Rate the Consoles: Features Edition

[rounds1]

There's been a lot of talk lately about the benefits PS3 sales will receive given Sony's recent victory in the HD war. I've seen a lot of differing opinions on the matter, but at the end of the day what I and a couple others think doesn't really amount to a hill of beans. So, I thought it would be a good idea to throw the major features of today's next gen consoles out there for you to sort out and rank. The features I've chosen are individually talked about the most, but if you see anything important missing let me know.

It's very simple: I give you the features and you put them next to the console which you feel delivers that feature the best. My descriptions are deliberately vague, so remember to think about them in their totality (i.e. "movie playback" can mean everything from Blu-ray to DVD to downloads).

If you feel up to it, place a number beside each feature, which will denote its importance to YOU considering the entire list. Also, do your best to think of each console's strengths and weaknesses in every category - and try to forget which is your favorite!

Categories:
Price (consoles, games, accessories, etc.)
Exclusives
Games Library (non exclusive)
Controller
BC
Online (friends, game playing, downloads, browser, etc.)
Arcade
Movie Playback
Media Capabilities
Cross Functionality (iPods, PSP's, PC's, etc.)
Reliability (we know who WON'T win this category)
Customer Service

Once this thread dies, (which hopefully is more than 10 minutes) I'll tally the votes.
Here's an example, but I'll put my actual choices later on:

Wii:
BC (5)
Price (1)

360:
Reliability (ha ha) (4)
Customer Service (3)

PS3:
Controller (6)
Games Library (2)

Get it? Enjoy!

[Fyrus]

I don't get it.

So each only gets 7 points? And what do the points mean?

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

I don't get it.

So each only gets 7 points? And what do the points mean?

There are 12 categories, so rank them 1-12 - most to least important. I didn't mean for the totals to equal 7 under each - it just turned out that way.

[Fyrus]

You think PS3 has teh best controller?

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

You think PS3 has teh best controller?

Given that I said the 360 was the most reliable, I'd say you shouldn't take the rest all that seriously either.

[Fyrus]

360:
Exclusives 1
games library 2
arcade
online

Ps3
reliability 3
cross functionality

wii
controller 4 (I like the 360 controller the best, but you people would go ballistic if I put controller with 360)
price 5

[rounds1]

Wii:
Price (5)
Exclusives (1) - hard to deny the Wii has the most and best
BC (10) - I hardly play old games

360:
Games Library (2)
Controller (6)
Online (3)
Arcade (9)
Media Capabilities
Customer Service (7)

PS3:
Movie Playback (8) - if I only owned an HD...
Cross Functionality
Reliability (4)

I didn't rate 11 and 12 because I really don't care about that.

[fiasco8]

This is confusing. wap wap wap

[Icemage]

In order of their relative importance and strength for each console, from strongest to weakest. Boldfaced items are strengths, italicized are weaknesses:

Xbox 360:
Online
Exclusives
Games Library
Controller
Customer Service
Media Capabilities
Arcade
Movie Playback
Price
Cross Functionality
BC
Reliability


Wii:
Controller
Price
Exclusives
Arcade
BC
Reliability
Games Library (non exclusive)
Customer Service
Cross Functionality
Online
Media Capabilities
Movie Playback

PS3
Games Library (non exclusive)
Online
Exclusives
Movie Playback
Reliability
Media Capabilities
Cross Functionality
Controller
Customer Service
BC
Arcade
Price

[rounds1]

I should just have the mods delete the thread...it's not working out as well as I had hoped.

And then Icemage comes and destroys all expectations I was beginning to have for you guys! Thanks, Ice! Sony rules!