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Why Choose The Nintendo Wii Over Other Video Game Consoles

Many people believe that the current generation of consoles provides the most evenly matched competition from the products released by the big entertainment companies in the history of video games.  The disparity in terms of processing power and depth of game libraries isn’t that big when it comes to the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.  And though the Nintendo Wii is gravely trailing in the graphics and processing power departments, it more than makes up for its shortcomings by giving gamers a unique experience they will never find anywhere else.

And gamers have made a decision.  As of this writing, almost 3 years worth of sales data reveal that the Nintendo Wii is outselling the Xbox 360 and the PS3 combined.

Why would people choose the Nintendo Wii – a console which is based on the exact engineering that powered the older Nintendo Gamecube – over technological powerhouses like the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3?  Here are some compelling reasons for such a decision:

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