Buying a game console: which console is best for you?

If you are looking to buy a new game console, this is the article to read. In this article, we’ll take a look at the top three gaming consoles, and then we’ll also take a look at handhelds.

The “big 3” of game consoles

Anyone who is anyone will know that there are three main game consoles on the market right now. These are:

• nintendo wii
• sony ps3
• Xbox 360

Which one you choose is totally up to you, but in this article we are going to take a look at each of them so you can get a better idea of ​​which one you think is best for you.

nintendo wii

Nintendo’s Wii console was first released in November 2006. According to Nintendo, the Wii is intended to appeal to a broader range of people than the PS3 or Xbox 360. At the time of this writing (January 2011), the Wii is the current leader over the other two consoles.

The best thing about the Wii is the revolution in game control. With the use of the Wii Remote, users can interact with games in a more physical way. This takes the game to a much more physical level than just sitting down with a control panel in your hands.

sony ps3

Sony’s PlayStation 3 is the successor to the PlayStation 2 and was first released in November 2006. Sony claims that the PS3’s new “cellular processor” is 35 times more powerful than the PlayStation 2’s processor.

The PS3 has impressive graphics and excellent online gaming capabilities. In fact, you can play the PS3 online for free, which is great compared to the subscription costs you’ll get with the Xbox 360.

With the recent release of the new PlayStation Move controller, the PS3 is definitely a top contender in the gaming console market.

Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is Microsoft’s current gaming console and was first released in May 2005, somewhat before the PS3 and Wii. One difference you’ll notice with the Xbox 360 is that you can stand upright instead of just lying flat.

The 360 ​​features an impressive 3.2GHz custom IBM PowerPC CPU and has 512MB of RAM. It also has a custom ATI graphics chip. With all this power, the 360 ​​has the ability to produce true 720p and 1080p widescreen HD images. In this regard, it is far ahead of the Wii but slightly behind the PS3.

handheld devices

If you like games but don’t want to be limited to playing them at home, have you ever considered buying a portable console? The main portable devices are:

• nintendo ds– A dual-screen console, first introduced in November 2004, although the DS Lite was released in 2006 and the Nintendo DSi was released in 2009.
• PSP (PlayStation Portable): First introduced in May 2004, although the latest version, the PSP-3000, was released in 2008.

Other less popular recent handheld consoles include:

• King of the game
• Gizmondo
• Dingoo A320
• Pandora
• GP2X F-100