Do you plan on getting a Wii or PS3 this year?

[Rhindle The Red]

Okay, people. Whose got the dosh and the time it'll take to get one of these babies?

[+remowilliams]

Both if I get the opportunity. I'm not camping out or getting bundled to death though.

[AussieAtari]

We will be buying a Wii but probably not until February when we will have the time to play with it and there may be some post-Xmas bundled specials going in the stores.

[Albert]

I hope I'll be playing with my Wii sometime this winter..

 

..Al

[Lord Helmet]

I already preordered my Wii, along with Zelda

[jpfalcon2003]

yes. Wii

[Serguei2]

Wii.

 

Because it's compatible with gamecube but not this year because the unit and games are very high prices. I'll wait until the prices drop.

 

Is PS3 compatible with PS2?

Edited November 7, 2006 by Serguei2

[+FujiSkunk]

I plan on getting a Wii, but I don't feel like participating in the release day charades. I'll wait until the chaos has died down, which will be after Christmas.

Edited November 7, 2006 by skunkworx

[Cybergoth]

I think I'll have both - In 10 years or so, when people start throwing them away

[NE146]

Wii first. I'll snag that one out of the gate and whether it flies or falls.... We'll see. Truth is though, I don't really care one way or the other as long as I have it.

 

PS3, I think even if I really wanted it, I wouldn't be able to get it with the shortages. I do want one (not hyper-enthusiastically though), so I probably realistically expect maybe sometime next yearish or so when it hopefully has a nice library of games.

[bones]

Wii for me!

[vdub_bobby]

I'm with Manuel - ask me again in 10 years!

[Lauren Tyler]

I'd love to get a Wii, but having missed out on the preorders I'm skeptical. I'm hoping my family can help me get one for Christmas, or that I can somehow swipe one off the shelf.

[ntavio]

I look forward to getting a Wii.

 

I'd love to get a Wii, but having missed out on the preorders I'm skeptical. I'm hoping my family can help me get one for Christmas, or that I can somehow swipe one off the shelf.

 

Today I saw an interview with the Prez of Nintendo North America. He said they will have approximately 6 million units worldwide and about half of them in the US.

[Paranoid]

I'm still pretty darned content with my Xbox.

 

I don't see the major advantage. The way I look at it, the jump from a 2600 to a 5200 allowed you to do things that the 2600 just couldn't do. Likewise the jump from a 5200 to a NES, a NES to a Genesis, a Genesis to a PS-1, a PS-1 to an Xbox. There was a clear step up in ability.

 

This is more of an evolutionary thing. Same type of games, same type of graphics, just "better"... and by better, another incremental step toward photo-realstic 3D graphics.

 

Maybe if someone gets me hooked on a killer app on one console or the other... but I don't see it. I see these as being another platform full of driving games, 3D platformers, and FPSers.

[Crazy Climber]

Wii

Once they announced the MS anthology will have part 6 I was sold....oh yeah the other games look cool too.

[+Nathan Strum]

I might get a Wii, but not this year.

 

And I'd only get a PS3 the way I got my PS1 and PS2 - for free.

[doctorclu]

Most current system I play frequently is the Atari Jaguar.

 

I have a GameCube and PS1, but rarely play those.

 

Good to hear the Wii is compatible with GameCube games though, and would like to know if the PS3 is backwards compatible. That would rule if so.

[antron]

Good to hear the Wii is compatible with GameCube games though, and would like to know if the PS3 is backwards compatible. That would rule if so.

 

plays PS1, PS2, and PS3 games.

 

PS1 games are emulated. PS2 hardware is inluded in the PS3.

[StormSurge]

I wouldn't mind a Wii, but I'm still very much in love with my 360.

[BigD73]

I'll stay with my 360. I like playing alot of the old arcade games thru Xbox Live. The Wii does have Genesis and Turbographix games to download and I'm a sucker for the oldies, so.

[Cybergoth]

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No pictures in the signature please.

[BydoEmpire]

Yes, Wii. Nothing against the PS3, it's just too expensive, and there are no must-have games. I'll probably get either a 360 or PS3 next year.

[StormSurge]

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No pictures in the signature please.

 

 

Sorry...

[Flojomojo]

I didn't "need" a 360 when I bought one this time last year, but I got one anyway. I don't get to play it much as it is, and when I do, it's mostly Arcade games (see http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=flojomojo for the sad story). Adding yet another platform is not something I want to do ... especially at the prices and limited availability for these new machines.