Did you hear that Epic's president Mike Capps called the Wii "like a weird virus"? Is he serious? It is a virus! Think about it. After people play something like Wii Fit, they're supposed to be pretty winded. What's more, they also tend to lose weight. Physical duress, weight loss...sounds viral enough to me. Of course the part where Capps says "everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on" sounds a little sour to me. Just because Gears of War 2 has not a prayer of beating Super Smash Bros. Brawl in either opening day or sustained sales is no reason to pick on Nintendo's cultural phenomenon (Then again, I am one of those people who own a Wii and, save for the occasional game review, almost never turn it on.)
Microsoft's doing its level best to convince you the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV's the one to get. A couple thoughts here. First, I'm betting that most of you who own a 360 or PS3 own one or the other and not both. Not yet, anyway with those price tags. That said, we have 11.5M American Xbox 360 owners and 5.2M PS3 owners. Question is, how many first-time console purchases will GTA IV drive? Just remember, if you're already own a 360 or PS3, the versions are going to be far more alike than dissimilar, whatever Microsoft and Sony are boasting about "exclusive" downloadable content. No reason to pick up the competition, in other words, or capitulate to silly PR hype.
Speaking of hype, you recall all the noise about Microsoft betting on video downloads in lieu of a dedicated Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360? Did anyone seriously think Sony wouldn't counter with its own video download service? The Los Angeles Times (by way of GamePro) claims Sony's going to announce something this summer, perhaps in July at E3. Whether at E3 or GCDC (I'd politely quibble that E3 is "gaming's largest worldwide press event" -- I believe that designation belongs to GCDC in Leipzig, actually) you can probably count on it.
1UP has an amusing pic of someone modeling the new batch of instruments Guitar Hero IV's adding to counter the runaway Rock Band train. Well, kidding about the modeling part, but the news that Guitar Hero IV's going to add extra instruments is confirmed by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who told Conde Nast Portfolio "Adding more instruments to a music-based game seems like the next logical step." So where's my Didgeridoo, guys?
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I HAPPEN TO OWN BOTH! haha because im not one of those idiots spouting non-sense about PS3 is better than 360, they are both cool in their own ways, but once my 360 is back, i wont even touch my PS3 until it breaks again.