Comparison : PS3 vs 360 vs Wii (Part 1)

A survey was done according to which,video game sales grew 6% in 2006 to $7.4 billion – almost tripling industry software sales since 1996. Also, it has been found out that in 2006, 93% of  PC game buyers and 83% of console game buyers are over age 18. The thing that make games interesting is that you usually have your own character with which you can do stuff whatever you want to. It attracted alot of attention in 1990’s which resulted in the development of gaming industry. It was obviously a little less energy consumer than outdoor games and preffered alot over TV because people were abit interested in doing stuff by themselves.

Ps3 vs Xbox 360 vs Wii

Games are usually played on PC or Gaming consoles. Ofcourse PC can be modified with time to time but consoles cannot be. So one should choose wisely what he exactly wants while dealing with the latter ones. For that reason, i am writing this article which will compare Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii which are products of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo respectively and in the end, you will be able enough to choose what you want.

Before Sony’s Playstation 1, there wasnt any console that could’ve been good enough to be considered as a real time gaming machine. It all started in 1994, when sony released their first ever bombshell. It actually revolutionised the gaming world. Then, two years later, came the Nintendo 64. They pretty much gave each other a hell of a time. Still, PS1 dominated. Sony released their second console ‘PS2′ in 1999 which proved to be the best selling console to date. Nintendo gave their ‘Game Cube’ but it couldn’t stand a chance against PS2. But that was the point when Microsoft entered the war and released their masterpiece ‘XBOX’. People preffered PS2 and no wonder it was better.

Before the release of Xbox 360, market was totally controlled by Sony. Even Sony launched their portable console ‘PSP’ which was a great success. It’s competitor, Nintendo’s ‘Gameboy’ did good too. But 2005 changed everything. Microsoft released Xbox 360 which turned the market upside down. Nintendo’s Wii was also released soon after xbox 360 but Wii delivered something totally different. These two consoles started making market whereas Sony was delaying their third Playstation due to some technical reasons.

I have compared these three consoles on basis of different categories like price, hardware, graphics, titles, multimedia and public sentiments which will be completed in more then one parts.

Price is a main factor that determines the sale of a console and attracts interest of buyers. In Pakistan, people do consider price apart from technology. If we consider prices, then Xbox 360 takes the lead because it is available in three different versions. Ofcourse difference is of hard disk, accessories but there is no difference in performance. If one is not interested in hard core gaming, he can go for the cheapest one i.e Arcade. Otherwise Elite is recommended for gamers. If we talk about core version which is arcade now, then u can have it of $199.  Premium (GoPro) or mainstream (60GB) model is of $299 and Elite is of $399. Whereas you can have Wii of $249. PS3 80GB and 160GB of $299 and $399 respectively. One will obviously go for Xbox 360. Though Sony and Nintendo both are trying to reduce their prices but that can take few months too. These rates are NOT in Pakistan. In Pakistan, rates are higher. That is because there are just limited number of consoles that are created for Pakistan, so we have to ship consoles from someother countries and then have to sell them here. And i personally also recommend you that if you want to buy a console, do it from abroad.

(to be continued)

P.S: Click here for Part 2