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Why should anyone choose the Xbox 360 over the other competing game consoles of the day? It’s more advanced than some but boasts fewer benefits than others. It also happens to be the oldest of what is now considered the holy trinity of gaming consoles: The Wii, the Xbox and the Playstation. With all that choice out there, what makes this, the older one-by a whopping year and a bit-the one worth choosing?

The Xbox 360 came to the arena prepared to leave a lasting mark and to make sure the world knew that the second Xbox was going to hold its own against any and all competition. Sony already had the Playstation 1 and the Playstation 2 on the market, with development for Playstation 3 underway. Unfortunately for Sony, Microsoft beat them to the release date and contained fewer bugs.

The Nintendo Wii, released long after the 360, has sold roughly two thirds as many units worldwide than Microsoft’s console was able to sell. As for the third outing for the Playstation brand, well that’s just embarrassing just about everybody. Either way, Microsoft and Sony keep referring to each other as competition but claim the Wii isn’t something they consider competition. That means Microsoft gets to brag about being the best. But how is that so? The Xbox 360 is a gaming console and the Wii is a gaming console. How do these things not count as competition?

It’s been pointed out time and again that gamers who own a Nintendo Wii will often own either an Xbox or a Playstation to go along with it. This is pointed out to underscore the fact that the Wii doesn’t meet all the needs of a gamer; however, it could be argued that the opposite is also true.

Microsoft has said time and again that their Xbox 360, like the PS 3, goes after a demographic that is more into gaming, as they say. Their demographic is one made up of hardcore gamers who want the best graphics, the best sound, and the most action packed games. The Wii on the other hand apparently doesn’t want that demographic, but instead wants the families who aren’t necessarily into gaming much themselves.

Whether it was the fault of the Wii or the fact that people just didn’t want it, the PS 3 didn’t sell well. This means less people are using it which means a lot of the gaming experience that the Xbox 360 and PS 3 are built around are simply better with the former. With the online gaming world, for instance, would you rather play the games amongst a fan base of 30 million people with the Xbox, or less than 15 million with the PS 3?

Until the PS 3 gets more acceptance, which may happen in the next couple of years, the Xbox 360 is the clear winner when it comes to high powered gaming consoles. The Wii, on the other hand, is not a machine built around selling games, but is a machine built around selling the nifty idea of waving around a controller.