Another vote for the Wii – not only can you play Gamecube titles on it, but the controller looks IMO to be the Next Big Thing™ in video gaming. And it’s actually affordable, unlike the prettier-pictures-same-old PS3.
I’m a tad fuzzy on the controller compatibility issue, myself – my understanding is that some Wii games will be programmed to optionally allow the use of Gamecube controllers, while all Gamecube games will require the use of the same. Virtual Console games will have different controller requirements, but the early word is that the GC controller will play all of them.
And the notion that Nintendo practices “censorship” hasn’t been valid for several years now – didn’t anyone remember the uproar with all the sexual, scatological, and foul-mouthed jokes in Conker’s Bad Fur Day? Heck, one of Nintendo’s big launch titles for the Wii is Red Steel, where you get your choice of shooting people in the head or slashing their throats with a blade…
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So any company that doesn’t produce kid friendly and “mature” material in equal quantities is trying to be your nanny? Does this include cereal companies for not putting pictures of naked women on their boxes? They’re deciding for you whether or not there should be porn on your corn flakes box. It seems to me that this would constitute “nannying” under your definition.
What about musicians who’s musical styles don’t involve much profanity or violence or other “adult content?” Doesn’t that mean that they’re trying to censor such things by not including them in their songs?
What about the New York Times? When was the last time that they printed anything by William Shakespeare in their paper? They’re obviously trying to keep you from reading Shakespeare if they aren’t actively making it available. Talk about censorship!
It would seem to me that you have some very non-standard definitions of censorship and nannying. Accusing a company of such things simply because the company’s doesn’t focus on “mature” material is a bit silly, isn’t it?
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Only because of the EyeToy. I’ve never met anyone (esp a kid), that did not love it.
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However, as noted in an earlier post, the PS2 will be replaced by the PS3 – this weekend if I’m not mistaken. Nothing is worse from a kid’s perspective than getting a new game system that’s instantly old news. And, since the PS3 is going to cost a fortune compared to your other choices, and probably not be available in sufficient numbers for a while, I’d say go with one of your other choices.
