To Wii or not to Wii

It's console trade-up time again!

With X-Box 360, PS3, and Nintendo Wii at consumers fingertips, it's hard to choose which system will not only work best for you- but more importantly, last longer than the Sega Dreamcast.

(I personally liked the Sega Dreamcast. Sega was great at making video games- just not systems to support them: Sega Master System- Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, etc..
Nintendo had it share of stinkers too, Virtual Boy anyone?...and the trash heap of Game Boy handhelds? Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy SP, Game Boy DS. ugh.)

Fun Fact: Sony had originally planned to team up with Nintendo prior to the release of the N64 or the then called 'Dolphin'. Nintendo turned them down, and the Sony Playstation was born.

My verdict: As long as there are Halo fans, X-Box will reign supreme. Wii will be a close second- the alternative to intense online play- and for people who flat out suck at video games and need to improve their hand-eye coordination. PS3 will finish up the bunch- not providing a whole lot to the table other than a bigger box with more crap inside and the number 3.

Don't get wrong, I own a PS2 and I love it. But I'm not jazzed to get a PS3. After college I learned that not everyone enjoys spending their weekends button mashing until their eyes bleed and the 'dew/beer can runs dry- including me. The Wii seems to have taken the Eye Toy concept from Playstation and developed a whole system around it that not only is practical in the majority of games (thru the use of a nunchuk like controller and motion sensors you swing the controller to make your character swing at the monster on screen. Neat.) but made it fun as well for almost any audience regardless of skill/FRAG level. There's also the cost. It's the cheapest of the bunch at $250 which is the same cost as a PSP. Say, I don't have a PSP.....


Now the question remains: Which makes more sense to get the Wii or the PSP? A all-new, all-different system or a handheld? The answer is...I really don't need either. I'm just a video game geek at heart who can't get enough of these wonderfully (expensive) pieces of plastic.