so this is a weird topic for me, i realize, as most times i keep my opinion to myself (ha!) but i was thinking about this topic and it suddenly dawned on me.
i have a wii. i have a ds. i have a 360 and i will probably have a ps3 before too long. but there are a few select reasons why i just can't stop playing 360 and i think they're fairly universal.
even though, as i've mentioned, they're patently obvious, i thought my stunning insights were worth a blog post for those wii-ers who don't understand the appeal of a 360 (me 8 months ago) or diehard sony fanatics that have either blindly adopted the ps3 or couldn't let go of the ps2 (me 2 years ago).
achievement points, price of used games, sheer catalogue,
1) achievement points
i know. i know. i didn't want this to be a factor. but after only a scant few months of playing games on my 360, i've found out one important fact.
achievement points are addictive.
that's just a fact, like cheese-strings are awesome and the pope has to have 6'9" doorways so he won't hit his hat.
i swore to myself that i would never become a slave to achievement points or even care, but i've become addicted to that little 'boop' noise and the phrase 'achivement unlocked!'.
sony and nintendo have no counter to this and haven't even bothered to copy it.
2) catalogue
the 360 has just been around longer. there are more good games on it than any other console because of that.
that, and the fact that the wii had an extremely rough start for everything but first party-ie. nintendo-made-titles because of how new the platform was and how difficult it was to design for.
the ps3 has little excuse as they somehow went from the most sought-after console that everyone was willing and wanted to design for to the one with the bad reputation for being hard to design on and that everyone actively avoids.
3) price of games
and this is the clincher for me and many other people. even if you set aside used games, which some people do, because it's a dirty business where eb (or gamestop if you're in the US) make a ton of money and developers still struggle to stay afloat, there are the platinum titles and price cuts galore.
wii games never go on sale. and the good ones don't even depreciate more than $5 to $10 as used games! as of now there is no such thing as a wii greatest hits title, and therefore great games like super mario galaxy, no more heroes and even excitetruck (which was a launch title!) stay the same price forever.
ps3 games just seem expensive in general, they've not been around long enough for greatest hits and like the wii games, don't seem to get into the 'easy to buy' category because of high prices.
it's easy to walk into a game store and leave with a couple $10 or $20 games that are still great but came out in maybe 2006. it's harder to leave with a couple of $50, $60 or even $70 (on the ps3) games. you have to be way more choosy.
just a thought,
JD
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