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The Wii is catching up to the PS3 and Xbox 360's Features

Tyranitar24 | June 23, 2008 | News | Wii Gaming Tech/Hardware 
The Wii is showing that it means business, leading all sales and bringing in the money for Nintendo and now the Wii is starting to match the PS3 and 360's features, besides the graphics. Call of Duty: World at War will have co-op, just like the 360 and PS3 versions and when Guitar Hero: World Tour releases, players will be able to use Wii Points to purchase new songs! With the Wii starting to match the features of the 360 and PS3, this could put the Wii even more ahead in sales then it already is!
Just like its portable cousin the Nintendo DS, the Wii is starting to show it is indeed a "slow cooker" system that started life with a whimper, but will finish with a roar that includes features once only thought possible on the PS3 and Xbox 360

Just this week, a series of third party announcements about the system's online play and shoehorning the Call of Duty 4 engine into what many detractors call the "GameCube 2.0" could have Wii detractors eating a bit of crow.
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  • 1 thumbs!
    nnkklo | June 24, 2008
    *waits patiently for thousands of fanboys to attack*
  • 1 thumbs!
    Paper Mario Dude | June 24, 2008
    hey, you want some popcorn while we wait for them?
  • 2 thumbs!
    Newcloud | June 24, 2008
    i dont no what to say without sounding ilke a fanboy but these still dont match ps3 or 360.. it already had wii points and most games have co-op
  • 0 thumbs!
    Tromonator133 | June 24, 2008
    Wii is cool because of the controls. That's what makes it different from the PS3 and XBOX360.
  • 1 thumbs!
    pwned227 | June 24, 2008
    The graphics on the wii is it's major downfall I don't see it being better then the PS3 or 360 anytime soon.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Regard | June 24, 2008
    one question comes to mind when reading this- Why didn't the Wii come with these things from the beginning?
  • 1 thumbs!
    bbb7002004 | June 24, 2008
    Wii has always been capable. Third parties just saw no reason to invest in a system they saw as inferior.
  • 0 thumbs!
    MusiKon | June 24, 2008
    Downloadable songs for Guitar Hero? And where am I gonna put those songs, huh?

    Unless Nintendo does indeed plan to solve their storage issue, the Wii will never catch up in features.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Akira_EX | June 24, 2008
      Vicarious Visions already confirmed that players can use the SD card slot.
      • 0 thumbs!
        MusiKon | June 24, 2008
        Seriously? I thought it was proven by VC and WiiWare games that data can't be run directly from the SD slot.
  • -1 thumbs!
    killerkid22 | June 24, 2008
    The wii is certainly original we can at least say that much. But its like a computer system, just getting better as time moves on. Now i don't know about catching up the xbox360 or ps3 but it definitely will reach their...not sure how to say this..standards?
    • 2 thumbs!
      Final Blade | June 25, 2008
      The only way Wii can reach PS3 and 360 standard, as you call it, is if they completely change the Wii hardware.
  • 2 thumbs!
    slumpy monkey | June 24, 2008
    Its not really catching up to them.

    Its just taking a step in the right direction for a better console, But there no where near the level of PS3 and 360.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Seproth | June 24, 2008
    Well if there were some way to give me a name instead of a series of numbers I'd say that's a start.

    I'd say it's no longer being crippled by lack of features.
  • 3 thumbs!
    BANDITO ATTACK | June 24, 2008
    it still lacks non-laughable online multiplayer capabilities. that's what really matters.

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