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The next generation of game consoles have now arrived, but of the three (Nintendo Wii, PS3 and Xbox360) which is going to win?

Firstly let us have at look at the Nintendo Wii.

This is the most unusual of the three consoles that we are looking at. It comes with an IBM Broadway Processor and ATI Hollywood GPU. Although not as powerful as the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360 the Wii’s unique game play system and its remote controller make all the difference to playing games with this console.

The controller has the advantage of the player being able to use it as a sword, baseball bat, golf club and even a steering wheel which results in the games being more active and the player is getting some form of exercise to boot.

Another benefit of the Wii is that it has a great load of applications available for it such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Call of Duty, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Need for Speed: Carbon as well as Wii Play and Wii Sports. They will also being releasing in the future Super Smash Bros Brawl and Pokemon Battle Revolution.

Finally the Wii is backwards compatible with the Nintendo GameCube and can be connected via wireless link to the Nintendo DS or DS Lite, as well as people being able to download Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, NES, Sega Mega-Drive (Genesis) and Turbo Grafix 16 games for a small price that they can keep and play on this console.

Next we will look at the Xbox 360.

This comes with 3.2GHZ IBM Power PC tri-core processor as well as a 500MHZ GPU. This console is particularly attractive to gamers because of its powerful running speeds, the fast paced online action, and the mind blowing graphics.

Another point in the Xbox 360’s favor is its cost. A core system will set you back $299.99 while a premium system will cost you $399.99. This system has been priced between what you would pay for a PS3 (the most expensive) and the Nintendo Wii (the cheapest).

However a disadvantage of the Xbox360 is, because it does not have a processor in it from the original Xbox, you can not play original Xbox games on it without obtaining additional emulation software from the internet.

Finally let’s look at what the Playstation 3 has to offer.

This is the most expensive of these 3 consoles and it will not be available in Europe or Australia until March 2007. However the Playstation 3 does come with the following for the $499.99: you get 20gb while the $599.99 version has 60gb along with a new Sixaxis controller and Blu-Ray drive. It also has a Cell Broadband Engine (3.2GHZ), IBM Power Based CPU (which is almost equal to the Xbox360) and a 550MHZ RSX GPU. This hardware is perfect for those who like Racing and FPS games.

The PS3 is also compatible with the PSP (Playstation Portable) as well as being compatible with Playstation and Playstation 2 titles and future firmware updates will then make it even more compatible.

So you will have to decide what you want. Do you want the more expensive but powerful PS3 or the average priced yet powerful Xbox360? Or may be you lust after the cheap but unique and highly backward compatible Nintendo Wii? The decision is yours at the end of the day.