Wishing I bought a 360 instead of a Wii

I took some time to play my Wii today after having not played it for several weeks. I decided to play it after having finished a couple of hours of lectures for my independent studies class on Christian Worldview for my philosophy fulfillment for my Master of Arts in Theology at the Northern California Fuller Theological Seminary extension. I must say, I am really wishing I bought a 360 instead of a Wii because when Halo 3 comes out I won't be able to play it, the Wii's remotes, also known as Wii-motes, has issues when playing particular games and the Wii doesn't have all that great of games. So, the question is, should I get rid of the Wii in order to pick up a 360? Let's examine my reasons for wishing first.

I am a huge Halo fan. I may not be very good, but I love to play the Halo series. When Halo 3 comes out, I am going to be dying to play it, but because I won't have my own 360, I won't ever be able to play it. I won't have enough time to justify having friends come over to play it with me and also to go to friends' houses to play, so that completely rules out social playing. Since I don't have a 360 of my own, I will simply be unable to play Halo 3 when it comes out. Now this sucks.

The Wii-motes really have some major flaws. I notice it the most with Tiger Woods 2007. I can't tell you how many times I would go to make a swing and the Wii-mote would register the swing to early and would only give me a small percentage of the power I was trying to create, thus causing me to lose a stroke. It would happen in crucial putting moments. It would happen totally at random, but most certainly when it mattered the most. For example, this afternoon I thought I would play Tiger's Challenge to have a little bit of fun after having studied through the aforementioned course material. As I was playing--and winning--I began to come up short a lot, and it was because the Wii-mote was causing my character on the screen to complete a premature swing rather than a full and complete one. I ended up losing the match because of this flaw! My afternoon turned sour because of this issue. The Wii-mote's flawed functionality really makes me lose the desire to play the Wii.

The Wii does not have very many good, outstanding and fun games. Sports is one great game when you can get the Wii-mote to function properly. It's too bad that more games haven't come out for the Wii that have the same fun-factor as Sports. I hear that Zelda is one of them, but I wouldn't know since I don't have it and have never played it. I have Sports, Play, Tiger Woods 2007, Medal of Honor: Vanguard, and Ice Age 2. Sports came with the Wii; as I already said, it is good. Play is a Wii-mote training program. It's really trivial and does not provide a source for hours of fun. Tiger Woods 2007 would be fun if it weren't for the flawed functionality of the Wii-mote. Medal of Honor: Vanguard is fun and the concept of pointing and shooting is sweet. However, there is no campaign mode. There is no on-line or internet play capabilities. So, in terms of multiplayer, it's 4 players max. with no bots and it's every person for themselves. This means that unless you are playing the story mode by yourself, it's no fun.

Now that I think of it, I should get rid of the Wii. I could probably get a decent amount for it on eBay and then turn around and buy a new 360 and pre-pay for my copy of Halo 3. The 360 has everything that the Wii doesn't: fully functional remote controllers that don't have any flaws, fun games, internet play, and Halo. The only thing the Wii has that 360 doesn't is the interactive motions required to play the virtual games. However, since the Wii-motes are not fully functional and have a significant amount of errors, the whole experience becomes tainted with minor issues and the desire to play becomes negligible. Overall, it appears that the 360 would provide for a better gaming experience. It seems that Nintendo's Wii is going to have to undergo some more technological advances before it can provide a better experience than the 360.