Is The Wii The Best Games Console?
Get two video game console players together and they will surely argue about which system is the best. One will say that
their console is more powerful, has better graphics more games, or better controllers and the other will argue for other features being more important.
The thing is that everyone has different ideas of just what "better" means and what makes for a better games console, so it is better if you can be more specific in your reasoning when it comes to such arguments. Nobody really knows what "best" means. If one console were "better" than another, how could you possibly prove it? So, using specific arguments and logical reasoning, here are three ways that I think the Wii is superior to the Playstation 3.
First off, the Wii is more innovative. Nintendo wanted to make something completely different from what everyone else had done before and that is exactly what they did by developing an all round entertainment system. It's a totally different and very much more effective control scheme in many ways.
The PS3 was Sony's first shot at utilizing the Sixaxis controller, which does implement motion control but this was put in effect after the Wii was announced and when it's technology had already been shown off. The Sixaxis is neither original nor innovative, and it is not nearly on the same level as the Wii Remote.
Secondly, the Wii is much more accessible for anyone to pick up and play. Not only is the wii remote extremely simple to pick up and play and offers superior control in almost every area and there are alternatives for those places where it doesn't do so well. An example of this is in fighting games.
Motion-sensing my not suit some people when it comes to fighting games, simply because such games often call for a series of quick commands in a short amount of time to successfully pull off powerful combos. If you find this is the case for you, simply put down the Wii remote and Nunchuk, and plug in a "Classic" controller, or even a Gamecube controller.
Lastly, the Wii is the more advanced because Nintendo got tired of the race to make consoles with better, and better graphics. They took a step back and studied the competition. They realised that their competitor's consoles were very similar to each other. In fact, whenever either Sony or Microsoft come out with a console, the only fundamental differences between it and their last venture was that the new one has "better graphics".
I don't think that is really that clever. Yes the graphics are better, yes the graphics chip is incredibly powerful but is playing the console any different? Nintendo wanted the wii games console to do something different. It wasn't an easy decision and nor was it an easy task but they brought out something that changed the way we all think about games consoles.
It was a risky move but they wanted to focus more on control and gameplay than on graphics. They succeeded in a big way as the customers bought the wii in huge number. Yes, the wii is truly groundbreaking technology.
