Which one you prefer and why?
Well, in this new era of technology, new gadgets are coming up to help people relax and make their lives much more easier. And the three companies here have taken the
The game console was first introduced by Nintendo in 1977 and it grew up into a fad. Almost every household had a Nintendo Gaming Consoles during the 1990s. But then came up Microsoft and Sony and changed the way we play games. All of them are a part of the seventh generation of consoles. If you want to play some serious games, buy any one of the gaming consoles and get going. OK, enough peek in the history books and let me start reviewing all the consoles one by one.
Sony PlayStation 3
Specifications
The Sony PlayStation is all about class, precision, quality and performance. The PLAYSTATION 3 is convex on its left side when vertical (the top side is convex when horizontal), and has a glossy black finish with the PlayStation logo on the left side. In it's third installment, it has completely gone High Definiton and every output can be viewed in full HD output(1080p). It also has a slot loading Blu-Ray Drive which has been patented by Sony and on which, one disc can hold upto a whopping 50GB of data. Imagine the number of games one can stuff into one Blu-Ray Disc. It also supports 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi and is integrated with Gigabit Ethernet which makes it a very fast contender in the network category. It is bundled with Bluetooth 2.0 and also sports a media card reader with support for SD, Memory Stick, XD, SM and Compact Flash compatibility. The space varies from 80GB to 160GB on the PS3's SATA Drive. It is intergrated with the NVIDIA RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', the first of it's kind in all the gaming consoles. It is bundled with the trademark SixAxis controller.Performance
Talking about performance, this beauty smokes out the rest of the competition in this department by a pretty big margin. The NVIDIA RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' really make the games feel as if you are right in the middle of the game. The PS3 in based on a IBM-designed Cell microprocessor as its CPU, utilizing seven of the eight "synergistic processing elements" thus improving performance drastically. The HD output makes it even better with playing these games in large screens and that too with great detail. The SixAxis controller has now gone wireless and that means complete full action on it. The controller has been always my favourite since the PS2 days and I still love them. Playing games on the controllers is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Watching High quality Blu-Ray movies in it's full glory is a charm on this beast which can handle almost anything. And considering the prices of HD Plasma and LCD TVs and Projectors falling fast, this will only be some time before the PS3 becomes the global No. 1 in the console market. The System Software installed as the primary OS offers a clear and easy interface to scroll in.
Game Titles
The gaming titles released on the PS3 is very few compared to the ones on Wii and XBOX. Also, they are very costly even if they are available. Among the top PS3 gaming titles, there is Assasin's Creed, BioShock, Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4, Grand Turismo and Metal Gear Solid 4 are some of the top games but these are the only handful of them.
Conclusion
If you are patient and can wait for a few months, then the PS3 is one's best bet. With full HD and NVIDIA Graphics, this console just takes you one more big step closer to reality and will amaze with it's high quality and performance. Although the lack of gaming titles and the high console price might not help it right now, but in the long run this is one superb investment. Also, backward compatibility means that right now you can play your PS2 games and have full fun. The PlayStation network offers free games online to play and is a very good network.
Specifications
The XBOX 360 was the first of the seveth generation gaming consoles to be introduced in the market. The XBOX 360 doesn't really look as drooling as the PLAYSTATION 3 but it surely impresses with the big power button almost at the center of the console. It looks very well designed and placed. It is HD capable(1080i) but not full HD as it's Sony counterpart but the new XBOX Elite is full HD. But the games still look very enriching and beautiful. The console runs on an ATI based GPU unlike the Sony PlayStation which uses an NVIDIA based GPU. There is Ethernet and USB connectivity but sadly it misses out on Wi-Fi and Media Card readers which makes for important and necessary connectivity options in today's generation. The hard drive spaces vary from 20GB to 120GB in the XBOX Elite, enough to store all your games and movies. The processor is based on the IBM Power PC with 3 cores.
Performance
Game Titles
This is one department where the XBOX rules supreme. No other console can boast of as many games it has. It has a huge number of games including quite a large number of bestsellers which have sold more than a million copies worldwide. Among the most popular and hyped releases is the Halo 3 which released amid quite a lot of anticipation from it's fans. Some studies suggested that the release of Halo 3 boosted the sales of the consoles by as much as 50%. Some of the other most popular titles on the XBOX is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, Grand Theft Auto and Project Gotham Racing. There are many more which are rated as the gaming world's best. So if you are the gaming buffs who only want a dose of a number of new games and nothing else, then you have just stumbled upon the perfect console for it. And the best part is that the game titles aren't really costly and thus make the deal even more sweeter.
