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Nintendo Wii is $509.89

mixarmixar Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
Remember the good ol days when consoles came with more than 1 controller. Well before companies decided to sell them between $29.99 - $59.99. After purchasing a wii console with 3 nunchuks, wiimotes and 4 classic controllers I realized this inexpensive machine just cost more than my xbox 360 premium system. The 360 has live which allows you to play online without having to buy more controllers. All your buddies can stay at home and each of you can play together.

However, if you have a wii and you want to have this same multiplayer fun you need to cough up some dough for the same experience.

Where is my wiisports online?!

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    You didn't need to buy the classic controllers.

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  • Neo RasaNeo Rasa Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    Remember the good ol days when consoles came with more than 1 controller. Well before companies decided to sell them between $29.99 - $59.99. After purchasing a wii console with 3 nunchuks, wiimotes and 4 classic controllers I realized this inexpensive machine just cost more than my xbox 360 premium system. The 360 has live which allows you to play online without having to buy more controllers. All your buddies can stay at home and each of you can play together.

    However, if you have a wii and you want to have this same multiplayer fun you need to cough up some dough for the same experience.

    Where is my wiisports online?!

    Actually once you purchase every face plate available for the XBox 360 you'll realize that the Panasonic 3DO is by far the best deal of this generation.

    The entry level cost for the Wii is great. Everything else is "optional." ;)

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Yeah, why the heck did you buy that many classic controllers?

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  • mixarmixar Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm going to want them for when goldeneye is released.

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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Couldn't you just share controllers with a friend if multiplayer is that big of a deal for you? Seems like overkill.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    the wii has online as weell, and it's free. there are just no games here in the US that use it. The Wii is a cheaper system however you look at it.

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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    I'm going to want them for when goldeneye is released.
    Oh man.

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I don't think Goldeneye will be on the VC.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited January 2007
    NO. IT IS LAW.

    WHITE MAN MUST PURCHASE ALL THINGS.

    HAPPY FUN TIME. MORE SAKE AND WHORES.

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  • XenoXeno Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    I'm going to want them for when goldeneye is released.

    Good job thinking ahead.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    I'm going to want them for when goldeneye is released.

    hahahahah

    aahahahahah

    ahahahah

    rare ain't nintendo anymore bud :(

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  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote:
    Yeah, why the heck did you buy that many classic controllers?

    And you could have used some old gamecube controllers as well. It's what I've done.

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  • KarfKarf The Past Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    This is the best thread ever.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Not to mention there's a whole back catalog of gamecube games available! I can't buy all of them! this is way too expensive!

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  • TwistedJesterTwistedJester Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Karf wrote:
    This is the best thread ever.
    I concur.

    The day that GoldenEye is on the VC is the day I buy a PS3.

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    Remember the good ol days when consoles came with more than 1 controller. Well before companies decided to sell them between $29.99 - $59.99. After purchasing a wii console with 3 nunchuks, wiimotes and 4 classic controllers I realized this inexpensive machine just cost more than my xbox 360 premium system. The 360 has live which allows you to play online without having to buy more controllers. All your buddies can stay at home and each of you can play together.

    Remember the good old days, when controllers were 1000x simpler than the current ones? Remember when they were really cheap to make because they were just a digital pad and about 8 buttons max? Before things like rumble, speakers, analog sticks, analog buttons, wireless capabilities, battery packs, LED lights, tilt sensors and accelerometers were built in? Seriously, shut up.

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    This is gonna be one for the archives.

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  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Bibble wrote:
    the wii has online as weell, and it's free. there are just no games here in the US that use it. The Wii is a cheaper system however you look at it.

    I would certainly hope that you wouldn't have to pay to get nothing.

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    That comic has gotten far more mileage then it should have.

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  • victor_c26victor_c26 Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Was just trying to look for that comic, they need to update the damn archive's metadata.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    CyberJackal wrote:
    Bibble wrote:
    the wii has online as weell, and it's free. there are just no games here in the US that use it. The Wii is a cheaper system however you look at it.

    I would certainly hope that you wouldn't have to pay to get nothing.
    It is EA's new plan.

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  • AlphaTwoAlphaTwo Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Anyone who owns more than 2 Classic Controllers deserves to get laughed at.

    Seriously.

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mixar wrote:
    The 360 has live which allows you to play online without having to buy more controllers. All your buddies can stay at home and each of you can play together.
    So technically, doesn't that situation require (4 x $400 =) $1,600? The 360s don't pay for themselves, ya know.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Yeah but what you forget is, each of your friends must also have bought a 360 and the same game you want to play. not only that, but with wii you only need to buy one house to play it in. With Live, you need at least two houses, each with its own TV. And even if you want to have friends over, you still need at least one power strip for all the plugs. Not so with wii!

    So you see, 360 online play puts you and your friends at least many hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, counting mortgage payments. I mean, the answer is clear.

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  • thunderclumpthunderclump Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    CyberJackal wrote:
    Bibble wrote:
    the wii has online as weell, and it's free. there are just no games here in the US that use it. The Wii is a cheaper system however you look at it.

    I would certainly hope that you wouldn't have to pay to get nothing.
    It's nothing now, but all the online games will be free when they come out.

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Herby wrote:
    mixar wrote:
    Remember the good ol days when consoles came with more than 1 controller. Well before companies decided to sell them between $29.99 - $59.99. After purchasing a wii console with 3 nunchuks, wiimotes and 4 classic controllers I realized this inexpensive machine just cost more than my xbox 360 premium system. The 360 has live which allows you to play online without having to buy more controllers. All your buddies can stay at home and each of you can play together.

    Remember the good old days, when controllers were 1000x simpler than the current ones? Remember when they were really cheap to make because they were just a digital pad and about 8 buttons max? Before things like rumble, speakers, analog sticks, analog buttons, wireless capabilities, battery packs, LED lights, tilt sensors and accelerometers were built in? Seriously, shut up.

    There is definately damn good reason for the wiimotes to be expensive. That being said, while the classic controllers are useless (gamecube controllers FTW) the system really should have come with 2 wiimotes + nunchucks even if they had to boost the price.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    If you bought four classic controllers, you'll also need four Cloudeagle SNES controllers, which you can buy from me for $50 each. Your Wii isn't complete without all four!

    Did I say four? I actually meant eight. Get 'em while they last...

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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Karf wrote:
    This is the best thread ever.
    Zek wrote:
    This is gonna be one for the archives.


    This "posting in a legendary thread" crap is pretty stupid.


    It might have been cool, but not when you start in with that nonsense within ten posts.





    anyway, jesus christ, nobody held a gun to your head and made you buy several hundred dollars worth of extra shit

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