PS3 vs. Wii vs. 360

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I have finally assembled the next gen trinity. Yesterday my wife gave me the biggest surprise ever. "Get something out of the trunk for me", she says. So I think its like groceries or something, but kiddingly I say "If its a PS3 I'm going to be very upset".

It was indeed a PS3, and I was far from upset. I was more like a giddy school girl jumping around. Sadly I was only on my lunch break so my time with my PS3 was short. It took everything I had to drive back to work, but I did it.

While I was home for lunch I did set up the PS3, hooking it up to my HD T.V. with the old PS2 component cables, just to see if it would work. It did work. Next was actually trying to figure a spot for my new PS3. The machine is a behemoth. After some tetris like adjusting I finally got it in my entertainment center next to my Wii and 360. With my team of consoles I feel like I can merge them together to form Voltron or something. Theres so many cool glowing L.E.D. lights all over the place. I also got to set up the internet and download the firmware updates, but that was it.

Later that day I sped home to play some Resistance Fall of Man. After a meh tutorial mission, the game began to develop into something exciting yet familiar. I played the campaign for about 2 hours and had some fun, but then decided to check out the online play. That was when I was completely blown away. 40 player deathmatches, no lag. It was crazy, it was fast, but mostly it was really fun. I didn't get to spend as much time with it as I would like, so I didn't try out voice chat, or even the diffent online match options. I can say that the game does support clans, and it has a matchmaking sort of party system, which is a big plus for me. The party system even works with ranked games (take note Epic, I'm looking at you Gears of War).

I also downloaded the Motor Storm demo that has been on most retail kiosks. The game looks great, but I really suck at it. Also I really want to be able to stream my custom soundtracks ala xbox 360, sadly, nope, can't do it. At least not yet, heres hoping.

Thats pretty much the story with PS3. The PS3 can't do alot of what the 360 does. Features 360 owners may take for granted. Stuff like, streaming media from your PC or usb devices. Stuff like having a universal friends list with messages and private chat sessions able to take place no matter what yer playing or doing. Downloading a demo, you can go and chat with friends or browse other stuff on the Live Market. PS3, nope, you gotta wait till its down, go read a book or take a dump or something. Hopefully with time, Sony will update some of these features.

What about Wii? Well, I havent touched it in a while. I have Zelda and Metal Slug, and some cool virtual console games, but I find myself still playing Gears of War more than anything. I can't wait for games like Wario Ware, and Super Mario Galaxy. I used the Internet browser, which in my opinion is better than the PS3, what the hell is going on with all these buttons internet browser. Opera is simple to use, PS3 web browser is all over the place with L3 and R3 clicks and no zoom so I can't read what the hell is on screen nonsense going on. Also I actually use the forecast channel on the Wii.

How would I rank each system?

Well I'm not going to rank it with numbers, I see these consoles each being a part of my gaming entertainment. No one console is greater than the other. I will compare them to parts of Voltron. If these consoles did indeed form into the giant Robeast fighting defender of the universe I believe the Wii would probably be the arms and legs because of the wii mote and the motions you use to play games. The PS3 would be the torso which holds everything together with awesome titles. The 360 would definitely be the Head, with its ability to use streaming media, and do multiple tasks, not to mention awesome games and Live online play.