Wii price hike

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Was looking into buying my girlfriend a Wii. Im fecking outraged to see that a console that was retailing at 189.99 has had a 100 pound price hike for Xmas. That in my opinion is disgraceful.

That is all.
Rant Over.
 
im sure comets or currys are doing a great deal at the minute on the wii check online red
 
WeasteDevil said:
Nintendo were very very clever making the entire machine seem to be based upon those controllers. Very clever, and they have made a mint out of it.
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Yeah for every person that it pisses off (like me) 5 others love it. Bit of a novelty for me but some people swear by them.
 
They were very clever in that where Microsoft and Sony went off on a mass R&D tech trip costing god knows how much money to make the XB360 and the PS3, they simply took their old GameCube, upped the clock speed a little, and added those controllers. The daft thing is, that's all they are, controllers, they could be added to anything, yet people buy it on that premise because they think that those controllers are the system itself. It's a GameCube on heat!
 
If we look a little deeper however, the XB360 was also intended to be a Standard Definition console from its base design. No "my console is better than yours" bollocks here, there are particular parts of its core design that give this away. It's quite understandable, as 98% of the World does not have HDTV sets. Sony pushed HD because Sony is Sony, they want to sell TVs. Microsoft had no option but to follow. Thus we have two highly technical machines that cost a lot, compared to a GameCube on heat that costs feck all (Nintendo could sell it for 80 quid and still make a profit). This in an age when the PS2 still sells like hotcakes.
 
WeasteDevil said:
If we look a little deeper however, the XB360 was also intended to be a Standard Definition console from its base design. No "my console is better than yours" bollocks here, there are particular parts of its core design that give this away. It's quite understandable, as 98% of the World does not have HDTV sets. Sony pushed HD because Sony is Sony, they want to sell TVs. Microsoft had no option but to follow. Thus we have two highly technical machines that cost a lot, compared to a GameCube on heat that costs feck all (Nintendo could sell it for 80 quid and still make a profit). This in an age when the PS2 still sells like hotcakes.
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I agree with you. I love my 360 but someone telling me the ps3 is better means feck all to me. I play games once in a while and i enjoy it on the 360 no one will tell me different. People cant argue that because its a personal preference. You can tell me the ps3 has a gigawatt of power through a flux capacitor, but the 360 has superior pixel transfer rate or whatever the feck people argue about. But the fact is do i enjoy playing the console. Most of the people on this board dont seem to grasp this.

But i must admit the PS2 in my opinion is the best console ever. You can argue nostalgia but you cannot argue with its sales, the amount of developers that developed for the system and the fact that it did things that the other systems didnt at the time and advanced the way consoles are made today.
 
London_Red said:
I agree with you. I love my 360 but someone telling me the ps3 is better means feck all to me. I play games once in a while and i enjoy it on the 360 no one will tell me different. People cant argue that because its a personal preference. Most of the people on this board dont seem to grasp this. But i must admit the PS2 in my opinion is the best console ever. You can argue nostalgia but you cannot argue with the fact its sales, the amount of developers that developed for the system and the fact that it did things that the other systems didnt at the time and advanced the way consoles are made today.
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I don't knock the XB360 for what it is (apart from its failure rate, which I find to be unacceptable), I do however respond to this nonsense that went on for almost a year with what are known as "fanboys" knocking the PS3 at any point for no reason, and it still goes on - I will confront these vermin. The XB360 is a fantastic bit of kit and can give you a lot of fun. The Wii is pointless to me, all it would require is for either Microsoft or Sony to come out with similar controllers and there is no difference.
 
Imagine if Sony had said, ah, feck it, we are not spending all this money developing the PS3, we'll just add a controller or two that works like a bat in your hand, stick it on the PS2, and call it the PSWii.

The Wii is an anomaly. Well done Nintendo, now feck off please.
 
WeasteDevil said:
I don't knock the XB360 for what it is (apart from its failure rate, which I find to be unacceptable), I do however respond to this nonsense that went on for almost a year with what are known as "fanboys" knocking the PS3 at any point for no reason, and it still goes on - I will confront these vermin. The XB360 is a fantastic bit of kit and can give you a lot of fun. The Wii is pointless to me, all it would require is for either Microsoft or Sony to come out with similar controllers and there is no difference.
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Yeah i agree. When i bought my 360 i took a risk. If it fecks up ill be annoyed and i think i might get a ps3 but until that happens ill stick with my 360. My two major problems with the ps3 was its price when it came out and also the fact i think sony got a little lazy at points. I think that they seemed to think they had nothing to prove and people would buy the console whatever the price and regardless of the amount of games and developers they had signed to their console. They began to believe their own hype in my opinion.

