Homebrew Xbox original is better than Wii in HB Territory?

[DinohScene]

MVG is an XBox fanboi. He made a number of mistakes and was intentionally misleading in this video. To cite just one example, he has a comparison chart of what you can do with each console and mentions that you can get up to 2TB in external USB storage for the Xbox. He makes no similar claim for the Wii even though many of us here hookup 2TB USB external drives to our Wii's. He's right that the Xbox plays 1990s and later arcade titles under MAME better, however. Of course I couldn't care less about that.

The Wii gives you a unique gaming experience and 100% compatibility with GameCube. The XBox isn't even close to 100% compatible with anything else. If you recognize how imperfect emulators tend to be, you'll appreciate the importance of the Wii's GC compatibility. And how with VC, VC injects, and WiiWare it is the better choice for most of us. (And I do feel sorry for anyone still using an OG Xbox as a media player. Talk about partying like it's 1999!)

You can't hook up an external USB harddrive to the Xbox.
It doesn't support it nor does the console have a stock USB port.
Granted, the controller plugs are physically modified USB 1.1 ports but even if you'd solder a normal USB port to it, you'd still be locked at the incredible slow R/W speeds of USB 1.1.

The internal drive can be upgraded to a 2TB drive tho.
With a compatible SATA-IDE bridge, you can modernise it and even place SSD's in it.

 

[Ericsonanzois]

My opinion is that Crazy Taxi 3, OutRun 2006, and OutRun 2 (exclusive) + a great media player > most major Wii games and WiiEarth... but that's because I've already played the latter, lol

I love Outrun 2006! Too bad i cannot play it in my Wii or GCN.

 

[Flo_o]

For me, nothing can beat the original Wii. I love how versatile the Wii is and it's feel, that's really important for me. Also, the original Wii is the only (emulation) console that feels like playing on a original console (snes, nes, genesis etc), i don't have that with playing retro games on my PC, PS3, XBox or PSP. Here is a small list of awesome Wii features:

- So many different connection options, RCA, Component and RGB (and even HDMI with the Wii Dual mod, it also improves RGB)
- So many controller adapter options, nothing beats the original controllers (check out Raphnet)
- So many emulation options, still maintained by the awesome Wii community!
- Play Gamecube!
- Custom themes and loaders like WiiFlow and USB Loader GX (check out my USB Loader GX theme for even more retro!)