Which 3rd gen console will you get?

**Divine Wind** · 05-11-2006, 16:12

I'll probably end up buying a wii, but only when the prices come down.

**Lemur** · 05-11-2006, 16:27

Saving my shekels for a next-gen PC rig. Hellooooo DDR2 for AMD64 ...

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-11-2006, 16:29

From what i'm reading, Wii is definitely the cheapest of the 3rd gen consoles, at $250. How much that is in £ is beyond me, but it's definitely cheap!

Lemur - get with the times. I've been there, got the yummy 64-bit AMD processor.

**Big King Sanctaphrax** · 05-11-2006, 16:32

The PS3 and XBOX 360 don't seem to offer me anything I won't be able to get from the rig I plan to replace by current PC with in the summer.

The Wii, on the other hand, seems truly visionary, and is really innovating in a way the other next-gen consoles aren't. Add this to the fact that I'm a committed Nintendoid, and a Zelda game which may possibly be better than OOT, my favourite game of all time, is being released for the system, and I'm sold.

**Geoffrey S** · 05-11-2006, 17:26

Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax

The PS3 and XBOX 360 don't seem to offer me anything I won't be able to get from the rig I plan to replace by current PC with in the summer.

The Wii, on the other hand, seems truly visionary, and is really innovating in a way the other next-gen consoles aren't. Add this to the fact that I'm a committed Nintendoid, and a Zelda game which may possibly be better than OOT, my favourite game of all time, is being released for the system, and I'm sold.

Sums it up for me. Most big names out on XBox360 and PS3 will be out on the PC at some point, and if not there are plenty of similar games. Wii could be rather interesting, if Nintendo get their act together this time and get more than just a handful of games released.

**Craterus** · 05-11-2006, 17:53

PS3, if any of them.

Probably won't even get that though.

**Lemur** · 05-11-2006, 16:51

Originally Posted by currywurry

Lemur - get with the times. I've been there, got the yummy 64-bit AMD processor.

I know the AMD64s already exist. I'm waiting to see what life under AM2 will be like ...

**AggonyDuck** · 05-11-2006, 17:09

I'll buy the Xbox 360 to get my hands on Mass Effect. Man it will be a sweet game.

**Husar** · 05-11-2006, 18:41

Originally Posted by Lemur

I know the AMD64s already exist. I'm waiting to see what life under AM2 will be like ...

That´s exactly what I´m doing, except that I don´t know how to finance this yet.

**Zenicetus** · 05-11-2006, 21:15

No consoles here. All my money goes into PC gaming computer upgrades (with the next major purchase likely to be a widescreen monitor... drool!). I'm mainly into strategy games and simulations like flight sims, space games, subs, etc., with an occasional FPS on the side. So I probably wouldn't ever get a console unless the computer game market dried up, and then only if I could get the type of games I like to play. Mario-type games and sports games don't interest me. But I'm an old fart, and didn't grow up with a console controller in my hand.

If I was going to get a console for some reason, I guess it would be the Wii (argh... that name), mainly just to try the controller. The 360 and PS3 don't look like much compared to a high-end PC gaming rig, so the Wii is the only one that would tempt me at all. I give Nintendo credit for at least trying something innovative beyond just sexier poly counts and shaders.

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 05-11-2006, 21:59

I'll get a battler of a PC for college soon, and maybe the Wii (depending on how much money I have) after it comes down. It seems to be the most interesting. PS3 is too much dough, while the 360 is now teh old.