Go the XBOX the Wii is for a younger person or family IMO

I love my Wii, but the lack of games annoys me sometimes.

I've got the PS3. But at the price of the Xbox atm I'd go for that. Wii is more for family and kids (and alot of elderly seem to enjoy it too haha.

Wii if he is not hardcore or if he doesnt enjoys shooters. Basically its a party console casually used. XBOX if he uses it often likes to be into gaming a bit. Personally I had a wii got rid of it because I hated the fact there were no decent games coming out got a 360 and am very satisfied with it.

Get the 360 - kills the PS3 on pricepoint. Depending on what games they'll play, you'll probably want the Pro version. Elite version is excessive while the Arcade one doesn't have a harddrive which could be a bit of a limitation if they want to download demos.

Arcade edition will be about $299, Pro about $349, Elite closer to $500. The PS3s are more like $700.

There are Pro deals around with a couple of shoddy kids games for $375ish, but you could keep an eye out for a deal with a better game.

If they like music, Guitar Hero 3 is a winner - you can get a two-guitar deal for $180 at dstore.com.au and then they can move on to World Tour. If they like basketball, NBA 2K9 seems to be the best title in that category.

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Whatever your choice, go to www.palgn.com.au, they have a bargain round up each week. Lists all the games advertised in catalogues each Thursday morning. Best way to get the best prices.

Definately the XBox. Massive scope of games with a decent controller. Wii has novelty value but i could see it getting boring quite quickly. Out of all of the gaming consoles id go the PS3 though infact i purchased one today.

No love for my gamecube?

lol Dicko!!

Like Isaac said Xbox Pro is great value for money @ $350
If your going to look at the Xbox elite than I'd be going the extra step and getting the PS3 blu-ray is a great addition and next year looks to be a big price slash on blu-ray movies. Online gaming for free is another plus on the Ps3 for the hardcore gamers.

The Wii is pretty much done. Apart from the control system, it has pretty much nothing going for it. Their third party software support is not good, there have been stuff all decent Wii games in months.

The 360 is decent value, is able to play media streamed from PC, and being the most mature of the 3 has the biggest games catalogue (though most new games come out on PS3 aswell). if he's into online gaming though, beware that you have to pay for Xbox live gold subscription.

The PS3 I'm not too familiar with, but as I said it shares many of the same games as 360 these days. It's a little more expensive however I quite liked the wireless networking support right out of the box (360 only ships with an Ethernet connection). If you have an LCD or plasma, PS3 will give you slightly better graphics than the 360 versions (usually), and a Blu Ray player is a nice touch (even if the format is a little unnecessary).

i have a DS with a chip in it. Now i can play snes games and so forth. awesome!

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Compelling argument, JoeyKnuckles.

/facepalm

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What do you guys think about PC gaming?

I'd love to play a lot of the games on the 360, but I think I'd prefer to get a decent laptop, hook it up to the plasma, get a Microsoft controller and play those same games PC version, cos then I can play all sorts of other games I can't get on 360.

Anyone done this? Pros and cons?

PC gaming is the ultimate. far more expensive though....

So many more games than the consoles

"Online gaming for free is another plus on the Ps3 for the hardcore gamers."

I've got a PS3 but I'm not set up for online stuff. I didn't know it was free, how do I get it started??? I wanna beat Chinese people at NBA Live :D


Is GTA on xbox yet? If not, go with the PS3.

lol gta launched on both 360 and ps3 at the same time. 360 has exclusive dlc (downloadable content)coming soon which is very appealing: whole new city and playing through as a diff character.

360 has the better xmas hardware bundle and more of a range of games...but there is no point getting a 360 if you want to play gran turismo or resistance (both exclusive to sony)

so its completely up to you...but i'd look seriously at the 360 for sure! ;)

Just wanted to say thanks very much for the excellent advice from everyone. I'll definitely go the X-Box. Thanks again.