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Johnny Minkley is a games expert for BBC Radio 1, editor of Eurogamer TV and former editor of the industry trade weekly MCV. He's played games for more than 20 years and has been writing about them for more than seven. Here he picks the top games consoles. Click here for Video Game Consoles Overview.
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The console originally codenamed "Revolution" has delivered just that. Ignore the daft name and get your hands a games machine unlike any other. With its superb motion-sensing controllers, wallet-friendly price and focus on uncomplicated, active fun, Wii will be enjoyed by every member of the family.
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It may lack the multimedia prowess of Sony’s dazzling PlayStation Portable, but if gaming is your priority, the dual-screen DS Lite is unmatched in imagination, innovation, scope and raw fun factor. Mix in sexy iPod stylings and a sub-£100 price and you have the ultimate portable games machine.
If you couldn’t give a monkey’s about high-definition this and next-gen that, and are just on the lookout for value for money, with the biggest and best range of software, and classics available at bargain-bin prices, Sony’s stalwart PlayStation 2 is a safe bet for your bucks.
A powerful console heavyweight in its own right, Xbox 360 comes alive once hooked up to a broadband connection. As well as offering the cheapest high-definition experience on the market, Microsoft’s brilliant Live service delivers peerless online gaming action.
High-definition, we’re repeatedly told, is the future of home entertainment. But for those who want to grasp that future now, the formidably powerful, catwalk-cool PlayStation 3 delivers a peerless gaming and multimedia experience for the discerning technophile – with a price to match.