Time for a new console , need help deciding

[wildman]

I am in desperate need of getting myself a decent console for gaming. I still play a few games on my PC but due to various work / life comitments I don't have the time i used to have to be able to have those long drawn out sessions playing EVE or WOW or even back in the day DAoC.

Additionally the last console I got was a gamecube so I could do with a decent upgrade. The only problem is I am not sure what one to get. PS3, Xbox360 or Wii ?

Price is not an issue so I don't have to put that into the equation. I will be using this console on a 37 icnh HD TV if that makes any difference to the choice.

The sort of games I like playing on consoles are generally decent beat em ups like streetfighter 2, teken etc, racing games like gran turismo, NFS etc footy games and decent space based shoot-em ups (oh for the want of a modern version of r-type )

So based on that what platform should I go for ?

 

[wildman]

If you really want gran turismo and tekken then ps3 but you'll have to wait a bit (or you could get gt5 prologue for now). Would you want to watch blu rays?

don;t actually own any blu-ray movies yet, but I guess after the recent announcements blu-ray is going to beat HD DVD so it might be worth getting a PS3 so I have a blu-ray player reday to go when I do start buying films in that format.

Does anyone know when GT5 (full edition) is going to be released ?

I thought about the Wii for a while but that is the kind of console which onyl really shines when you have a whole bunch of you gathered around the TV playing at the same time. For general solo gaming I would have thought xbox/PS3 would probably have a list of better games ?

 

[wildman]

It's a difficult descision.

On the one side you have blu-ray and the promise of Tekken and GT sometime in the future. As a value proposition if you really want blu-ray it's a no brainer.

On the other you have the better version of Fifa 08 (also the version the OcUK league is playing), the better version of Virua Fighter 5 (the only one with online, revised AI and better AA) (also have exclusive DOA), and a ready to go racing game in Forza 2 (there's also PGR4 which is amazing and it sounds like you'd love it). There are also rumours that Tekken is coming to the 360 (possible timed exclusive). You'd also be playing all this the day you got your console (today!).

Gah.... you make a very good argument for going with a 360