I have a friend who has a friend who has a friend and they all play together on Xbox Live. These friends of mine have tried many times to convince me to get one myself. I basically refused them since I had no time and I preferred certain PC Games at the time which were not available for other gaming consoles.
But when Wii entered the gaming console universe, my perspective has changed. I became interested in the new thing, but I have just told you that earlier today. The only downside when getting a Wii is that you need an awfully big TV to use it to the max. So you might end up paying from $1,000 to $1,300 for the whole thing. After realizing today that a Wii, otherwise really affordable, might be just a little too expensive if purchased with a new TV I decided to turn to the competition. The Xbox 360 from Microsoft to be more pr
ecise. And who knows, I might go wild today and even get a sneak peak at Sony's PSP 3 later on. What's the advantage over the Wii? Besides the fact that there are more games available for the Xbox? Well it doesn't need a big-ass TV for one? I could easily play it on a regular 21-inch screen siting in my favorite seat.
And I found two Xbox 360 to chose from as Xbox comes in various models. I have a regular Xbox 360 System and an Elite Xbox 360 System. The price difference is just about $100. The regular Xbox costs around $500 which is quite a lot while the Elite version retails for around $600.
So what's the hardware difference you ask? Both run at 3.2GHz, both have some 512 of RAM but in terms of graphics card and hard drive they differ. The white one, regular Xbox, has only 20GB HDD and a "48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled|Unified shader architecture 500MHz" graphic unit. It had me at hello... NOT! The black one on the other hand, the Elite Xbox, has a 120GB HDD and an ATI Xbox 360 500Mhz graphics card. That sounds a little better.
So I have looked at two Xbox platforms that won't get under my Christmas tree yet. I am still a Wii person. Need to get the money for that Wii-related-TV then! I'll have to convince my friends to drop the whole Xbox act!
(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Two Xbox 360 or Not Two Xbox 360... This Is the Console Question!
Will I Get a Wii Soon? This Christmas?
That's right people, what you see in the video is what you get if you purchase a Wii. And since Christmas is almost here, why not order a Christmasy Wii from Santa Claus?
A Wii game console bundled with a big LCD is what I would get myself this Christmas. The Wii set from Nintendo is just around $330 which is about $20 cheaper than t
he regular price on this site I found. It comes with an IBM 729MHz processor, some 512MB of RAM and 4 Nintendo GameCube controllers. It has USB and WiFi support and it will let you play all sorts of games. My favorite ones would be the sports simulator. Get into that sports clothes and play tennis for an hour. I'm sure you'd end up all sweaty and ready to take a shower and a nap. That could potentially be the best $330 I have ever spent. It will totally replace the subscription to the gym I am not going to, to keep me in good shape! So I need a Wii to work on my virtual pectorals... That sounds a lot better now!
Ok, so the Wii is not expensive at all especially since most resellers are going to offer it at discount prices around the world for Christmas. But that Big Plasma or LCD TV sure is. I mean you would need from $1000 or more to get a decent set. After all I want decent pixels showing up when I am virtually kicking your ass at tennis right? I must see what's going on from the distance. So the question is, Santa, is it worth getting a Wii bundled with a brand new and really big TV? If so why won't retailers offer us some great deals on gaming TVs? You know the Buy a TV Get a Free Wii kind of thing?
So anyway, have you been a good person this year? What Wiill you get yourself for Christmas?
(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)
