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Which one is your personal favorite/the best; ps3, xbox 360, or the wii ?
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ps3, xbox 360, or nintendo wii ?
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i think you can switch from actual movement to just controller, but i'm not sure, i haven't looked much into it
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it really is isn't it
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personally i'm goin for the wii, people keep saying america is too fat and that just might be the solution for kids to loose weight.
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Xbox 360 Hands down.. Combined with Connect360, who needs windows anymore?
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Now I really have to agree with you there. I need to lose weight and have fun doing it.
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PS3, because I have too many PS2 and PS1 games to switch to another console.
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when do you think they will begin useing the ps3 technology of blue ray in computers?
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It's begun. At my local London Drugs they have Sony computer that have Blu-Ray.
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Wii....Super Smash Bros. Brawl....can't wait.
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sony made all of that ? i believe that we might begin useing blueray as long that there are no disadvantages
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ps3 will have lots more potential than the xbox if sony can get it's online game together to challenge xboxlive. it's a stronger box, has the motion sensing controllers, blu-ray, etc.
xbox 360 does have a superior price point. though that doesn't always work.
that said, i really want a wii.
and once a proper GT5 appears i will be helpless, and will succumb and buy a ps3. hopefully by then they upgrade whatever firmware they have to play ps2 games without the dreaded 'jaggies'.
xbox 360 does have a superior price point. though that doesn't always work.
that said, i really want a wii.
and once a proper GT5 appears i will be helpless, and will succumb and buy a ps3. hopefully by then they upgrade whatever firmware they have to play ps2 games without the dreaded 'jaggies'.
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sany made all those standerds, and i really believe that HD-DVD will win. I dont' like to say it, but the biggest sofware giant (Microsoft) is Backing HD-DVD so a lot of PC are going to have HD-DVD instead of Blu-Ray, and the older, less tech savvy people who don't spend their time researching this stuff are not going to know what Blu-Ray is. it's title does not say anything about what it does. thy will by HD-DVD becasue they know it will be HD, and a DVD.
Another factor hat is going to effect the battle are the consoles. x360 is going with HD-DVD (th external 100 someting player) and the PS3 is going Blu-Ray. The x360 is a lot more popular then the PS3 and cheaper. there for it will have a bigger market share (i believe, parents who buy their kids consoles are more likely to pay for an x360 then a PS3 due to the price). The PS3 was also named he biggest loser of 2006 by New York Times.
Blu-Ray is also more expensive to make (although i don't think there is much of a difference anymore) so the media is goin to cost more (not to the end consumers, but to the studios who are going to use the media), so more studios are going to back HD-DVD due to the lower cost and greater profits. The Players are also cheaper for HD-DVD, which will also be a deciding factor.
Now before you say "but Blu-Ray can hold more content". That is true, but HD-DVD has more then enough to get a HD movie on it. Current non-HD movies look pretty good and the only use 4.7gb, or the dual layer 8.5gb. So relisticaly the 15gb capacity of single layer HD-DVD is enough, you dont need the 25gb capacity of the Blu-Ray single layer.
Another factor hat is going to effect the battle are the consoles. x360 is going with HD-DVD (th external 100 someting player) and the PS3 is going Blu-Ray. The x360 is a lot more popular then the PS3 and cheaper. there for it will have a bigger market share (i believe, parents who buy their kids consoles are more likely to pay for an x360 then a PS3 due to the price). The PS3 was also named he biggest loser of 2006 by New York Times.
Blu-Ray is also more expensive to make (although i don't think there is much of a difference anymore) so the media is goin to cost more (not to the end consumers, but to the studios who are going to use the media), so more studios are going to back HD-DVD due to the lower cost and greater profits. The Players are also cheaper for HD-DVD, which will also be a deciding factor.
Now before you say "but Blu-Ray can hold more content". That is true, but HD-DVD has more then enough to get a HD movie on it. Current non-HD movies look pretty good and the only use 4.7gb, or the dual layer 8.5gb. So relisticaly the 15gb capacity of single layer HD-DVD is enough, you dont need the 25gb capacity of the Blu-Ray single layer.
HP and Dell also have laptops with Blu-Ray drives.
From what I hear the only disadvantage is the cost.
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its not just about advantages and disadvantages. Betamas was beter then VHS, but VHS won that war. its all about cost, and marketability of the product.
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