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A Wii little problem
There is a general pessimism around the office regarding the Nintendo Wii. We envied our colleague who got to play the Wii over at Nintendo's headquarters, but none of us will buy one although we love the idea of being able to play a star wars title with a light-sabre.
The real conundrum is this: The console will be powered by an IBM Broadway CPU. It will run at 729Mhz and while megahertz aren't everything it has more in common with the Gamecube processor than anything 'next gen'. The ATI 'Hollywood' graphics processor is equally unimpressive. Screenshots show how bad the Wii will look compared to the Xbox360 in Call of Duty 3.
The Wii is affordable and the remote control is an excellent idea. The problem is you can't base a whole console around a controller and ignore horsepower, graphics, hi-definition and DVD capabilities.
If a killer game (like a Starwars title) comes out for the Wii, then anyone could sell a Wiimote clone or even an adapter or software to make the Wiimote work with a PS3 or Xbox360 (after all, the Wiimote is simply another Bluetooth device).
hmm your stupid
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2006 1:16 PM
Your stupid what? Or are you trying to say "You're stupid"?
In which case, all you've done is show that you're stupid....
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2006 2:24 PM
Muppet. you've COMPLETELY missed the point of Wii.
May i point out the fact that the PSP is FAR more powerful than the DS, yet the DS outsells it by a considerable margin.
May i also point out the fact that the original Xbox and indeed the GameCube was far more powerful than the PS2. Yet the PS2 outsold both.
N64 vs PlayStation?
Atari Lynx vs Game Boy?
Jaguar Vs anything?
Neo Geo Vs anything?
History dictates that console gaming has BUGGER ALL to do with a console's performance.
Do your homework and don't be such a graphics whore.
Posted by Rory | October 24, 2006 9:34 AM
I agree with Rory.
Gameplay is EVERYTHING and gamelook is nothing.
Posted by James | October 24, 2006 10:33 PM
Yeah, but what if you can offer the same excellent games on the PS3 or Xbox360 with the same controller but better graphics?
Posted by Roger Moore | October 25, 2006 2:31 PM
Congrats, Emil, you've caught 4 in one go!
Posted by Kelvyn | October 25, 2006 3:46 PM
But you can't. PS3 and Xbox 360 don't have the same controller. That's the whole point.
Although having said that, there's a company that says its worked out how to 'do a wii' with a range of peripherals for PS3 and 360, but thier games are pants so it wont trouble the Big N.
Posted by Rory | October 25, 2006 3:48 PM
gaming fanboys eh?
Posted by Rory | October 25, 2006 4:09 PM
Gameplay is the most important when playing a game, i dont care about anything else other than the way the game plays, anyway we should put this behind us Nintendo will be a thing of the past when the Playstation 3 comes out which i heard will be March 2007 now due to some Blueray errors is this true people.
Posted by Editor Reviews | October 26, 2006 10:04 AM
Gameplay is indeed far more important that graphical capability. However, while there's no denying Nintendo's own games are usually brilliant, there will be many more excellent third-party titles that will be launched across all formats. These will undoubtedly look better on other systems and it is likely casual buyers will be drawn to other systems because of this.
But who really cares? Just by the system you like best! As long as it's not PS3. Sony killed Lik-sang!
Posted by KarateHippo | October 26, 2006 12:23 PM
Doh! Important 'than'
Just 'Buy'
Brain ON!
Posted by KarateHippo | October 26, 2006 12:25 PM
theres a chip in the wii that is 4 the control its not just a blue tooth device and thats it assmonkeys
Posted by jay | December 20, 2006 1:55 AM
Well Jay, if you must know the Wii remotes have already been spotted working with Playstation 3s!
Posted by Emil Larsen | December 21, 2006 10:55 AM