JUST SO YOU KNOW! THIS RANT IS OLD! AS IN HISTORICALLY OLD, BUT I FOUND IT AMUSING SO READ IT!
You guys might say "OH, This is something typical of Ryan," and yeah I guess it is, BUT IT MUST BE ADDRESSED! LETS COMMENCE!
RANT TIME! Episode 10: POWER TO THE WII! FUCK PS3!
Now for all of you who do not know, On November 18th, the Playstation 3 (PS3) will be hitting the market of the US. And the day after November 19th, the Nintendo Wii will grace our nation. With that said, LET'S GET VULGAR!
I can give you 10 reasons why to buy a Nintendo Wii (I'm sure there are more than 10). I guess I can list them and commence...so here goes:
1. IT ONLY COSTS 250 DOLLARS
I suppose I can list the rest, but I won't use a list...lets talk about the Pros and Cons of PS3 first (Yes I know, I should NEVER be on a debate team).
PS3 is cool...I suppose, if you like a game console that costs 500 dollars for the shitty package (THAT IS NOT UPGRADABLE) or the full package that costs 600 dollars. Now who the fuck really wants to spend 600 fucking dollars for a game console?!?!?! BLUE RAY TECHNOLOGY YOU SAY?! Who gives a fuck, half the people in the US don't even know what HD is let alone Blue Ray (very little people know what Blue Ray is). People are very content with DVDs at the moment. By the time the change to Blue Ray comes around the PS4 will already be on its way to the shelves (that is if PS3 doesn't flop...as most game enthusiasts are predicting).
Then there is the fact that, on November 18th, 2006, Sony will only ship 400,000 units to the United States. 400,000 That means, each major city will get about 1000 units and small towns such at Erie, PA and other small towns will get about....hmm 3. Bad marketing...RIOTING ENSUES...people murdering each other for video games....lame. If Sony was smart like Nintendo, they would be shipping over....4 MILLION units. Then there is the issue of the price of each game. Playstation 3 games will cost 70 - 100 dollars a pop. Who wants to pay 70-100 dollars for a damn video games. I can understand if its say a RARE Playstation/Gamecube/SNES title...but for just a regualar...many copies available game? FUCK THAT! Since the dawning of video games (I'm going from my experiences since the 80's) games have always cost 20-50 dollars a pop new (depending on the title).
Issue four with the PS3. Almost all the good developers are leaving Sony for X-Box and Nintendo. Square-Enix is going to be making games with X-Box (Final Fantasy XI...other titles soon) and Nintendo (FF: Crystal Chronicles Series, DS Games, etc.) Rockstar Games, who makes the famous GRAND THEFT AUTO series, is going exclusive with X-Box with their release of GTA4. Capcom has basically been pumping out games on X-Box as of late as well, Deadrising, Onimusha etc. Leaving...Atlus (Shin Megami Tensei series) and say...we'll I can't think of many other big name companies...oh yeah Sports games...that leaves PS3 with Atlus and EA games...maybe Capcom. LACK OF SELECTION.
WOOO YEAH! I CAN WATCH MY BLUE RAY DISCS....on my...fuck they don't have blue ray discs in the US. (maybe in Cali...since they are near Japan, I don't know) That about sums up my disdai....wait I thought of one other thing....Sony's hardware reliability. I bought a PS2 the day it was released. I cleaned it everyday, dusted it what not. And it still, STILL died on me after 2 years of use. REAL AWESOME! I WANT A GAME CONSOLE THAT WILL PROBABLY BREAK AFTER A COUPLE YEARS OF USAGE....
Oh yes the Pro of the PS3....you can play your PS1 and 2 games on it...wooo....
My Nintendo Gamecube on the other hand....almost 5 years old...Still works, PERFECTLY. In fact, Nintendo has yet to let me down with their hardware reliability. My NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Gameboy, Gameboy Color and 2 Gameboy Advances (dont ask) all still work flawlessly (well ok, blowing into the cartridges to make the NES game work...its something only us 18+ people will understand). Nintendo has a reputation for making great hardware. And they stick to it! The company has been around since 1889...Yeah, I would bet they stick to a tradition of reliability. In case you are wondering, the company started by making playing cards back in the 1800's.
Now the Pro's and con's for the Nintendo Wii, impressed me a lot more. As I stated prior, one of hte consoles best Pros is the fact that it only costs 250 dollars. Now, here is another thing that is great for the price of 250 dollars: IT COMES WITH 8 GAMES! Granted, its Wii Sports...you still get 8 games with the console. Not to mention the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED "Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" comes out the same day. Everyone loves Zelda...and now you can even swing the sword to play...how fucking cool is that?! OH YES, another pro: Motion control play style. In otherwords, especially for parents with fat kids, YOU ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAMES BY MOVING AROUND. Yeah, it sounds gimmicky, but it can limit the time you sit on your ass playing games and building up large amounts of fat. Motion controls, a revolution in gaming (WHICH SONY IS CURRENTLY STARTING TO RIP OFF). Makes for great laughs for one and just a good time. Excercise while playing a video game, NO WAY (Ok DDR, we count you too). The next pro I suppose would be the fact that, everything is "Backwards compatible" with the Nintendo GameCube. In other words, you can use your GameCube controllers and memory cards as well as game with the Nintendo Wii, kinda self explanitory.
Now this Pro blew me away. You can dowload games from the NES, SNES, N64, Turbo Graphix 16 (half of you don't know what a TG16 is....I'm sorry but it was awesome and my sister and I can vouch for that) and Sega Genesis games INTO THE NINTENDO WII, and play them on a "Virtual System" build into the Nintendo Wii. So say if you don't have the money to throw down on a 50 dollar game....well you can always go back to the old school days, and own one of your favorite classics, FOREVER (again). The only downfall of the Virtual System games is you have to pay a small fee to download them...its not bad though...from what I read, its 3 bucks for NES, 5 for SNES/Sega/TG16 and 8 for N64. I don't think its unreasonable. They make a small profit off of their classics (because they can finally re-release them) and the oldschool games get to indulge in their old favorites....besides, if you dont have 50 bucks to throw down on a new Wii/GameCube game...just throw down 3 on a Virtual System game.
I must not forget the Wi-Fi play. Nintendo Wii lets you play with people around the world, using a Wi-Fi network. So you can play games with someone in Africa or Japan of Austrailia...with the greatest of ease. How cool is that. I'm not sure of the details on the Wii network...but its easier than having to run cables through your house to hook your PS3 up to the internet.
I really can only say. The choice is yours...but make the right choice, Rick Santorum is not the man we neee....er I mean, VOTE FOR THE NINTENDO WII...FUCK JUST BUY ONE ON NOVEMBER 19th!
PEACE!
