what should i get, Wii or 360? [Archive] - Forums @ The Digital Fix

Savagexii

18-07-2007, 01:34

360. It might be worth getting a wii later when some good games out though.

Seconded. I love my Wii, but there just isn't much in the way of great games still. I find myself using my 360 more and more as time goes on thanks to the awesome online capablities and you can't go far wrong with the more traditional games either.

cluderi

18-07-2007, 01:53

I voted 360 as I assumed you didn't have a PS3. If you have a PS3 I'd say Wii as the 360 is too similar.

If you don't have a PS3 then the Wii is a great second console but it's too centered around it's unique control method.

The coming 360 titles look superb plus it has a great existing library.

36Degrees

18-07-2007, 01:56

IMO It depends if you're more the pick up and play gamer or the dedicated to fps/sports games and play them continually...

If you pick up and play for short bursts - Wii
If you're dedicated - 360.

I've only played Resident Evil 4 on the Wii all the way through (12 hours), no other game I can stand playing for more than 30 minutes at a time (some far far less).

360, I can play games for hours, Earth Defence Force for 55 hours! (!!!)

The opinion might change when Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Kart Wii comes out, but again that's Nintendo's lineup which generally always 0wns..

Although saying all that, the 360 has the arcade which is far better at short bursts of play, but they generally turn into years on end (Geometry Wars Evolved and now Robotron 2084!)

Ono

18-07-2007, 06:51

I'd hold out for the 360 Elite.

KRW

18-07-2007, 08:26

360 if you want to play games.

Wii if you want your wife playing 'ball and stick' all the time instead of making the tea.

haxtond

18-07-2007, 09:00

Remember that if you get a 360 it will break and you're have to send it back to get fixed, which will take up to a month at a time. Mine is getting fixed for a 3rd time, and has been with MS for 3 weeks now.

cjanderson

18-07-2007, 09:04

if i had to choose now, i'd still say 360, my arm gets tired quickly and the Wii seems mostly party games. great if you are constanlty having a party, not if you are not.

i may get a wii for a 2nd machine once a few more games come out that i want but at present its too party games orientated and i get tired arms quickly.

backtothefuture

18-07-2007, 09:10

I'd hold out for the 360 Elite.

what would that do that the 360 doesnt?

Martin Ball

18-07-2007, 09:16

what would that do that the 360 doesnt?

Hopefully work properly.

Seriously though, it's got a bigger harddrive and has HDMI. Not much else.

Goblin

18-07-2007, 09:29

360 definatley.

there's barely any good games for the Wii.

MrSpeed

18-07-2007, 09:31

Definitely a 360 and then a Wii as a 2nd console if you want one.

Mr Majestik

18-07-2007, 10:00

Get a Wii and then see the outcome of the 360 v PS3 war.

Soprano

18-07-2007, 10:13

i may get a wii for a 2nd machine once a few more games come out that i want but at present its too party games orientated and i get tired arms quickly.

Agree with this (but not the tired arms bit). Voted 360. It has a much better range of games.

Goblin

18-07-2007, 11:19

I'm actually tempted to sell my Wii, I've only had it a fortnight but theres not much on the radar apart from Mario Galaxy, Nights and Zak and Wiki.

The E3 press conferance didn't fill me with much hope for the future either.

S1LVERBACK

18-07-2007, 11:31

360 will probably brake on you within the 12 month warranty but the wii has nothing on it to really wow after the initial novelty of the controller wears off.just my 2 pence worth anyway.

sp4rk13

18-07-2007, 11:59

I bought a Wii while my X360 was in for repair. Now my X360 is back, I'll doubt I'll use the Wii. Other half and kids still like it, and it's good fun when you have people around, but for me it's X360 all the way.

I found buying the Wii made me appreciate the X360 a whole lot more. I think I had started to take Hi-Def visuals for granted.

Ravioli

18-07-2007, 12:06

Another console, so you already have one?
The Wii and 360 aren't really comparable, so it depends what you like doing. Try them both out and decide yourself.

