SolidBladez
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Specialist[X];1032149371 said:
You have to get there 3-4 hours before the store opens. I had to get to my Circuit City around 6AM and I was 9th in line at the time.
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HOT!!! CC March 2, 2008 Ad - wii's in stock
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You have to get there 3-4 hours before the store opens. I had to get to my Circuit City around 6AM and I was 9th in line at the time.
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nissanztt90
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Not to mention all the downloadable content to bring back all those memories...
unterhausen
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if you do buy one for yourself, definitely register it online and get the extra warranty. My son's console is one month out of warranty, and the drive went kabloooie. One minute it would read, then it's totally dead.
I feel like i've turned Anti-Wii or something. Yes, I have one. Recently played RE: UC but wasn't overly impressed. Graphics are just a huge turn off with the price of the games. I would sell it, but I doubt the re-sale value would be astronomical. Got it for $150 off a friend...*shrug*
Then sell it to Ebay sheeple. You'll make some coin and get that console you don't care for off your hands. Hell, you could even make some money on outrageous shipping quotes.
junglicious
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Sheeple...I know someone that uses that same phrase often. Some people charge high s/h fee is so they pay less a fee onces the auction is over because ebay does not charge you on s/h but on final sale price. If your stupid enough to buy something that is worth $10 but to find out the final price with s/h is $30, then who's the "sheeple"? The Wii is a family oriented console, like all Nintendo system are. So if your looking for all out action then you should look into the PS3.
The Wii being out of stock must be due to location only because around here you can find them at your local BB, Walmart, Target, CC, Costco, and even BK. Couldn't you purchase them online from a retailer and return it to the B&M store if something goes wrong?
For the matter that the Wii is not a console for you doesn't mean it will not appeal to the rest. Not everyone has the internet or know what PC gaming has to offer. The average consumer has 3 systems to choose from, 360 is a PC knock off, PS3 is more for "mature" audience, and the Wii which are for younger kids or family oriented. What's going to sale more, a system to people who might not be able to offer it or a parent who have 3 little rascal. Playing Super Smash Bro, Mario cart, and Golden Eye were one of my favorite games to play with friends and family. Also one of my favorite multiplayer experience. Yea the graphics are not the best, but the game play and personal interaction was what made it more fun. I would think the Wii would have the same affect.
Umm, they would be the sheeple because they bought a $10 item with $30 S/h. I think i understand what you are trying to say though.
That's terrible for a system that has been out as long as the wii has, and some of those games are mediocre and a huge stretch to be put on any kind of list showing all the "great" games the Wii has.
I have a Wii but it's hard to justify ever buying any games for it. PS2/Xbox/Gamecube generation games are worth maybe $5-$10 these days, and Wii games are basically the same. $50 is a ripoff for games developed for 7 year old hardware that cost almost nothing to make. Maybe $20 ($30 for something like Mario) is an OK price for Wii games when considering what they offer compared to current PC/PS3/360 games. The only Wii game I've even seen to make good use of the controller is Trauma Center. I'm a huge fan of Super Monkey Ball, but it's too bad that the Wii version is HORRIBLE compared to the gamecube versions.
It would have been much better for Nintendo to go 3rd party and release the Wiimote as a 360 peripheral. That way it would have only cost $40 to get that functionality instead of $250 and the games would also look current instead of like 7 year old garbage.
You mean it would be much better for Microsoft if Nintendo went 3rd party and released a Wiimote for the 360.
The current selection of Wii games are not the greatest but there are some good ones to own. The Wii is appealing to the masses from ages 2-102 nearly all of whom are not enthusiasts such as ones you will find on forums like this.
Reread plz, I didn't say "Nintendo would be better off going third party", I said "It would have been much better for Nintendo to go third party." I don't care about what's good for Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony, I care about what's good for gamers, and Nintendo's arrogance has damaged us all.
FACT: The Wii costs an extra $210 over what it would cost to buy a 360 Wiimote
FACT: Every single game on the Wii would have benefited from being developed for the 360 instead, even if just from the high def support (LOL @ the wii for only supporting 480p)
Do you have any explanation as to why it would somehow be good for gamers to pay extra money for worse games? Nintendo staying in the console race is an arrogance-driven decision that doesn't serve its customers. It's nice that the theoretical audience of the Wii is people from "2-102" but the reality is that children and old people don't buy many games. This can be seen in the Wii's software tie ratios, which are absolutely miserable. And it can also be seen in the Wii's wretched third party support, which mostly consists of adding Wiimote support to ports of PS2/Xbox/GC games. None of the third parties want to put any money or effort into Wii games because Wii games don't sell.
The end result is that we're left with a $250 console used almost entirely to play crippled first party Nintendo games developed to last-gen spec. Not an efficient outcome at all, it reminds me of the HD-DVD/Blu Ray fiasco where customers were also damaged because the industry couldn't sort out its differences.
No, I read you clearly. I was implying Mircosoft would be better off if Nintendo did that because it's one less console for Microsoft to compete with and you have to figure a percentage of Wii owners would now be 360 owners for the sake of the Wii's simplicity.
Your argument had some of the typical 360/PS3 fanboy logic (and did make some sense) until this part - where is Wii even marginally close to either the 360 or PS3? I don't mean to quote the marketeer, Reggie, but he was right in saying it's new gen and not next gen. The HD-DVD / BD bullshit was a fight over the same thing - a high-def storage format. Wii is competing [ ]. There's no direct competitor to what Wii is doing.
Call it underpowered graphics. Call it "waggle". The 360 and PS3 are competing on visuals alone. Other than Rock Band, I can't say any game would tempt me to buy those high def boxes.
They sell 50-100 thousand more per week than the PS3 or XBox 360. Doesn't sound like a demand tactic to me.
junglicious
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How things are going now, the virtual world is taking over. Haven't you heard the couch potato phrase? Its been around for a long time. Kids were even lacking in sports back then that they decide to do commercials and I'm sure campaigns about it. I remember seeing the commercials at least.
Those are not facts because facts are base on things that already exist and those two things you call "facts" do not exist. If people wanted to get a 360 then they would get a 360, but they didn't. Thats the beauty of options, you get to pick what you want. Again, the Wii is a family oriented console so it being tide with the 360 would contradict itself. Kids don't buy a lot of games but their supporters do and those supporters are parents. I know many parents and kids who have a lot of Wii games. They also do not care about the graphic to the extreme like some people would on this forum. Not everyone is expose to this awesome graphics you call PC gaming.
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Wii's are in stock here as well. I am currently visiting Brazil and saw one at the grocery store for sale this morning. Pricing is 1790 brazillian reis, which according to cnn.com calculator is $1,072 US.
I'm sure you guys can guess why there isn't a shortage here
Then again, the xbox 360 ($2490 reais) and ps3 ($2950 reais) are also in stock.
I'm sure you guys can guess why there isn't a shortage here
Then again, the xbox 360 ($2490 reais) and ps3 ($2950 reais) are also in stock.