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