redsamurai said:
Sony sucks. Worst company ever. The one thing I'll say about Microsoft......is when my buddy got his "red rings" defect, they had that shit back to him within days, no cost to him and free shipping. I'm not a fan of microsoft nor of the 360 that much........but that's because I'm disappointed in the games.
I just played a wii for the first time this past weekend and it was the funnest video game experience I've had since halo 1 and 2. Nintendo made something unique.........I hope they bury microsoft and sony next time around. If we keep buying sony and microsoft systems........pretty soon we're all going to be PC losers, only difference is we'll be sitting alone infront of tv's in the living room instead of our computers. Both companies are deliberately strong arming customers towards their online services by limiting split screen games. ...........fuck them!!
It depends on personal experience per individual. Out of the thousands of cases of failed 360 consoles, there are plenty who didn't even get a new console back, or even their original one repaired, but instead another refurbished one that also broke a few days/weeks later. Some people are on their 4th or 5th console, and there are message forums with numerous similar experiences. You've never heard of that with Sony consoles. Does this mean Sony console owners are any smarter than MS console owners? Highly doubtful. I do credit Microsoft with the 3 year warranty but they pretty much had to do that to save face in the industry. I think they learned their lesson on hardware design, hopefully. I'm interested to see what their next system will be like.
As for online, Sony's service is still free, and thanks to their first party games having game-specific dedicated servers, they are also largely lag-free. Resistance 2 will support 60 player multiplayer. I'll agree that split screen gaming is going downhill but I for one have never liked split screen gaming. You can however still sit down with six other people bringing their own controllers and play together on one console, but how many times does this happen in reality? That's like $350 dollars worth of controllers gathered in one place. Almost like a LAN party for consolers. Party games and sports games make sense there but split screen gaming is annoying for most these days, which is why you'll see Halo parties with people bringing their own tv's. Those are a hardcore breed of gamer though.
The Wii....I'll agree that it's fun for a while but even developers are questioning the long term feasibility of it with respect to content. Sure they have Wii-fit, and it's found a great niche, especially with rehabilitation for hospital patients, but for gamers, the idea is sort of a wash. People play videogames to play videogames. If they want to do something active, then
go out and really do something active.
Their next console will be one to watch out for, but first we'll have to see how long the appeal of the Wii lasts.
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