# Wii vs PS3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882 "2006-09-23T20:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/81 "2006-10-01T21:23:09Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] The actual content of the game shouldn’t be affected at all, unless perhaps bungee jumping down the face of a dam is a copyrighted maneuver. [/QUOTE] The _GoldenEye_ video game pretty much followed the plot of the movie- I think Bond _did_ bungee-jump down a dam. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/82 "2006-10-01T22:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=Kiros] A good post. I was exaggerating, a little - gaming computers are as affordable as they’ve ever been if you want to go last-gen. Still, though, if you’re even thinking about gaming, building a box from scratch?.. 100 for a processor, 150 for a video card, 150 for RAM, 100 for a motherboard, 100 for a case/PS, 100 for a HD, 100 for assorted hardware (CD-DVD drive, cheapish sound card, other random stuff I may have forgotten) is 800ish for hardware alone, plus a copy of WinXP is another hundred (required for gaming, unless you’re masochistic enough to set up a Linux box for Windows gaming). And that doesn’t include monitor/speakers/peripherals, either, if you don’t just have them lying around (and a decent monitor, in particular, is another significant expense). This is a price range where it’s pretty easy to get a decent deal from someone like Dell, probably a better deal than building it yourself because it’ll include the monitor, WinXP, etc… but you’re still talking 700-800 for a very basic gaming box that will be obsolete years before the PS3. Of course you can also do X other things on that computer, so again, the point is more that they don’t really compare 🙂 [/QUOTE] I have an Oblivion capable computer. Heck, I’ve even got the collector DVD edition of Oblivion, so I know it works beautifully. Of course, the entire computer was assembled before I even thought about buying Oblivion. It’s an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor using the 939 socket ($350), with 1 gig of RAM (2x512, but I don’t remember the price or manufacturer), a NVidia GeForce 6600 GT (AGP connector) manufactured by [PNY](http://www2.pny.com/6600-256MB-AGP-P1725C15.aspx) ($130), all on a [Gigabyte](http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1839&ProductName=GA-K8NS%20Ultra-939) GA-K8NS Ultra-939 motherboard (don’t remember the price, probably $150+) and in an [Antec](http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15138) Sonata case (I think $100.) This, as I’ve mentioned before, was a homebrew using some older parts I already had (good DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives, two hard drives, software, etc.) and I can get Dolby Digital 4.1 (the difference between 4.1 and 5.1 is small if you can position the left and right speakers properly) with the speakers and sound card from my old Dell. The monitor is an older Dell Triniton 17" CRT monitor, so it’s only got VGA-in but it’s pretty sharp none-the-less (would using the DVI to VGA adaptor give any better a picture?) It may not be able to handle the very highest settings but it still looks (and sounds) really good. Something a little older (like NWN) can be played on the highest settings easily. I’d much rather spend the same amount of cash that I’d have to spend on a PS3 on a Wii and several hundred dollars of computer upgrades (though at this point I’m pretty much stuck with adding more RAM if I don’t change out the basic components of the system.) ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/83 "2006-10-01T22:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] It’s an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor using the 939 socket ($350) [/QUOTE] You must’ve purchased this a long time ago. 🙂 I put together my current system at the beginning of this last summer, and I paid $235 for an Athlon64 3700+. Now they’re down to about $100. 3500’s are now $88 on NewEgg. The price dropped pretty rapidly right after I bought mine, which kind of annoyed me, but oh well, that’s how it goes sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/84 "2006-10-01T23:18:08Z")
[QUOTE=Yumblie] Nintendo still has Donkey and Diddy Kong. They’re still making Donkey Kong games, and Diddy Kong has appeared recently in games like Mario Tennis, so I’m sure the Donkey Kong Country trilogy will be available. [/QUOTE] But that really cool one for Super Nintendo was developed by Rare. That’s my point. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/85 "2006-10-01T23:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=Stealth Potato] You must’ve purchased this a long time ago. 🙂 I put together my current system at the beginning of this last summer, and I paid $235 for an Athlon64 3700+. Now they’re down to about $100. 3500’s are now $88 on NewEgg. The price dropped pretty rapidly right after I bought mine, which kind of annoyed me, but oh well, that’s how it goes sometimes… [/QUOTE] Purchased May of 2005, so yeah about 17 months. An enternity in computer technology, I know. But it’s still not a bad processor. I might stick a new CPU in there sometime, probably one of the new dual-cores. However, most of the time I don’t do really heavy-duty gaming or other things where I need even more power than I have right now. What would probably help more right now would be another gig or so of RAM. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/86 "2006-10-01T23:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] But that really cool one for Super Nintendo was developed by Rare. That’s my point. [/QUOTE] I should have been more specific when I originally said “No Rare games-” as I elaborated earlier, Nintendo owns the rights to all Rare-developed games featuring characters originally created by Nintendo, such as _Donkey Kong Country_, whereas Rare owns the rights to all Rare-developed games featuring original characters, as well as _GoldenEye_. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/87 "2006-10-02T00:41:12Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I should have been more specific when I originally said “No Rare games-” as I elaborated earlier, Nintendo owns the rights to all Rare-developed games featuring characters originally created by Nintendo, such as _Donkey Kong Country_, whereas Rare owns the rights to all Rare-developed games featuring original characters, as well as _GoldenEye_. [/QUOTE] Difference duly noted, Cap’n. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/88 "2006-10-02T20:44:12Z")
Newest quasi-firm news is that the Wii Virtual Console will also feature Commodore 64 games. I was an Atari 800 guy myself, but wouldn’t mind seeing a few cross-platform titles on the C64 side of the VC fence. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882/89 "2006-10-03T05:34:41Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The _GoldenEye_ video game pretty much followed the plot of the movie- I think Bond _did_ bungee-jump down a dam. [/QUOTE] Yes, that was my point. I was saying if you removed all the licensed material from the game, you’d still be left with the “jumping off the Arkangelsk Dam” cutscene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-vs-ps3/373882.md?page=4)