Wii or ps3

Originally Posted by livwire68

My Father got my Son a Wii for xmas, I was leaning towards the ps3. My Son plays alot of guitar hero and wants rock band, he also like call of duty. Right now he has a ps2. Should I go ahead and keep the Wii or exchange it for the ps3?

How ya going to exchange your kids gift for something else?

I'd stick with the Wii, that thing is a blast. Especially bowling.

[livwire68]

Originally Posted by Darrell

How ya going to exchange your kids gift for something else?

I'd stick with the Wii, that thing is a blast. Especially bowling.

Because I am the Dad, and its my house, my rules! Im bigger than he is (not for much longer)! Just want to make sure his game system goes with his style of gaming.

I would stick with the wii also it is a lot of fun

Originally Posted by livwire68

Because I am the Dad, and its my house, my rules! Im bigger than he is (not for much longer)! Just want to make sure his game system goes with his style of gaming.

Amen, Dad. Set the rules early and things will go more smoothly as he grows up. PSP is great and so is Wii,,,flip a coin

[VirtualSmitty]

Stick with the Wii. It actually has a number of excellent games.

[CHRONO14]

If your looking for longevity and a wide variety of great games the ps3 is the way to go. I have a wii and love it though. However, third party game support for the wii (and most nintendo systems historically) is pretty low. If you look at the top rated games for most nintendo systems they are almost always in house games from nintendo. For example, Mario Galaxy, Super smash brothers, Zelda, Mario Party. That isn't necessarilly a bad thing because those games are phenomenal, however the list of third party games for the wii that are of that calibur is very short (rayman raving rabids being one of my favorites).

As for sony systems they typically have high quality games coming out for their systems even late into the life cycles of the system (look at the ps2). Granted if your kid is of a younger age I would probaby go with the wii because it does offer many great games that are playable by young and old alike. However, the ps3 will offer a wide variety of games for a longer period of time, yet they will be geared toward an older crowd.

BTW, not to hijack the thread but if anyone knows of a place that is selling new metal gear sold 4 ps3 bundles that are backwards compatible and aren't price gouging can you shoot me a pm. They seem to be out everywhere unless your willing to pay a ridiculous price for them. I just bought a 60" dlp and need to finally pick up my ps3. Thanks

[jledou]

We have both and in the end I tend to hit the PS3 10-1 over the Wii. My wife prefers the Wii, but also will not sit down and play the regular games. We have guitar hero and rock band for the PS3 and she will play them and likes both. In the long run PS3 tends to be the traditional game console and while the Wii has some very good games, they tend to be Wii specific some almost to the point of a gimmick.

[livwire68]

Ok one more question about the wii I have seen you can connect via. wi-fi to the internet, can you also actually use the internet ex. can I check out whats going on here at CA. And can I hook up a keyboard?

[spooble]

1. How old is your son?

The Wii is better suited for youger players. Not that adults can't have a blast with it as well, just that the PS3 doesn't have many good games for pre-teens.

2. Do you have an HD TV?

I have a Wii, and when I upgraded to a hi-def TV, the graphics were so bad that I quit playing it for the most part. The HD TV really accentuates the not-so-great graphics of the Wii. I bought a PS3 and have loved it. Plus it's a blu-ray player.

[mikeyj23]

wii has guitar hero and (maybe?) rock band as well. Call of Duty might be the clincher though. I'd stick with the Wii. Well, I did.

Originally Posted by spooble

I have a Wii, and when I upgraded to a hi-def TV, the graphics were so bad that I quit playing it for the most part. The HD TV really accentuates the not-so-great graphics of the Wii. I bought a PS3 and have loved it. Plus it's a blu-ray player.

you can get component cables for the Wii and change settings for widescreen and HD . It's not 720 or 1080, but it looks a lot better than normal.
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[Whee]

I agree with Wii for the younger kids. Bought one for my daughters and the youngest one loves it. Dad likes bowling, Tennis and boxing. Lots of Nintendo type games. I got a PS3 for me and I love it. XBox 360 is on the list.

PS3 Blue Ray!!!!

[floydp]

Originally Posted by spooble

1. How old is your son?

The Wii is better suited for youger players. Not that adults can't have a blast with it as well, just that the PS3 doesn't have many good games for pre-teens.

2. Do you have an HD TV?

I have a Wii, and when I upgraded to a hi-def TV, the graphics were so bad that I quit playing it for the most part. The HD TV really accentuates the not-so-great graphics of the Wii. I bought a PS3 and have loved it. Plus it's a blu-ray player.

If your using the cables that came with it then it really does kinda suck. We upgraded them with component cables we got from monoprice.com that drastically improved the vid quality, now it isn't so bad.

We have both consoles and like them for what they are. I prefer the PS3 simply because it is more or less a computer. I stream internet content from a program called Tversity. It also allows me to view whatever I have stored on my computer to the PS3. Gran Toursimo,Fallout3,sport games are fargin awesome on the PS3.

We really like the family oriented games on the Wii and play it together a lot. The game controllers are more fun to use. Not very good for the usual console games. I have Far Cry and a couple racing games but their not great on the Wii.