| When it comes to home entertainment, our | | | | Internet ads, seems to have paid off, as Wii |
| options are fairly varied. The traditional | | | | is reportedly the best selling video game |
| ways of entertaining yourself at home would | | | | console all over the world. The demand for |
| have to be renting a movie, having a party, | | | | Wii consoles was supposedly so high in the |
| having people over for dinner, and so forth. | | | | United Kingdom and the United States that |
| But times have changed, and although we can't | | | | some stores had a shortage. |
| say that people no longer rent movies or | | | | |
| throw parties, much of their free time is now | | | | When it comes to preventing younger users |
| oriented towards other ways of having fun. | | | | from playing certain games, whose content may |
| Computer and video games have gained serious | | | | be inappropriate for their age level, Wii |
| ground over recent years, and have become a | | | | comes with parental controls that parents can |
| major source of home entertainment for | | | | use in order to prohibit their children from |
| certain demographics. | | | | playing the games they think are unsuitable. |
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| Computer games have taken the entertainment | | | | In terms of recognition and reception, aside |
| market by storm, and so have video games. | | | | from being very well received, Wii was also |
| Although they have been subjected to | | | | awarded for breakthrough technology, best |
| controversy, as far as children's safety is | | | | hardware, best of show and was the winner of |
| concerned, those issues have been long | | | | a grand award in home entertainment, as well |
| solved, and now every one can enjoy a | | | | as being nominated among the twenty most |
| computer or a video game that is most | | | | innovative products of the year 2006. |
| suitable for his or her age or tastes. | | | | |
| | | | PS3 has also experienced a huge success after |
| There are probably very few people out there | | | | its release back in 2006. Connoisseurs |
| who have never heard of PlaySation or | | | | thought highly of this gaming machine and |
| Nintendo. The popularity of these video game | | | | described it as an impressive piece of |
| consoles has gone sky-high all over the | | | | equipment for home entertainment and as a |
| world, so much so that Sony released its | | | | must-have gadget. You can rent any of the |
| third version, PlayStation 3, commonly | | | | games in PS3 and see whether these people are |
| referred to as PS3 back in 2005, while | | | | right or wrong. But my guess is they are |
| Nintendo has already released its fifth video | | | | right. |
| game console, Wii. | | | | |
| | | | What you are probably unaware of is that you |
| As part of the seventh generation of video | | | | don't have to spend the hundreds of dollars |
| game consoles, Wii and PS3 are competing with | | | | that a PS3 or Wii purchase requires, because |
| each other and against Microsoft's Xbox 360 | | | | you can rent the games from specialized web |
| for as wide a demographic as possible. | | | | sites. It can be as simple as placing an |
| Nintendo, for instance, has spent more than | | | | order, playing the game for as long as you |
| $200 million in 2006 alone on publicity for | | | | like and then returning it in the |
| Wii. Their thorough advertising campaign, | | | | self-addressed envelope that you have |
| which included television advertisements and | | | | received together with the game. |