Conclusion
So, if you want a plethora of game titles and are not finding it in many places, then the XBOX gaming console is just for you. With the perfect combination of good graphics, features and a huge collection of games, the XBOX is very easily at the top and scores in almost every department. Even the XBOX Live is superb and is a service hard to beat. So, overall this one literally beats the dust.... but no, wait. The Wii is also on the line too. Let us review it too and then take the final roll call of the winner.
Specifications
This has been touted as the XBOX and PS3 killer. Why? Let us keep the surprise and it during the performance tests. But the Wii doesn't really sport some drooling specs unlike the XBOX and PS3. It has a native resolution of 480p which is nowhere even close to the High Definition mark. But the Wii is something totally different. Well it's main controller is something like a remote also known as the Wiimote and another controller which can be attached to it known as the Nunchuk. It has got Wi-Fi connectivity and a media card reader but strangely no Ethernet. It has a pretty much compact form and the white colour on it looks pretty good and stands very impressive. Other than that, not much to boast off in the specs. It bundles Wii Sports as part of it's package and is really good. Why? Here's why!
Performance
Well, there aren't many game titles for the Wii. But the bundled Wii Sports and Play are just more than enough to compromise for the lack of titles. The Wii Sports offers Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Boxing and Baseball. All of them are just so interactive. It will seem as if you are just playing the game yourself. Nowadays, even doctors prescribe playing on Wii to obese people who do not do any exercises. It is just so absorbing in the gameplay.
The Final Winner
Well it has been tough to differentiate all of them. Eventually, the console which has to be crowned the winner has to be the XBOX 360. With great performance, gameplay and a plethora of new game titles, this console impresses everyone and leaves the competition far behind. This is ideal choice of a person wanting the ultimate from their console.
But The PS3 and Wii weren't far behind.
If you want performance and quality at the highest level, have the money to spare and have the patience to wait, then the PLAYSTATION 3 is your ideal partner for relaxation.
If you want sheer gameplay and fun at the highest level closer to reality, then the Wii is just the ideal candidate for your home's special place. It is one special console and Nintendo surely deserves a whole lot of appreciation for the effort gone behind it.
So with this, we can safely call it the end but with more and more advanced technology coming up, the console war can only heat up at this moment and just make it even more interesting for us. Till then, happy playing on your consoles.
Game Titles
The gaming titles released on the PS3 is very few compared to the ones on Wii and XBOX. Also, they are very costly even if they are available. Among the top PS3 gaming titles, there is Assasin's Creed, BioShock, Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4, Grand Turismo and Metal Gear Solid 4 are some of the top games but these are the only handful of them.
Conclusion
If you are patient and can wait for a few months, then the PS3 is one's best bet. With full HD and NVIDIA Graphics, this console just takes you one more big step closer to reality and will amaze with it's high quality and performance. Although the lack of gaming titles and the high console price might not help it right now, but in the long run this is one superb investment. Also, backward compatibility means that right now you can play your PS2 games and have full fun. The PlayStation network offers free games online to play and is a very good network.
Microsoft XBOX 360
Specifications
The XBOX 360 was the first of the seveth generation gaming consoles to be introduced in the market. The XBOX 360 doesn't really look as drooling as the PLAYSTATION 3 but it surely impresses with the big power button almost at the center of the console. It looks very well designed and placed. It is HD capable(1080i) but not full HD as it's Sony counterpart but the new XBOX Elite is full HD. But the games still look very enriching and beautiful. The console runs on an ATI based GPU unlike the Sony PlayStation which uses an NVIDIA based GPU. There is Ethernet and USB connectivity but sadly it misses out on Wi-Fi and Media Card readers which makes for important and necessary connectivity options in today's generation. The hard drive spaces vary from 20GB to 120GB in the XBOX Elite, enough to store all your games and movies. The processor is based on the IBM Power PC with 3 cores.Performance
Well, the XBOX 360 is pretty much everyone's favourite offering some great eye candy visuals. It is pretty fast too. The OS installed on it provides a great and easy menu for navigation. The ATI graphics does a pretty good job in rendering the games in high quality. But it is quite disturbing in the games to hear a noisy fan and DVD drive which is very much annoying. Again, even the XBOX's gamepad is wireless which offers good response. Another problem here is that the DVD playback offers a substandard quality which is absolutely not good considering a console which is HD capable. Moreover, it is good in performance except some minor niggles.
