We’ve had the consoles for a while, and I think we’ve pretty much decided which we like better. I won’t give it away just yet (I’ll save it for our review), but after having some time with both, I’ve learned a few more things:

The Playstation 3’s motion sensitivity seems a little vague. This is, of course, one thing that the Wii excels at. With the PS3, you don’t have the confidence-inspiring responsiveness the Wii provides. For example, in Ratchet & Clank, there are a number of things you control by tilting and twisting the controller. When you do so, it seems like you’ve got to tilt the controller a good 30 degrees on a given axis before the game registers that you’ve moved. This leads to me waving and twisting the controller around like an idiot. I feel like I did when I was 9, playing the original Nintendo console for the first time. If I was trying to move left, I’d twist the controller, then my whole body in an effort to get my little man to do my bidding. Also, I’d make faces. Also, I still make faces. What they really need to build is a game system that reads your facial expressions and uses them to control your little man. Or at least one that reads my expressions.

Ratchet & Clank is awesome. Offing baddies with the Super Ultra Mega Raging Volcano Blaster Missles is something every video game should offer.

The Playstation 3 controllers have a really short battery life. Well, a fairly short battery life. I recommend owning at least one more controller than you have potential players. If I sit down to play a game myself, it’s no big deal. There’s at least one controller with plenty of juice. If I sit down to play with someone else, there’s at least one controller with no juice. If Sony would have just included a longer USB charging cable, it would be fine, but the 4-foot cable necessitates sitting with the console in your lap. Just about. And it’s very warm, the console.

Playing a first person shooter with the Wiimote and Nunchuck is an absolute revalation. In Metroid, you aim your gun by, get this, pointing the remote. It’s perfect.

Boxing in Wii Sports stinks. It’s possible to simultaneously give yourself a hernia and a severe repetitive motion injury while still failing to land a punch on your opponent. Or even throw a punch.

It’s probably better if I don’t play games online. When I attempted to play Resistance: Fall of Man online I spent more time dead than alive. Literally. I would run around like a little girl until somebody would unload a clip directly into my skull. This took an average of 3.5 seconds. I finally had to hand the controller over to my wife, who did much better. By the way, my username is koogatoo, so if you see me online, say hi. And have mercy.

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