Next - gen has become now - gen , and despite monumental shortages , at least the medium canenjoythe latestgaming systemsyoucan’t maneuver . And when the reviews of three cabinet collide , they dash into footling piece of music , mix in radioactive lava and take shape a Frankenreview . What did CNET , PCMag , TIME , Wired , and Rocky Mountain News think about the PS3 and Wii ? And how did they stack up to the Xbox 360 ?
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polish off the jump for the all over story and a blazing 3D graph . Not to be a tease , but results surprised us a little …
Design
“ [ The PS3 is ] a cabinet of sweeping curves and chrome accents … ”
“ Most impressively , there ’s no external power supply for the PS3 ; you just plug the included major power cable television … ”
“ … the PS3 has a front - time slot - cargo , Blu - ray optical - disk thrust , which kick in to the unit of measurement ’s slicker coming into court . Discs slide in and exhaust swimmingly … the betting odds of bust off or damage the Xbox 360 ’s disk tray are n’t exactly trifling … ”
“ What ’s impressive about this PS3 , in fact , is that with all this power under the hood , the system runs as quietly as it does … . ”
“ The Wii itself is a marvel of miniaturization . ”
“ The only crease was setting up the thin , low - visibility sensor barroom … A farseeing wire snake down to the base unit and enables the accountant to work … ”
“ The [ Wii ] detector bar is super unobtrusive , and we forgot it was even there minutes after fructify up the system … ”
victor : Tie PS3 and Wii . Xbox 360 is both orotund and has a monolithic powerbrick .
Graphics
“ It ’s very hard to differentiate the difference between titles that are already available on the 360 and their PS3 counterparts … ”
“ … the Wii ’s graphics look terrible compare with the competition . ”
“ The Wii also lack advance environs sound … ”
Winner : Tie PS3 and Xbox 360 . Maybe one day reviewer will say otherwise , but that day ai n’t here yet . And intended or not , Nintendont deliver for the domicile house enthusiast .
Interface
“ … the overall design [ of PS3 Interface ] is slick enough to be called Mac - like , and — at least from an aesthetic standpoint — is more appealing than the Xbox 360 ’s Dashboard and Nintendo Wii ’s epithelial duct interfaces … ”
“ For a gadget power by a 3.2 - GHz cadre processor up to of 208 billion floating - stop operation per bit , this port seems … ascetic . ”
“ Sony forgot a few basics , like the ability to use a photo as a background to that round-eyed menu , or heed to music while you are play games . ”
“ The [ Wii ] console table ’s features are arranged around a series of transmission channel listed in side - by - side square on your tv that you get at with the outback / controller . ”
“ While perusing the Wii channels , I came across the questionably named My Accomplishments covert , which detail exactly what your console did all day . ”
“ The Mii channel allow you set up cartoony avatar , which are used both as player in Wii Games — include Wii Sports … ”
“ … mind of assumed supporter who make your olfactory organ two sizes too bragging … ”
achiever : PS3 by slight edge . Let ’s face it , everyone get it good in their own way . But if the commentator must choose , they ’re going with PS3 , in all probability because the PSP interface and the PS3 match / integrate so well . And the Wii looks nice out of the box , but a mass of content will lead to clutter of random clit .
Multimedia
“ The PS3 ’s medium features are extensive — enough so that the console could be a worthwhile purchase even for people who never condescend to even give the sack up a game … ”
“ The PS3 can evoke and trifle an impressive selection of music , photo and movie formats from an every bit telling selection of memory wag and storage devices . ”
“ … we acclaim Sony for not subjecting us to a Memory Stick - only environs … ”
“ … the Xbox 360 lacks both an interior mass medium reader and the telling photo record album spectator … ”
“ [ The PS3 ] can not wreak back euphony from attach iPods , nor can it pullulate from other medicine players that incorporate copy - protect medicine formats . Here , the 360 has a leg - up . ”
“ you’re able to stream telecasting from your PS3 to your PSP using the PS3 ’s Remote Play lineament … ”
“ PS3 is the first A / V gadget to bump off the market to utilize the HDMI 1.3 specification … ”
“ … the multimedia function of the [ Wii ] are loose on bells and whistle … ”
“ The [ Wii ] Photo Channel … include a basic image editor , though it ’s intelligibly built more for playfulness than serious editing … the editor program feels a lot like the erstwhile Super Nintendo classic Mario Paint . ”
“ It ’s not as advanced as the PlayStation 3 ’s stunning visuals , nor can you stash away many photos inside the Wii … ”
Winner : PS3 . Sure , the 360 supports MP3 sharing a little better , but the PS3 pic organisation is incredibly advanced , as is the PSP connectivity ( even if you might not use it ) . HDMI 1.3 is ahead - thinking , too .
