I wouldn't call myself a serious gamer. But I've considered an XBox, and decided against it. I bought a Wii when they first came out. I've seen no reason to think I made the wrong choice.
So. If you're a graphics junkie, after the best possible quality graphics, get an XBox. No question - there's absolutely no competition. Likewise, the XBox has a much larger library of good games available for it. So if you have loads of time free to play games, and plan on working your way through loads of them, the XBox again is the clear winner.
The Wii on the other hand... there's no doubt that when the controller's used right (which is a tricky thing to do) it makes the world of difference. I've played through Resident Evil 4 with a 'standard' control system, and on the Wii - and the Wii wins hands down. Graphically, they were nearly identical - but on the Wii, it was just so much more fun. Party games - playing tennis or bowling using the Wiimote may not sound all that enthralling, but I've yet to get even slightly bored of it.
Really - the Wii is (to me) all about potential - as developers get to grips with the Wiimote, I think we can expect some quite amazingly original and fun uses for it. XBox should give you more-of-exactly-the-same-only-better. The Wii is looking like giving us lots of fun new things to play with. And I like fun new things.
Finally - Metroid Prime 3 has just come out, and words cannot describe just how good this game is. The control system being a big part of that - I've never played a game that works in quite this fashion before, and I'm loving it.
And Mario Galaxy is out next month. Which is looking nothing short of amazing...
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