Men are for Playstations, women are for Wiis?
Admittedly, I am late to the Wii party. For my fourth wedding anniversary this month, I bought my wife and I a Wii. In addition to Wii Sports, which comes with the console, I picked up Mario Kart.
Now, I've played with Play Stations and XBoxes before, and they are amazing machines. My younger brothers have a Play Station 3, which I can't help but spend hours playing whenever I visit them -- to my wife's chagrin.
But I noticed that she was never interested in picking up the controllers to play with the PlayStation.
Many months ago, however, I remember my wife saying she'd be interested in a Wii. I stowed that tidbit away in my tiny Neandearthal-ish brain -- until a recent trip to a Best Buy, where I was drawn to the Wii display.
Within minutes, another small fold in my Neanderthal brain was triggering the impulse to buy, buy, buy. I picked up a box of Wii. Soon after, I was approached by a man who said he worked for Sony, who happened to be in the store. He said, for a $100 more, I could own a PlayStation 3, with built-in Blu-Ray player and Netflix streaming, and tried to get to check it out.
Fair enough, but I told him I didn't really care for Blu Ray and I already had Netflix streaming through my Roku player.
Plus, I said, my wife would really only play video games with a Wii. For some reason, I instinctively thought I could get away with buying a Wii as an anniversary gift, but a Play Station 3 could land me sleeping on the couch alone for a couple nights.
Sure enough, later that night, I watched my wife play Wii bowl, Wii tennis, Wii golf, and Wii boxing. It was delightful.
This was surely a first. Aside from enjoying great literature and warm, heartfelt talks, my wife and I now had another cool thing in common: we game together.
So how about that, ladies? Do you prefer the Wii to other gaming systems, and if so, why?
Categories: Events (DC/No. Va. area), Gadgets, Gamers
Comments
When my kids were younger they had gaming systems. The only thing I ever enjoyed playing was the James Bond game. I hate Mario Bros etc.!
Now I have a Wii and I love it! I like the fact that it gets me up and moving. I dislike games where you just sit and hit a button. (Kids nowadays are lazy and am gaming systems are a big reason. They would rather play a video game than get outside).
Wii is easy to use and works your body.
Posted by: Cosmos Girl I>--I | October 30, 2009 12:39 PM
Personally, as a female, I don't care for the Wii. I do own both systems and have played on my boyfriend's Xbox360. I love my PS3 and every aspect about it. Then again, I love games such as Call of Duty, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, etc etc. And yes, I still get out and have fun and not just sit inside all day and play video games. ;)
Also, I must disagree with the above comment, "I dislike games where you just sit and hit a button". It takes skills to be good at what you do, if you just mindlessly button mash, you're a noob. Then again, it is definitely a matter of opinion.
Posted by: Jojo | November 1, 2009 4:22 PM