Bapapapa

18-07-2007, 12:39

360

so we can create our own polls now..? :suspect:

Tob

18-07-2007, 12:48

If you have a PS3, then get a Wii. If not, get a 360.

silent

18-07-2007, 12:48

thanks all.

i own a xbox at the moment which is loaded with XBMC but since i have gotten a dvd player with usb and ext hdd, it never gets used and which is why im selling it. i did own a xb360 a while ago but again, played it for odd 30 mins and never much. use pc for mainly FM2007 and FPS's as cannot use a controller for them no matter how much i try.i just cant beat the keyboard/mouse combo.we got my dad a wii for his 60th and he loved it and so did me and the lass so i may opt for one of them. and the fact that a new mortal kombat game is coming out for it. i am very much a lets play with mates kind of console owner so wii may get used more.

i may then get a 360 second hand if i sell my other stuff.

bapa: yes mate, when you create a new thread, the options further down :)

ShakeyJake

18-07-2007, 12:50

If you get a second hand 360 make sure it has plenty of warranty left on it

Bapapapa

18-07-2007, 12:51

bapa: yes mate, when you create a new thread, the options further down :)You must be 'special' - I haven't got that option... :(

camaj

18-07-2007, 13:11

the Wii seems mostly party games.

Unless there are more games than I'm aware of there's only 2 "party" games, Rayman and Wario. I can't think of any genre that's over represented. If your arms are tired you must be doing something wrong, I use less energy with the Wii controller than normal.

I've only had it a fortnight but theres not much on the radar apart from Mario Galaxy, Nights and Zak and Wiki.

What about the games already out?

In the future you've got SSM:Brawl, Metroid, Guitar Hero 3 etc.

silent

18-07-2007, 13:13

You must be 'special' - I haven't got that option... :(

with your posts and history, you would be more special than me ;)

should come up, at the bottom asks if you want to add a pole. unless its not selected in your options on your profile page????

Goblin

18-07-2007, 16:00

What about the games already out?
:lol:
Paper Mario is good but it's not out here.

In the future you've got SSM:Brawl, Metroid, Guitar Hero 3 etc.
I never liked Smash Brothers or Metroid on the GC, so not expecting much from them. Hopefully Metroid will suprise me but I hold no hope for another Nintendo Beat-em-Up.

silent

18-07-2007, 16:10

plus i can play gamecube games to :)

whats the best deal about for wii at the moment

Mr Majestik

18-07-2007, 16:12

plus i can play gamecube games to :)

whats the best deal about for wii at the moment

Just finding ones the best deal at the moment.

jpm

18-07-2007, 18:00

plus i can play gamecube games to :)

whats the best deal about for wii at the moment

Well, unless you can find a £199 deal inc a decent game - I got one at the beginning of July in store at Woolworths with Eledees, Dixons were doing packages inc Resident Evil - i'd suggest buying the console for £179.99 and looking online for best prices for games.

http://www.***********.co.uk/

shows Amazon, HMV and Game with console in stock.

http://uk.gamestracker.com/wii/

is a good site to compare online prices

kippa2k1

18-07-2007, 19:22

You must be 'special' - I haven't got that option... :(

You aren't a member of the porno forums group, that must be why! :suspect:

RobDickinson

18-07-2007, 21:07

If you get a second hand 360 make sure it has plenty of warranty left on it

Nope. Make sure its not been OPENED (seals intact) and it hasnt been BANNED from xbox live (hacked).

MS now give 3 years warrenty so dont worry about getting it fixed once it breaks. New ones are apparently sorted tho how many unsorted ones still in the channel who knows.

ShakeyJake

18-07-2007, 21:11

Oh I completely forgot about the 3 year warranty :doh:

TheCookieMonster

18-07-2007, 22:27

360 without a doubt..... Wii is a blooming gimmick..... mine is just sat by my TV looking sorry for itself with the only time it's dragged out is for drunk guests.....

scaramanga

18-07-2007, 22:34

Ive just got a Wii. While its good, in the two days ive had it and the little play ive had, i cant see the gimmicky side of it.. Ive been dying to play resident evil 4 for a while. It looked like the developers had taken a different approach, really eerie and more free roaming/better camera etc (i hated the original games but they just looked fun!).