Controls / Controllers
“ The PS2 ’s Dual Shock controller had 8 - chip sensitiveness , while the PS3 ’s controller has 10 - scrap motion detection … . ”
“ [ SIXAXIS ] is n’t as spectacular as the Wii ’s wand - wave , but is it a welcome addition . ”
“ Playstation 3 accountant do n’t grumble ? Whose genius idea was that ? Without rumble , it just ai n’t a jungle . ”
“ The Wii controllers are also more sophisticated [ than PS3 ] , including the power to appraise actual motion ( spatial move ) and quickening , rather than just tilting — but unlike the Wii , the PS3 does n’t require a motion - detector bar in front of the TV . ”
“ I set up that the sensibility of the [ Wii ] control – whether it was being used to head a truck or swing a brand – was both visceral and exact . ”
“ … after about a half hour , we were get across , swing , pointing , and play with ease . By mid - 24-hour interval , we were hooked . ”
“ … the arrow gets occasionally goosey or twitchy , and the tilt controls require a scant and elusive skin senses … ”
“ The split controller will also invoke to left - handed gamers for more complex game , since you could cook either controller with either hand . ”
“ … excess controllers a pretty pricey : $ 40 for extra Wiimotes , plus another $ 20 for the nunchuk .
“ The Wii does n’t come with any variety of courser , so you ’ll almost sure want to blame up a set of at least four rechargeable AA batteries and a battery courser . ”
victor : Wii ( enceinte surprise , but Nintendo postulate to liberate some recharge packs ASAP ) . Surprisingly , the SIXAXIS is jolly decent , but it only connect the Xbox 360 ’s rumble and everlasting weight unit / ergonomics .
on-line Play
No reviewers could test the Wii or PS3 functionality because it was handicap at the meter . So …
Winner : Xbox 360 ( by forfeit ) . But c’m on , is anyone ready to take on Live ?
bet Play
“ … it ’s very hard to distinguish the remainder between titles that are already available on the 360 and their PS3 counterparts … ”
“ The grown motion , of course , is whether the PS3 is $ 100 to $ 200 respectable than the Xbox 360 . From a pure gaming view , the short answer is : no , not today . ”
“ Looking on , my married woman could n’t call up the last sentence she saw something as airheaded as two fop jumping around , waving their arms and strutting … ”
“ I revere that some people might get material lawn tennis cubitus from Wii ’s virtual Tennis , or even tear a rotator cuff when pitching in Wii ’s baseball game . ”
victor : Orthapedic operating surgeon and the Wii – no one can argue that the scheme is flat out play to play . For the nights we thirst grownup content , we choose the Xbox 360 because of a sound gaming library and nothing in the follow-up convinced us Sony was better . So that means PS3 outright fall behind for now . Last place . With the fat minor .
If You Were Too Lazy To learn Everything Above
“ … the two reading of the PS3 are well worth their various $ 500 and $ 600 price tags … ”
“ … [ with the PS3 ] you’re able to be sure you ’ll find that you got your money ’s worth — from a gaming and a multimedia system perspective . ”
“ … the Wii will probably leave many hard - core gamers wanting more . ”
“ … it would be gentle to dismiss the Wii as more toy than technology … But the best founding are often the uncomplicated … ”
“ [ Sony ] naming a computer cow chip is like naming your genitals : you ’re compensating for something … ”
success : The Wii . By norm , the Wii just march out the Xbox 360 … but given that my TIME clip was an extrapolation , an argument could be made for a sleeper . And while the PS3 came in 3rd , it did score high in more than one review . So readers , what do you recollect about the numbers ?
CNET PS3
CNET Wii
CNET XBX
PCMag PS3
PCMag Wii
PCMag XBX
RockyMt . PS3
RockyMt . Wii
RockyMt . XBX
Time PS3
Time Wii
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