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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3606155" data-attributes="member: 7883">Congrats on Nintendo.  A friend of mine just got one for his birthday, and it's pretty cool.  Doesn't mean I love my 360 any less.  It all comes down to what you like, what games etc. you're interested in.  On a personal level, many 360 games appeal to me more than what I've seen on the Wii, or on the older Gamecube.It's good to see Nintendo doing well, however.  The controls are kind of innovative, though I don't think they'll be nearly as good for things like driving or flight sims.  Maybe *arcade* games, but not the sims.And any gaming company that figures a way to get players butts off the couch, and get them to do something that can cause them to start sweating deserves some kudos in my book.I think the MS reliance on online playing will hurt them in the battle in the long run.  The 360 has fantastic games, but many are online playable only, instead of split screen.  Some, like Forza 2, Gears of War, NHL 07 etc. can be played split screen...but not enough.  A buddy of mine has the 360 also, and we live a few minutes away from each other.  But if we can to play together with many of our games, we've got to be sitting in separate homes....kinda hard to open a beer and tease each other when we're away.  The Wii is much more conducive to that style of play.I still like many of the titles on the 360 better....as I did with the original XBox vs. the PS2 and GameCube.  The Nintendo games tend to be more "kid-friendly", whereas I tend to prefer more hardcore games.  But those preferences likely don't extend as much to the broader gaming public.In the end, given how much my wife enjoyed the Wii last night, I'll likely need to end up buying one for her at some point anyways.  Sheesh....scoring 191 in bowling, and kicking the butts of the rest of us, two games in a row.  I guess how can she not like it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Banshee</blockquote>

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