I was sat playing Resistance last night on my PS3 and was thinking...where can a company go next with a console that has, at the present time peaked in terms of its graphical capabilities. Im sure we have more to see from PS3 in terms of what developers can do with the hardware, but the hardware itself is top of the range.

The same goes for Microsoft. So when they design a new console, what are they going to do? Make the visuals even more realistic?? is that what the consumer even wants?

Which leads me to think that Nintendo may have hit the nail on the head with the Wii. Graphics have reached a peak and to be honest, im a little tired of the standard GT's and Colin Macrae's and the other more realistic than life simulators. The Wii on the other hand isnt a power house, but what it offers is something new. Perhaps this is where its success lies?

So to the future, its inevitable that Sony and Microsoft will probably trudge down the path of improving the hardware, increasing processor speed and making even more graphical improvements but will this win out over innovation? I think that Nintendo, off the back of the Wii success will endevour to follow on with an even more innovative console that engages the consumer with the game. Is this what consumers want? i guess only time will tell but if sales and media hype are anything to go by, I would say Nintendo are on to a winner!

I have just bought a PS3...very exciting, but it came at a cost!

The up points:

-Six axis controller is charged off the console (I didnt know that) - The machine looks awsome - The visuals are impecable - Free Online play

The Down Points:

- I had to trade in my N64, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Xbox and snes, all with games (and i still had to stump up £200 to afford it)!!! - It doesnt come with an HDMI cable (I spent the first day playing with a component cable and its awful) - The controller doesnt come charged ready to go - Downloads take AGES!!

However, now i have it, i wouldnt change it! Resistance is awsome and i got Xmen 3 for free. Ive just ordered Motorstorm and i cant wait. So all in all...im a happy PS3 owner.

I think about the good old days a lot. The days when grass was greener, the skies were less polluted and the N64 reigned supreme.

Not only was it an ugly console, with an oddly shaped controller (with a third of it barely used (stupid d-pad)) an add-on that we never got to see in Europe and memory cards that were as reliable as a candle in the wind, it was also the greatest thing to grace the gaming world.

It wasnt the console itself that made it special, it was the games! Sony had moved on and was producing games on mass on CD, but Nintendo stuck it out with clunky old cartridges, but it didnt matter, It was the content.

I remember the very first time i played an N64. It was in a Virgin Cinema and they had a pod with Goldeneye playing. I couldnt for the life of me get to grips with the controls, i couldnt find the button to shoot the weapons but i was hooked from that moment on. I went on the most almighty campaign of terror against my parents until they conceeded and bought me one (ithink it cost about £600!) and you couldnt get me away from it. The only console i had before then was a Sega Master System with built in Alex the Kidd, so you can imagine why i was so excited.

So here we are, a decade later and i still love my N64. Its hooked up to my HD Flat Screen TV and im so happy Nintendo have devised the Virtual Console on Wii. It means that all those games i had wanted in the past i can now have!

Here is my list of all time favourite N64 Titles; Mario 64, Mario Kart, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, Duke Nukem 3D, Pilot Wings,Body Harvest, Zelda OoT and Zelda MM. This is just a fraction of the games i played and enjoyed but just looking at this list shows the quality that that console had to offer.