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Wii Opera is now free
FyreWulff
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Yep. You can now get Opera for Wii for free. On me. Not really.
You also get a 500 point NES game for free if you bought the channel.
Also, Flash is now updated on it too. Don't know to which version, though.
Source: Your Wii.
Also link.
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=289115
You also get a 500 point NES game for free if you bought the channel.
Also, Flash is now updated on it too. Don't know to which version, though.
Source: Your Wii.
Also link.
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=289115
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Holy crap.
I can't wait to get home.
I might buy Sin & Punishment finally.
3DS FC: 5343-7720-0490
I don't recall paying for it.
Yep, originally it was free for the first 6 months or so. If you downloaded it during that time, it would always be free for you.
My Backloggery
Then they started charging for it, but now they're offering it free as price-cut competition to the PS360 fighting.
olol
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Wow that is... uh. Special.
Here are consoles with legit cuts and they give us... free internet.
Why not try reducing prices of games. Hmm?
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Glad that they updated flash too, it's been a long time. Maybe Youtube and Hulu will work better? It seemed like Hulu outright blocked game consoles though, I guess we'll see if this changes anything.
EDIT: Pain, he was kidding, they're probably not specifically doing this for that reason. It's just a nice bonus.
EDIT2: Why did you mention reducing prices of games when theirs are still $50 and everyone else's are $60.
You had to manually redownload it though.
Wii Fit Plus, a guaranteed moneymaker, was just announced today for 20$.
The non stupid versions of the other consoles are still more than a Wii.
But let's stay on topic plz
The really important part is whether or not the Flash upgrade allows browsing of flash-based porn sites, because then the "Wii-waggling" jokes can start again.
Off Topic:
The US Treasury has been closed and Nintendo of America has been given the task of printing the nation's money since they've gotten so used to it.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
I am a cheap-skate.
3DS FC: 5343-7720-0490
My Backloggery
Actually, Wii Fit Plus was announced at E3.
Will the free game offer apply to people that got the browser free initially?
also probably not.
I'll gladly pick up Ocarina of Time on your dime. (Or Pulseman, I dunno)
And to think I was talking with a friend last night who was planning on getting a Wii. I told her that she'd have to pay for the Internet Channel.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
while the OP states that we will get a choice of NES, SNES, or N64.
what?
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The message I got on my Wii said one game worth 500 points.
Edit:
Hulu doesn't work.
Neither does Escapist or thatguywiththeglasses. (Need flash 9? Update is effectively flash 8)
Gametrailers works and that didn't before.
Do you live in Somalia or something, that you get THIS excited about a $5 freebie?
From what my girlfriend told me about my Wii at home:
and
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Well at first the OP said N64 and getting $10 for $5 is awesome.
But now that its a $5 I am meh about it, but still happy.
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http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2009/09/01/free-internet-channel-with-updated-flash
That's odd, because the message I got on my Wii message board said it was Flash Lite 3.1, which was the equivalent of Flash 8.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
No, I paid for the browser.
The game is free.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Because they don't have to.
Price-cuts aren't gifts that companies give to consumers, they are attempts to be more competitive in sales.
The Wii is still at its same launch price because it STILL sells great.
No, the Beta version of the browser was free to the customers that purchased the Wii within the first 6 months.
The final version of the browser which was released I believe in June of 2007 was $5.
Opera and/or Nintendo decided to start releasing the browser for free, so they're refunding the money to the people that purchased it.
So don't go around saying "You're not getting a free game, you already bought it."
That's not true. I bought the browser knowing that I was willing to pay $5 to browse the web using my Wii.
I had no problem with this. Nintendo could have kept charging $5 for the rest of the Wii's lifespan and I wouldn't feel ripped off in the least.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
what matters is that folks who paid $5 for the browser now have 500 points to spend on a game. Whether they considered the $5 a sunk cost, and they consider this game to be free, or if they are considering this a return on their $5 investment is a matter ONLY for their personal books, and WILL vary between folks depending on how they chose to budget and account for their own finances.
If I didn't go back, I would not have realized I paid too much, and would have continued life not caring.
Does this metaphor work perfectly? Maybe not, but it's almost lunch time and I'm hungry.