Fan boys of either console should be ignored. They are what they say they are, fanboys. You will never change their mind or even have an intelligent conversation about comparing the systems. They are just childish idiots who believe their console is superior simply because THEY have it. They will never hear of anything against their console and that makes for a pointless attempt at having an intelligent conversation.

P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.
 
It's almost impossible to get a Wii in Ireland before Christmas this year. Selling on ebay for over €400
 
I'm generally very anti-console. There are very, very few games I'd prefer to play on a console, as opposed to a computer (which is also much more personalized). My cousin (who I live with) has got a PS2, and we've got three games for it. Some Final Fantasy game (not a big FF-fan, except for FF8), Tekken 5, and Guitar Hero 3.

The thing about the Wii is that it's... well.. different. I wouldn't pay very much to have one, but I wouldn't mind trying it out.
 
My former flatmate had a Wii for a month before he moved out, must say it was good fun playing tennis and baseball with genuine strokes, or close too. As soon as Sony or Microsoft nab that technology, which surely can't be that hard to do now the Wii is out there, will surely make that console defunct
 
Brad Cantona said:
My former flatmate had a Wii for a month before he moved out, must say it was good fun playing tennis and baseball with genuine strokes, or close too. As soon as Sony or Microsoft nab that technology, which surely can't be that hard to do now the Wii is out there, will surely make that console defunct
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As Weaste has pointed out numerous times in these threads. Sony could do it now with the PS2. And it would still have better graphics etc then the Wii. Xbox don't need to do it and to be honest neither do Sony, they have loyal fan bases for there consoles and they sell there machines by the games they play rather then a novelty factor.
 
Retirantmobs said:
As Weaste has pointed out numerous times in these threads. Sony could do it now with the PS2. And it would still have better graphics etc then the Wii. Xbox don't need to do it and to be honest neither do Sony, they have loyal fan bases for there consoles and they sell there machines by the games they play rather then a novelty factor.
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It evidently isn't just novelty when they're selling so many consoles on the concept. I should think Sony need to do everything they can to sell their consoles, they've lost many a previously loyal customer to Xbox by pissing around for so long and charging a ridiculous price for their goods
 
WeasteDevil said:
I don't knock the XB360 for what it is (apart from its failure rate, which I find to be unacceptable), I do however respond to this nonsense that went on for almost a year with what are known as "fanboys" knocking the PS3 at any point for no reason, and it still goes on - I will confront these vermin. The XB360 is a fantastic bit of kit and can give you a lot of fun. The Wii is pointless to me, all it would require is for either Microsoft or Sony to come out with similar controllers and there is no difference.
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The reason why people knocked the ps3 is because it was expensive and the games were poor. Not because it was crap.
 
i own all three consoles and i have to say that the novelty of the wiimote has worn off for me! I still like playing zelda and metroid but the wii's lack of power is really begining to piss me off *** after you sit down and play the ps3 or 360; it's soo annoying having to look at the crap graphics of the wii!!!

I was one of the idiots who payed £250+(with games) when it came out but my advice is don't buy it unless the price goes down to £70 and if you want a different gaming experience; BUY THE EYETOY and plug it into your good old ps2 which is HANDSFREE!!!:D
 
Brad Cantona said:
It evidently isn't just novelty when they're selling so many consoles on the concept. I should think Sony need to do everything they can to sell their consoles, they've lost many a previously loyal customer to Xbox by pissing around for so long and charging a ridiculous price for their goods
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But once people get over the hype it won't sell. In fact I wish Sony or MS would release something to compete with it and wipe the floor with it.
 
Retirantmobs said:
But once people get over the hype it won't sell. In fact I wish Sony or MS would release something to compete with it and wipe the floor with it.
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That's what people said 6 months ago, Wii is still going strong.
It was a great move by Nintendo. They are something different to other consoles. Untill Microsoft or Sony releases something same, Wii has it's own market share.
And Sony wont compete with Wii because they are cocks. They sometimes go out of their way to be different than other brands and end up ruining themselves. Did that with mp3 race with apple.
 
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