Xbox360 has a huge advantage for us Malaysians as its games are pretty cheap as they are priced for the Singapore market. Whereas for PS3 or Wii, we'll be paying the same amount that Americans and Japanese people pay, which can easily be anywhere around RM220 to RM300

Between PS3 and Wii, I'll definitely go for the Wii, because:

1) Cheap price. It's not gonna cost more than US$250 at launch, so we should be able to get it here around RM1500 or less. Excellent deal for a launch system considering what we saw when PS2, 360 and PSP were all released.

2) Games. At the moment, the launch lineup for the Wii is just too good. Zelda at launch? With Super Monkey Ball? And Smash Bros not too far off?? I'm there

Never say never.....remember Dreamcast GD ROMS that held more than 1GB of data....they managed to compress it all into a CD Plus I'm sure most of the 1st gen PS3 games will still be using DVD as the main media as it's cheaper, and I don't really see many games that'll require more than 8GB of space (dual layer DVD). It'll be a while till we see a game that requires the full capacity of a Blu Ray.

Anyhoots, on topic I'll definitely go for Wii 1st. Why?

1) Economy is bad PS3 will probably cost RM3K, and games probably around RM300. Wii will probably cost half of that, a good thing in my book.

2) Games. Right now I don't really see anything on the PS3 that tickles my fancy. I've grown tired of the FF and MGS series, so there's no real pull for me. Wii on the other hand, has some very interesting titles, including the launch title Zelda, and soon after that, Super Smash Bros, Mario and Metroid. Lovely.

Just because Nintendo came up with the region lock to actually curb bootlegs, they shouldn't really be blamed for "creating" region lock. In their history, Nintendo was never really strict on imports. AFAIK, all their cartridge-based systems (N64 and before) were region free. Heck, when Datel wanted to open the region locking of the Gamecube with their Action Replay, Nintendo allowed them. The GC was the only console in the last gen that was truly region free

I don't think PS3's controller is even close to being "similar" to the Wii. There is quite some difference between motion-sensing on the Wiimote, and the tilt-sensing on the PS3 controller. The PS3 controller is most similar to the PS2 controller The only difference is the addition of tilt, and the removal of vibration

The 360 controller may seem like the same with the xbox, but for one major difference: the guide button. Ok, it's just one additional button, but it's the most important button in the whole 360 experience, as it opens up so many options while you are playing, whether it be playing music, chatting with friends, messaging, changing your settings.....I can't really explain, but I think fellow 360 owners will understand what I'm trying to say.

From the outside, yeah, the 360 is the same as xbox. But in the interface, the software, the interaction.....the 360 is totally a new experience compared to the xbox

This post has been edited by Darkchaser: Jul 19 2006, 08:34 PM