Nintendo Wii

So, with the Holiday Hype mostly behind us, I thought I would do a little snippet about the newly arrived gaming consoles. This will be mostly about the Nintendo Wii, because frankly, I like Nintendo and think that Sony has become an evil techo-tyrant! But anyways, on with the show.

When it comes to comparing the Wii and PS3, it is like comparing a house hold kitten to cheetah. Both are mammals, they are both cats, but designed for their environment. The PS3, like the cheetah, is out for 'big game' or a larger hardcore gamer demographic than is the Wii. Like the Cheetah, the PS3 was built for speed. No doubt it has the Cell technology or something like that, but Sony nor other 3rd party developers can write/program for it yet to fully utilize what is under the shiny plastic.

On the other hand, the kitten you might have sitting in your lap at home has a much greater appeal to just about anyone who likes cute and cuddly. That kitten doesn't need to be able to chase down and kill prey everyday to survive. Nope, you as its owner takes care of that basic need. The Wii, like the kitten, has a much greater appeal for the everyday person. Heck, my parents, who are 40+ years old, have played the Bowling game from Wii Sports and instantly fell in love with it. My mom (who, should I say, is the type of person to ask where the power button is on a computer) even manages to know how to turn it on and get things going with it. And now, with the Wii Browser, for the first time in her life, manages to do a little internet browsing!

If this is what it is like all over the nation, imagine what Nintendo has just done! Many adults will see this, get comfortable with it, and view this 'Technology Transition' as a good thing, and they would be willing to invest later on, should Nintendo release a 'bigger and better' game console. Nintendo is hitting the market with the idea of putting a game console in every home and doing it so that even young kids and older adults can do so with ease.

On the flip side, Sony went for the hardcore gamer (who happens to have $600+ in their eager pockets) that might be more hesitant to get one. Many people (at least, that I have seen) have a friend or two that bought one and demoed it. But because the games that are available aren't much better than what the PS2 games are currently, they aren't being impressed and will decide to wait.

So, there you have it. Nintendo Wii $250. PS3 $600. Wii also plays GameCube games and via Virtual Console, plays NES, SNES, N64 and other classics. PS3 plays PS2 (most of them), Blu-Ray (which technically hasn't fully beat out HD-DVD), and regular DVD's.

Winner: Wii, hands down.