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Nintendo Wii. While other console makers offer allpurpose home. entertainment devices for the living room Nintendo has. stuck with what it knows and does ...

 

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the best of game gearPage 152 hub:ce september 2006 the best of game gearBy 2007 all three major hardware manufacturers will have released new consoles with wireless controllers hard drive and flashbased storage and online communities. Heres a closer look at the next generation of console gaming.By Erin BellMicrosoft Xbox 360Microsoft was first out of the gate launching the Xbox 360 a full year ahead of everyone else. The headstart has given it time to build up a healthy and relatively diverse library when compared to the handful of launch titles on offer from its competitors. The Xbox Live service has also established itself as a thriving online community where gamers from all over the world can interact with each other. A basic twelve month subscription costs $49.99 and the premium pack (which contains a few extra goodies) will run you $69.99.While its basically a hardcore gamers console at heart that is capable of handling cutting edge nextgeneration titles the Xbox 360 has also made significant inroads towards appealing to casual audiences. The Xbox Live Arcade an offshoot of the Xbox Live online community is a place where users can download a variety of casual games (like Bejeweled 2 and Hearts) retro arcade games (like Gauntlet and PacMan) and quirky indie titles (like Cloning Clyde and Wik: Fable of Souls) for a small fee.A soldseparately addon allows the Xbox 360 to play HDDVD discs on top of its outofthepackage ability to play DVDs and CDs.In terms of price the 360 straddles a middle ground between the Wii and PlayStation 3. The premium bundle for $499.99 comes with a 20GB hard drive wireless controller Xbox 360 headset HD cable for highdefinition signal transfer an Ethernet cable and a Silver membership to Xbox Live.Some original Xbox games will play on the Xbox 360 but compatibility is far from 100 per cent. Nintendo WiiWhile other console makers offer allpurpose home entert ...

 

 

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