which consol to buy

[albalass]

I'm going to buy the boyf a games consol for his birthday in feb but I don't know what is the best one to get. wii, xbox, playstation, are there any more? i'm totally dense about the whole thing and need help!!

[cazzz1975]

if its for a bloke then I would go for xbox or playstation, wii is more of a girl console

[albalass]

if it's a girly console the i could join in i suppose! can you play shooting games on the wii?

[cazzz1975]

yes, but you cannot play anything too graphic intensive, most of the bloke games are available on the xbox/playstation.

[sherrardk]

My boys don't tend to use the Wii that much - think it is quite difficult to play shooting games on it. They both have x boxes and there are loads of different types of games that the three eldest play (they are 10, nearly 7 and 5).

[Prudie]

cazz is right, most of the top games are for PS or Xbox, Wii is more for fun or party stuff.

[TTG]

More games for ps3. You can also buy ps2 and play them which are as cheap as chips.

[albalass]

hang on, there's more than one PS?? eeek, i take it number 3 is the newest one?? jeez, this is more complicated than i thought!!!

[cazzz1975]

xbox 360 and ps 3 would be the better ones to go for, he wont thank you for buying an old console

[jubieanna]

my eldest son loves his PS3 if thats any help! yes the PS3 is the newest version

[Prudie]

PS2 (and 1) are the old ones so they are avaiable really cheaply but none of the PS3 games will play on them (or vice versa) so only get a PS2 if you're short of money and know that none of the new releses will play on it..

[tiggerblue10]

I would say Xbox. My brothers been asking me to get him Kinect for his Xbox.

[cazzz1975]

most of the lads I know have xbox360s, they like the online gaming, some swapped ps3's for xboxes.

[AlBags]

Kinect with XBox is my choice ..
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect

[ayresy81]

if i was you i would try and find out which one he prefers in my experience you are either a playstation fan or xbox 360 fan just try and get it out of him without givin the game away that your thinking of getting him one