Bought RE4 today and had a play... CRAP. Isnt that much different from the other titles really. Stopping to shoot, the controls just dont feel natural. It hasnt won me over to the wii...

silent

18-07-2007, 22:41

if anyone wants to sell there wii's..........;)

internetuser

19-07-2007, 12:50

A Wii is a ideal 2nd console IMO.

360 has more to offer. (not bitter i got burnt off every nintendo home console in the last decade...)

Evilbones

19-07-2007, 13:24

(not bitter i got burnt off every nintendo home console in the last decade...)

? The N64 and Cube have had some of the most truley all time classics ever, why on earth would you feel burnt?

I dont have a second console, i only have a Wii and it's brilliant, for all the other 'same old' games i have my PC.

To the OP if you only play games in short bursts get a Wii and there is plenty of good games out for it.

ShakeyJake

19-07-2007, 13:28

You're right both N64 and GC had some excellent games, but unless it took you 6 months to complete a game they were pretty awful as an only console.

silent

19-07-2007, 13:31

and mortal kombat is out for wii which looks fab :)

mr starface

19-07-2007, 13:50

Unless you like novelty games or are obsessed with Mario and waggling a stick around I'd go for a 360, great machine.

fivebyfive

19-07-2007, 13:53

I'd go for a 360, great machine.

apart from when it dies every 6 months or so

Goblin

19-07-2007, 14:20

? The N64 and Cube have had some of the most truley all time classics ever, why on earth would you feel burnt?

the Cube? maybe it's because barely any good games where released and the console was eventually being given away?

fivebyfive

19-07-2007, 14:22

the Cube? maybe it's because barely any good games where released

only in your view

DarthPearce

19-07-2007, 15:12

I have both and I'd definintely put the 360 as the better console.

For all those professing it dying every 6 months, my launch 360 is still running without any problems.

Evilbones

19-07-2007, 18:29

the Cube? maybe it's because barely any good games where released and the console was eventually being given away?

Now I see the problem, if you believe that (and in previous threads I have named a good 20 – 30 great games on the Cube) why on earth did you get a Wii and then start moaning about it?

Maybe some 360 fans are a tad jealous because Microsoft doesn’t give a **** about them and only care about the money, so they have to vent their anger on a company that may well overtake them in the console wars (and let’s forget the whole been out a year thing). If Nintendo released such a failure riddled console, it would have been recalled but please continue with your ‘the Wii has no good games’ which is wrong, ‘It’s only party games’ and which is wrong ‘It’s a fad’ ooops wrong again. It makes me laugh

S1LVERBACK

19-07-2007, 18:33

Maybe some 360 fans are a tad jealous because Microsoft doesn’t give a **** about them and only care about the money,

as opposed to nintendo who make consoles for the good of the people and only charge enough to get by.oh and they treat the european market with so much love :lol:

Evilbones

19-07-2007, 18:38

as opposed to nintendo who make consoles for the good of the people and only charge enough to get by.oh and they treat the european market with so much love :lol:

Its better, still room for improvement of course.
We got Strikers and More Brain Training First, its a start.

MaleStrom

19-07-2007, 18:51

To me the Wii is the culmination of several generations of novelty controller:
Dreamcast had Bass Fishing reel and Maraccas
PS2 had a weird golf controller
GC had Bongos
Wii has evolved into all of them, and my only thought is that each of those prior novelties was great while it lasted, but after the initial appeal had warn off, thye just sat there in the bottom of the wardrobe screaming "WASTE OF MONEY!" at me every time I open it and see them all sat there!

Goblin

19-07-2007, 18:53

Now I see the problem, if you believe that (and in previous threads I have named a good 20 – 30 great games on the Cube) why on earth did you get a Wii and then start moaning about it?

would you rather I praised it even though I'm so far, unimpressed with my purchase? :shrug:

It's my opinion and it might make other people question whether a purchase is necessary. Maybe if I'd read a few less fanboy posts then I might have been privvy to the fact that there's practically nothing worth playing atm.

