Which gaming system should we get?

[danceboy]

I don't play video games. Neither does ricevermicelli. So we don't have a game system. But we're about to have two kids (5 & 2) that will be wanting to cling to, and climb over, a mother who will be trying to recover from surgery and possibly chemo. And who could hopefully be distracted by a video game console.

So what would people recommend? Both for a system, and for a few games. Something that doesn't grow with the kids is not a negative in my book (it might not be a positive either, but I'm certainly not willing to pay much for it).

ricevermicelli wants us to get something that can play netflix, but that doesn't seem to limit it much (unless some systems do it better than others?). The ps3, wii, and xbox 360 all claim to speak WPA2, so we should be ok there (unless one of them is lying...).

Also, anything that I don't even know enough to be thinking about?

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

we have a wii too, and while the girls have grown up a bit they still will have an afternoon where they play video games and stuff. Wii is aimed younger than other sets, not as good at shoot em up games, but that sounds like a win for you. We never got the thing online to play with other folks outside the house. The thing saved their lives when we got housebound with snow for a while, as in I didnt kill them. I highly recommend the game Okami that is fun for them to play while being beautiful to watch and hear for adults

[ricevermicelli.livejournal.com]

DL! loves machine guns, but their depiction in film instantly reduces Hotspur to tears - I think we're just not ready for shoot-em-ups. Thanks for the recommendation about Okami though. Fun + Not annoying to adults is a rare combination.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I've heard very good things about Okami.