There can be no winner to the console war.
Microsoft: Yeah, the Xbox 360 is pretty sweet. Its got a good variety of games (Read: CoD and Halo. Oh, and definitely Portal). Although there is the whole RROD Issue, that's pretty much gone. I mean, the 360 has been out for years. I'd have to say that most original 360s have been replaced with the better-motherboard models. I, for example, just got the RROD last week. About 14 months into my 360's life. I am probably on the last batch of RROD's, aside from really obscure cases (where say, the motherboard melts). Although MS dropped the ball with the RROD, they then put on gloves and picked up the now thoroughly muddy ball with the warranty. The one bummer that every 360 owner would agree with is the XBL Fee.
Sony: Yeah, Sony's PlayStation Family has been on the market longer. So what? PCs have been gaming for longer. Which proves nothing. The PS3 also has its games. Its got CoD, LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank, amongt others. I do not own a PS3 or PSP, but I do have a PS2. I really do think that the PS3 has the potential to topple the 360 (if you don't take game titles into account, Halo fanboiz take note). If the PS3 accumulated a player base able to challenge the Xbox, it could easily win. The PS3's got Graphics, Blu-Ray, good games and free online multiplayer. The only disappointment is out of Sony's reach: Players. More people have 360s. Me and my friends all have 360s and play MW2 together. And then there's that one kid with a PS3...AWKWARD. And most 360 gamers won't switch because nobody else has. I'm guilty of that; I stay on 360 because well, everyone else does.
Nintendo: Sony and Microsoft do have a disadvantage to Nintendo: seniority. Nintendo's NES was THE original console. Sony, has other projects like Camcorders and TV's. Microsoft has Windows and Software. Their game development is not a side project per se, but perhaps a mere subentity. Nintendo was founded solely as a gaming company. Unfortunately, the took the cute, and comical route. Microsoft chose to kill Guilty Spark. Sony chose to kill General Shepherd. Nintendo chose to save the princess. And save the princess. And save the princess. And save the princess. And save the princess. Now that the Wiimote is the Nintendo control peripheral, there's no turning back. Nintendo is done for controllers. While the Wiimote is highly advanced, its not suited for gaming well. The rival controllers fit your hand like a glove, place buttons where your hand normally goes, and gives you more options. Contollers: 4 main buttons, 2 contol sticks (also buttons), 4 top-mounted buttons, start/select. Wiimote: 2 awkwardly placed buttons, 1 normal button, 1 trigger, D-Pad, + and - (Start/Select), optional Contol Stick, 2 optional top-mounted buttons. And a lot of pointing.
I'm going to end here, by saying that there will be no clear winner. And that a surprise Sega Attack would probably destroy the competition. But alas, Sega is but a memory, living on in our hearts and out thumbs...
"actuallly this involves spiderman too, not batman. but im also taking a new approach, more comedy, less action. i dont see to many movies like that with more comedy than action" --SteveStarfyTV on an Indiana Jones meets Star Wars idea.
