The Differences Among The Three Major Video Game Consoles

Posted by slang on February 10, 2012

There are three major video game consoles in the market today and these are Microsoft’s Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii. These gaming platforms differ in a number of ways. Among the three, Wii is the smallest and the lightest. It also is the cheapest among the three, and is one of the reasons why it outsells the other two platforms worldwide.

Many gamers consider the PlayStation 3 as having the most powerful processor since the console comes with Cell Broadband Engine Architecture. Xbox 360′s processor uses a 3.2 GHz PowerPC tri-core while Nintendo Wii comes with a Broadway chip which runs at 729 MHz only.

Sony’s PlayStation has long been recognized by gamers as being the best with regards to graphics and audio, although there are also those who hold the notion that Xbox 360′s is more efficient at handling its resources. Both PlayStation and Xbox can be connected to a high-definition TV and a Dolby Surround speakers. Wii on the other hand can only accommodate EDTV and stereo surround.

What Wii lacks in processing speed, graphics, and audio, it makes up by offering very interactive and fun games that appeal to hardcore and casual gamers, non-gamers, and lapsed gamers. The console’s Wiimote and special controllers add to the impressive gaming experience people get from playing Nintendo’s console. Two of the most successive game titles on Wii include Wii Sports and Mario Kart. An example of the most successful games in terms of sales for the PlayStation platform is the Gran Turismo, while the Xbox Has Halo.

The success of Wii has spurred the creation of literally hundreds of websites and forums on the Internet where gamers share walkthroughs and cheats for popular gaming titles. Using the major commercial search engines like Google and Yahoo would still be the simplest and quickest method to home in on these forums and websites. Some of these websites will even give you guides on how to backup Wii games. Making a backup of Wii games is a common practice among gamers to prevent total loss in case the original disc for the game gets scratched, becomes unusable, or misplaced. In the past, for you to backup your Wii games, you had to modify the hardware of the console itself, which apart from being complicated, would void the warranty. One method on how to backup Wii games easily is to utilize the EasyBackupWizard application. Your regular PC or Mac often does not have the disc drive capable of reading a Wii gaming disc, but with EasyBackupWizard, you can have such functionality. The backup file can be saved onto your computer’s hard drive or transferred to another DVD.

EasyBackupWizard reviews are encouraging on the whole since it is intuitive and quick. User-submitted EasyBackupWizard reviews also highlight the fact that it can be used to make backups of games from other consoles and that you can create video DVDs using the same software.

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