I'm not trolling, just saying I don't think it's worthy of the hype.

mrwriter

19-07-2007, 19:35

I was a Nintendo fan until the GameCube - complete and utter waste of money that was, and I won't be back with them any time soon (although the missus has a DS which I appreciate).

The movey controller thing only served to alienate me further, and the TV adverts just add weight to my already made decision. No thanks.

The 360 on the other hand has reinvigorated my love of gaming (and my launch unit has never so much as stuttered yet).

I've used it more than any console since the SNES.

Only one choice IMO - Xbox 360.

Mr Majestik

19-07-2007, 21:57

RobDickinson

19-07-2007, 22:04

Maybe some 360 fans are a tad jealous because Microsoft doesn’t give a **** about them and only care about the money

Uh the money there shedding hand over fist to subsidise their gamers instead of Nintendo who are making actual real profit..?:confused:

Teasy

19-07-2007, 23:07

Get a Wii, and then later a 360 as a second console. That's what I've done anyway. Both are excellent consoles that compliment each other perfectly.

MaleStrom

20-07-2007, 10:41

I'd wager a very large amount that the next lot of Microsoft and Sony consoles will use motion sensing controllers. (Bill Gates had admitted as much recently)
Just to point out that M$ had a motion sensing controller out over 10 years ago, and Sony had one out over 5 years ago.......so to be fair, it's not really anything that new, it's just been refined!

Dismiss the wii all you like (The AAA games are slow in coming but the first year of the 360 was worse.
On the contrary, the first 12 months saw the release of some very very good 360 games! PGR3, Oblivion, GRAW etc.....whereas the Wii has a freebie sports game (albeit a very fun one), and Zelda (which is also admitedly very good), but very little else.

Graphics so far are nothing to write home about) but the controllers far from a novelty and will be the blue print for future generations of console controllers.
Personally, I think the Wii will do well all the time people with SD tv's outnumber those with HD tv's, mainly as there's no appreciable jump in quality between Wii and 360 on a SD tv. However, I don't expect any significant jump in gfx quality from the Wii during it's lifespan as it's pretty much a known quantity to start with.......I have no doubt that in only a few years Nintendo will release an updated more powerful Wii for the HD market, and at that point I may jump back onboard.

KRW

20-07-2007, 11:00

I'd wager a very large amount that the next lot of Microsoft and Sony consoles will use motion sensing controllers. (Bill Gates had admitted as much recently)

Dismiss the wii all you like (The AAA games are slow in coming but the first year of the 360 was worse. Graphics so far are nothing to write home about) but the controllers far from a novelty and will be the blue print for future generations of console controllers.

My problem with the wii isnt so much the controllers but how thats all people go on about. I want to play games, and dont really care how I control them so long as I can, if you see what I mean.

A lot of people in the wii threads, (and I make all my gaming decisions based upon what I read here) went on about how boring gaming had become, with just new graphics and more complicated games, and the new controllers being a breath of fresh air and the like.

I dont think gaming had become stale or boring and the first year of the 360 was way ahead . Oblivion, Condemned, PGR3, GRAW and so on. Of course, if your bored of those sorts of games, it is going to influence your choice of console. I'm bored of mario/zelda et al, as that was 90's gaming for me. I dont want to play any more cartoon platformers. I want realistic, too-complicated-for-the-wife WAR games and stuff. :dork:

Mr Majestik

20-07-2007, 11:02

On the contrary, the first 12 months saw the release of some very very good 360 games! PGR3, Oblivion, GRAW etc.....whereas the Wii has a freebie sports game (albeit a very fun one), and Zelda (which is also admitedly very good), but very little else.

