Xbox Stands Out Among Gaming Consoles
Why should anyone choose the Xbox 360 over the other competing game consoles of the day? It’s more advanced than some but boasts fewer benefits than others. It also happens to be the oldest of what is now considered the holy trinity of gaming consoles: The Wii, the Xbox and the Playstation. With all that choice out there, what makes this, the older one-by a whopping year and a bit-the one worth choosing?
The Playstation 3 fell victim to timing. The Xbox 360 already had time to build up a user base and then the PS 3 came out only to have to directly compete with the Wii. Sure, they say again and again that the Wii isn’t direct competition, but when all the news channels and magazines constantly chant how much the Wii is being accepted and flying off the shelves versus how the PS3 is overpriced and always in stock, well, it’s direct competition-if only for the spotlight.
The Nintendo Wii, released long after the 360, has sold roughly two thirds as many units worldwide than Microsoft’s console was able to sell. As for the third outing for the Playstation brand, well that’s just embarrassing just about everybody. Either way, Microsoft and Sony keep referring to each other as competition but claim the Wii isn’t something they consider competition. That means Microsoft gets to brag about being the best. But how is that so? The Xbox 360 is a gaming console and the Wii is a gaming console. How do these things not count as competition?
There are games on all three of the main consoles that compete directly with one another. Whatever Microsoft and Sony want to claim, if someone owns all three consoles but chooses to buy a certain game on Wii instead of the others, then it’s competition no matter how you draw it.
The PS3 is a great gaming machine but does not have the speed, capacity and support that the Xbox 360 possesses. Don’t get me wrong: the PS3 is a great gaming machine with incredible graphics and an extensive game library. However, the Xbox 360 simply has more power and versatility than the PS3.
Of course, the Sony Playstation’s second generation, the PSII, is still on the market. New games are coming out for it and new consoles are still being sold, for now. Seeing as it’s brushing against ten years old right now it really is the grandfather of the market. Still, the Xbox 360 can safely be called the old player because the PSII is not being actively marketed and isn’t the focus of anyone’s game plan; though, it has beaten the monthly sales of the PS3 now and then.
Until there comes a time when there is a clear-cut, winning console in the gaming world, there is always going to be personal opinions as to what machine is better. It may be just a slight difference of better suited controllers or it might be the colors that encase the machine. Any way you look at it, gaming comes down to a choice.
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