Lair has tanked, very badly due to a horrible motion control system which tries to steal the Wii's thunder. Scarily, this didn't even have to be the case - people have discovered you can plug almost any usb controller and, with some limitations, can enjoy a much more pleasurable game experience. That this was rushed out with a control system a blind man could see is broken has not helped spread the goodness.
Although I own a Wii I am no fanboy - I have a PS2 and am writing on a machine chock full of Microsoft goodness and which is my personal gaming rig of preference. Consider though, my mother is going to buy a Wii, my wife may buy a second one for Wii Fit and my kids love titles like Boogie. The PS3 is overpriced and as for Sony's attempt at shoving BluRay down our throats -remember Betamax? You are in a minority if you do. Xbox 360 seems the technically more accomplished machine and has a decent range of games but realistically they will sell as many as there are hardcore gamers with the cash. The Wii on the other hand is selling outside the spotty teenager market and selling multiple consoles within the same nuclear family. The Xbox 360 market is therefore similar to the original Xbox, where the Wii's is more like the television market. I predict a Wii (te) Christmas...
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Lair has tanked, very badly due to a horrible motion control system which tries to steal the Wii's thunder. Scarily, this didn't even have to be the case - people have discovered you can plug almost any usb controller and, with some limitations, can enjoy a much more pleasurable game experience. That this was rushed out with a control system a blind man could see is broken has not helped spread the goodness.
Although I own a Wii I am no fanboy - I have a PS2 and am writing on a machine chock full of Microsoft goodness and which is my personal gaming rig of preference. Consider though, my mother is going to buy a Wii, my wife may buy a second one for Wii Fit and my kids love titles like Boogie. The PS3 is overpriced and as for Sony's attempt at shoving BluRay down our throats -remember Betamax? You are in a minority if you do. Xbox 360 seems the technically more accomplished machine and has a decent range of games but realistically they will sell as many as there are hardcore gamers with the cash. The Wii on the other hand is selling outside the spotty teenager market and selling multiple consoles within the same nuclear family. The Xbox 360 market is therefore similar to the original Xbox, where the Wii's is more like the television market. I predict a Wii (te) Christmas...