choice rather obvious.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-10-14 05:56pm

Uts and I will be buying a Wii at or around launch.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-10-14 06:39pm

Elite Pwnage's OP has been obliterated on account of the fact it's 100% content free spam. However--and I say, it's a credit to the membership here that this happened at all--there's real discussion going on in this thread, so I will not be locking, deleting, or HoSing the thread.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-10-14 07:14pm

I'm in Australia. I'm getting a Wii.

I will not even touch a PS3 until they've had a few BIG price drops or unless there is some HUUUUGE killer app for it. Assassin's Creed may have sold it for me, but thankfully now its PC and 360 also.

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2006-10-14 07:44pm

Both eventually (read: When Tekken 6 comes out), but only Wii by this Christmas.

Ravencrow · Post by **Ravencrow** » 2006-10-14 07:59pm

Neither. But I think I want a PS3 eventually. So far, I've never bought a console system until at least after a year of its release -- by then I'll know exactly what I am buying.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2006-10-14 08:20pm

Probably neither. Unless someone wants to spend their money for me, in which case the PS3.

If it's my own money, I'll pick up a PS3 whenever GTA4 comes out. Because I seriously doubt my PC will handle it and it's easier to get a console than try to upgrade my desktop.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-10-14 08:21pm

Errr, hasn't GTA4 been nabbed by the 360?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2006-10-14 08:34pm

If anything, the Wii. I've got so many other games I've yet to finish for the 'cube and DS currently though (not to mention that I don't own a PS2 or even a PS1, and have a great deal of games to catch up on there), so it's not going to hurt me to hold off for a little until a price drop.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-10-14 08:47pm

It's a simultaneous release. There's also going to be downloadable episodes, each supposedly as long as Liberty City Stories, these may well be exclusive to the 360 version.

There are also a stack more titles that don't look PS3 bound, like Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (tactical shooter from the Hitman team, core characters are an ex-merc and a psychopath who are liberated from death row), Alan Wake, (suspense/thriller/adventure from Remedy's Max Payne team, 100 square kilometre open world, modern day American Northwest. Possibly something like the bastard offspring of Oblivion and Silent Hill), Bioshock, which has a limited term exclusivity deal for PC/360, Blue Dragon, hit game of this years TGS and possibly the first game in ten years to look and feel like Chrono Trigger, Mass Effect, next Bioware RPG...

The only PS3 exclusives left are FFXIII and MGS4, and neither of them have release dates. Assassin's Creed is no longer exclusive, the extra Oblivion content will be on all platforms....

It's looking like the advantages of waiting for a PS3 are, well, not actually advantages at all.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2006-10-14 09:02pm

weemadando wrote:Errr, hasn't GTA4 been nabbed by the 360?

Not according to their website. PS3 is a go.

I don't know about any X360 exclusive content or whatever, but odds are I won't care either. Mainly because I'll still be able to play my old PS2 games on it and I have zero interest in other Xbox or X360 titles, so... PS3 for me.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2006-10-14 10:33pm

Wii-va la revolution!

I'll be there on launch day.

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2006-10-14 11:03pm

Vendetta wrote:The only PS3 exclusives left are FFXIII and MGS4, and neither of them have release dates.

Don't forget fighting games (aka "good fighting games" aka "not Dead or Alive")!

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-10-15 12:04am

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-10-15 02:06am

X360 or Wii, definetly not during christmas. I'm never ever spending $600 on gaming machine.