Playstation 3 and the Wii System

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Playstation 3 System and the Wii System David Burks University of Phoenix Abstract In 2006, Nintendo introduced the Wii video game console. In November, 2006, the Sony Corporation introduced their next model of the video game generations, The Playstation 3 video game system. Playstation 3 and Wii system comes with built in Wi-Fi and wireless controllers. Wii wireless controllers are motion sensitive and are held by one hand in order to play. Playstation 3 wireless controllers are called dualshock 3 controllers with a left and right analog sticks built in. Playstation 3 and Wii systems have internal storage, but for the Wii system the purchase of external storage is required if the plan is to download any significant amount of game information. Playstation 3 is the only game console to offer the technology to play Blu-ray DVDs and Blu-ray game content. Playstation 3 and Wii systems have two different kinds of engine technology. Playstation 3 uses Cell Broadband technology, and Wii system uses the Broadway Engine technology. Wii system is geared more for family-friendly fun filled games for the whole family. Playstation 3 is geared more for hard-core in-depth individual gameplay that offers a trophy-based award system. Playstation 3 System and the Wii System Which kind of gamer are you? Are you the type of individual that likes to play alone, hard-core, and in-depth gamer player? Are you the type of individual that enjoys family-friendly fun filled oriented games? In 2006, Nintendo came out with the Wii system with wireless motion sensitive remote controllers and built in Wi-Fi (Nintendo Corporate, n.d.). The Playstation 3, released by the Sony Corporation in North America, on November 17, 2006, included the built in Wi-Fi and dualshock 3 controllers (Winx, n.d.). Playstation 3 and Wii system are part of the seventh generations of video game consoles (Winx,

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