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The Wii in it's first year will have Zelda, Metroid, Mario galaxy,Paper Mario, Smash brother, Soul calibur legends, Battalion Wars, Resident Evil (x2) MySims ( Don't laugh hardcore gamers - It's gonna sell millions) out in it's first year so it's a fair match to the first year of the 360.

charlie angel

20-07-2007, 11:04

Personally speaking, I love the fact that both the 360 & Wii together cater to just about all of my gaming sensibilities - I wouldn't be without either.

jpm

20-07-2007, 11:10

On the contrary, the first 12 months saw the release of some very very good 360 games! PGR3, Oblivion, GRAW etc.....whereas the Wii has a freebie sports game (albeit a very fun one), and Zelda (which is also admitedly very good), but very little else.

To be fair, there is more available on the Wii than that. RE4 has been given a new lease of life with the controls, Mercury Meltdown Revolution and WarioWare: Smooth Moves are good titles. The virtual console is a revelation to many. Plus the console has only been out for getting on 8 months in Europe.

Third party publishers have been surprised by the success of the Wii but will start getting on board. It is also foolish to compare the two consoles directly - personal preferences aside, they ultimately complement each other rather than compete.

Soprano

20-07-2007, 11:24

MaleStrom

20-07-2007, 11:33

I was a wii owning whinger, and I sold mine as it didn't get used. To be fair to it, it is a very nice piece of kit, which is brilliant when you have friends over, but there just weren't enough games to take my fancy as a lone gamer, and you really do need to be prepared for the last gen type gfx.

I have no doubt that plenty of games will be rushed through for the machine in lieu of the numbers being sold, but I'm afraid Ultra Paper Mario 12 and Super Mega Metroid 7 really don't tickle my fancy any more.......that's not to say that they aren't to anyone else's taste, just not mine!

Evilbones

20-07-2007, 12:04

(and I make all my gaming decisions based upon what I read here) :

Lol, you go to a Dvd forum to chose your gaming? lol thank god i know what i like.

KRW

20-07-2007, 12:09

Lol, you go to a Dvd forum to chose your gaming? lol thank god i know what i like.

I just trust peoples opinions on here, far more than most forums, cos its very obvious who the fanboys are and aren't. As a forum, its far more balanced than most and there are several posters who like the same types of games as me, and their opinions are usually spot on.

ShakeyJake

20-07-2007, 12:19

Lol, you go to a Dvd forum to chose your gaming? lol thank god i know what i like.

Don't you just buy any games that have "Nintendo" slapped on the cover?

Goblin

20-07-2007, 12:20

Have all the Wii-owning whingers sold their machine or just keeping them in the hope something they fancy comes out?

360 pushes my buttons, but I wouldn't mind owning a Wii at some point. My only fear is I'd becomes one of the moaners if the 'gimmick' wears off.

I've still got mine.

Hopefully Mario Galaxy, Zak and Wiki and Knights will be good and more games will soon be announced.

Harsin

20-07-2007, 12:23

Don't you just buy any games that have "Nintendo" slapped on the cover?

I'm hoping one day Nintendo release a statement saying they think smoking sucks just to see his reaction. My best guess is something like a computer short-circuiting after Captain Kirk makes it explain love.

Evilbones

20-07-2007, 12:36

I'm hoping one day Nintendo release a statement saying they think smoking sucks just to see his reaction. My best guess is something like a computer short-circuiting after Captain Kirk makes it explain love.

Lol, classic maybe you should ask the other Mods if they have a picture of that.

I've been gaming for nearly 25 years and i know what i like and don't, no matter what people or review say to the most point i ignore them.

Every game i buy is a blind buy and through all those years only one has stuck in my mind as **** and that was 'Earth Command' on the CDi but it was only a fiver so thats fine.

For me, FPS belong on the PC and they are pretty much the same now and my other Fav being RTS also belong on the PC, for my console i go with something different (that you cant get on a PC) and i share Nintendo's vision on creating different games were the basis is fun.

MaleStrom

20-07-2007, 13:13

Well, that's the big differential though!
Wii = "fun", whilst enjoyable, I also find it short lived.
PS3 & 360 = "imersive", whilst I find many of the games wholey imersive, I also find that "fun" isn't a word I'd use to describe the majority of the games.

So really it's horses for courses, and depends on exactly what you want from your gaming.