Game Titles
This is one department where the XBOX rules supreme. No other console can boast of as many games it has. It has a huge number of games including quite a large number of bestsellers which have sold more than a million copies worldwide. Among the most popular and hyped releases is the Halo 3 which released amid quite a lot of anticipation from it's fans. Some studies suggested that the release of Halo 3 boosted the sales of the consoles by as much as 50%. Some of the other most popular titles on the XBOX is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, Grand Theft Auto and Project Gotham Racing. There are many more which are rated as the gaming world's best. So if you are the gaming buffs who only want a dose of a number of new games and nothing else, then you have just stumbled upon the perfect console for it. And the best part is that the game titles aren't really costly and thus make the deal even more sweeter.Conclusion
So, if you want a plethora of game titles and are not finding it in many places, then the XBOX gaming console is just for you. With the perfect combination of good graphics, features and a huge collection of games, the XBOX is very easily at the top and scores in almost every department. Even the XBOX Live is superb and is a service hard to beat. So, overall this one literally beats the dust.... but no, wait. The Wii is also on the line too. Let us review it too and then take the final roll call of the winner.
Nintendo Wii
Well, so this is the final console and one which shies away from the limelight and does a lot more in the background. So let's go into the depth of this shy console. Let's see what does it really have to offer.
Specifications
This has been touted as the XBOX and PS3 killer. Why? Let us keep the surprise and it during the performance tests. But the Wii doesn't really sport some drooling specs unlike the XBOX and PS3. It has a native resolution of 480p which is nowhere even close to the High Definition mark. But the Wii is something totally different. Well it's main controller is something like a remote also known as the Wiimote and another controller which can be attached to it known as the Nunchuk. It has got Wi-Fi connectivity and a media card reader but strangely no Ethernet. It has a pretty much compact form and the white colour on it looks pretty good and stands very impressive. Other than that, not much to boast off in the specs. It bundles Wii Sports as part of it's package and is really good. Why? Here's why!Performance
On this front, it both impresses and also goes down a bit. First of all the impressive part. How is the Wiimote exactly used? When using the Wario Ware Smooth Moves game, at times you need to turn it horizontally and grip it like handlebars, whereas in the tennis segment of Wii Sports you turn side on and swing it like a tennis racquet. It is a whole lot of fun than what the PS3 and XBOX have to offer. The tanks game within Wii Play and the boxing segments of Wii Sports require you to plug an extra controller into this remote, and the result is staggeringly intuitive. Picture a ten pin bowling minigame where you literally do a bowling motion. Or an air hockey-type game where you wave your controller around, with the movements replicated on-screen by your paddle. It's delightfully simple and yet adds a genuinely fresh perspective to what otherwise would be fairly unspectacular software. It is just too much fun. Well here's the bad part for the hardcore gamer. Games like Call of Duty and such such won't run absolutely on the Wii. So for the gamers who want the best of these games won't get the fun on Wii. But in terms of gameplay, this one is much much better than all XBOXes and PS3s. Playing multiplayer on this makes it double the fun.
Game Titles
Well, there aren't many game titles for the Wii. But the bundled Wii Sports and Play are just more than enough to compromise for the lack of titles. The Wii Sports offers Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Boxing and Baseball. All of them are just so interactive. It will seem as if you are just playing the game yourself. Nowadays, even doctors prescribe playing on Wii to obese people who do not do any exercises. It is just so absorbing in the gameplay.Conclusion
So the conclusion for this. Well for gameplay - 10/10. And at the end of the day, what one really wants is some relaxation and fun and that's the basic motto of all the consoles and Nintendo seems to have struck the right chord by following the basics. Very addictive gameplay, superb and great ideas conceived by Nintendo. It is also the cheapest console available in the market which just makes it even more attracted too. Nintendo can now proudly say that 'Wii rule'.
The Final Winner
Well it has been tough to differentiate all of them. Eventually, the console which has to be crowned the winner has to be the XBOX 360. With great performance, gameplay and a plethora of new game titles, this console impresses everyone and leaves the competition far behind. This is ideal choice of a person wanting the ultimate from their console.
But The PS3 and Wii weren't far behind.
If you want performance and quality at the highest level, have the money to spare and have the patience to wait, then the PLAYSTATION 3 is your ideal partner for relaxation.
If you want sheer gameplay and fun at the highest level closer to reality, then the Wii is just the ideal candidate for your home's special place. It is one special console and Nintendo surely deserves a whole lot of appreciation for the effort gone behind it.
So with this, we can safely call it the end but with more and more advanced technology coming up, the console war can only heat up at this moment and just make it even more interesting for us. Till then, happy playing on your consoles.
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