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Wii being endorsed by Microsoft AND Sony.

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I’ve been following some of the E3 coverage on cnet.com and other sites. I’ve read that Microsoft has endorsed the Nintendo Wii. Microsoft says instead of getting a PS3 for around $500 or $600 get an XBOX 360 and a Nintendo Wii for the same price. Sony doesn’t have the same argument, but they think people will buy two systems – their PS3 and the Nintendo Wii.

So we’ve got 3 companies pushing Nintendo: Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, themselves. Everybody says to get one. This is pretty interesting. I wonder if people who weren’t considering Wii are now thinking about getting one.

For a fuller story on this topic go to arstechnica.

Second Thoughts on the 360

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A couple of days ago, I tried out an XBOX 360 in a Best Buy. I played Fight Night and Madden. I’m pretty impressed by the quality of graphics of the 360. The shadows, the characters breathing, the facial expressions on the characters were far beyond my expectations. The controller was also quite good. Microsoft improved the controller by moving the black and white buttons and made them shoulder buttons.

I wonder if the game experience was better because I was playing against a friend of mine. Like I’ve written before, I’m not a fan of games that take hours and hours to complete. I like quick games like sports-based titles. After seeing what the 360 can do, I wonder if I’d more interested in longer games if rendered so well. Additionally, my brother has sent me some links that show WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007 previews. It’s supposed to be available for the 360 and it would be fun on XBOX Live against my brother and others.

Plus, XBOX 360 is going to have Street Fighter 2 available in its arcade and on Live. It’ll be just like when I used to play the game in that convenience store. Play anyone. Sounds like fun to me.

Wii

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As you can see by my recent diggs, I’m into the Nintendo Wii. I think the name is fine, btw. It’s a game machine that people won’t be afraid of. Once I first saw the controller for this system, I thought it would be huge. I had the opportunity to pick up an XBOX 360, but I turned it down, because I thought that I wouldn’t play it enough. I’m going to save up some cash for the Wii.

It looks like it will have games that don’t take 20 hours to complete. When I put in a game, I want to play for about an hour or so. That’s why I normally play sports games. The games that take advantage of the uniqueness of the Wii remote will be quite fun.

So if anyone reading this works for Nintendo, feel free to send me a testing unit. It’d be nice.