Why does everyone diss the Wii ?, step inside............

Jofujofu · 21 Jul 2007 at 02:11

At the end of the day, what difference does it make? If you don't like the Wii, don't buy it. If you like the Wii, buy one. Same for the other consoles. Why spend money on something you don't want? If it doesn't appeal, don't buy it. We all know whats inside the box on all consoles. In a forum such as this one, you know what you're forking out cash for. All the arguments are irrelevant. The three consoles are different, buy the one or three that you like. Who cares?? :confused:

Paul

Bossy papa · 21 Jul 2007 at 02:52

my preference is ps3 and 360 and wii being top seller is no problem to me. as long as ps3 and 360 games do not dry up.

Morba · 21 Jul 2007 at 10:33

my wii was done everything i wanted from it.

i effectively got it free (bought 3, sold 2 which covered the cost of the 3rd), expected it to be used infrequently when friends were around or my and the wife fancied a bit of (non sexual) fun.
when friends come to stay it comes out to play, other than that it stays away.

its a good way of having some fun that doesnt rely on a game pad and some button bashing or dead eye skills.

i agree with nokkon, its a modern day board game.

when i want to play some games on my own, i get the xbox360 out, which is much more a proper game console.

FrankJH · 21 Jul 2007 at 13:29

Morba said:
i effectively got it free (bought 3, sold 2 which covered the cost of the 3rd), .

you really ripped a couple of people off there didnt you (and seemingly proud about it too)

Kreeeee · 21 Jul 2007 at 13:58

Bossy papa said:
i ,along with other people on this forum have been playing games for a long time ,but find it difficult to pick up a wii pad and play games on it ,
why is that ???

Ego, stereotyping and elitism from my experience. I bet it all stems from not wanting to like it and give it a chance rather than genuinely having issues with it.

NokkonWud · 21 Jul 2007 at 14:06

FrankJH said:
you really ripped a couple of people off there didnt you (and seemingly proud about it too)

lol, nothing wrong with making money if the market demands it.

As it is, I never had a problem getting a Wii, nor did either of my 2 mates who got one for Christmas.

Syph · 21 Jul 2007 at 14:22

My Wii is frequently played, more so if it had pride of place in my own living room and if I didn't have a young child etc. Yet, with the types of games available on it, I can stick it on for 30 mins and feel as though I've had a good session. As much as I'd like to get involved in games like Oblivion on the 360/PS3, I no longer can afford to invest so much time in them.

In regards to the controls, I loved the Gamecube pad. I thought it was the best pad ever. But I struggled with it playing RE4 yesterday, and just wished I had the Wii version to physically aim at an enemies head!

GarethDW · 21 Jul 2007 at 14:43

Morba said:
my wii was done everything i wanted from it.

i effectively got it free (bought 3, sold 2 which covered the cost of the 3rd), expected it to be used infrequently when friends were around or my and the wife fancied a bit of (non sexual) fun.
when friends come to stay it comes out to play, other than that it stays away.

its a good way of having some fun that doesnt rely on a game pad and some button bashing or dead eye skills.

i agree with nokkon, its a modern day board game.

when i want to play some games on my own, i get the xbox360 out, which is much more a proper game console.

Ouch, I was agreeing with the points you were making right until your parting shot about the Wii not being a "proper games console". Care to elaborate? It's a console... it plays games, ergo it's a games console, is it not?

GarethDW · 21 Jul 2007 at 14:53

FrankJH said:
you really ripped a couple of people off there didnt you (and seemingly proud about it too)

Hahaha, sorry but this post really did make me laugh.

I'm in a similar position to the other guy, Frank.... although I'm probably worse than him, in your opinion. I bought 2 consoles from the biggest supermarket chain in the UK on launch day (actually, I convinced my sister to queue up with me so we could get one each... I just paid for them). I kept one for my son's Xmas present, and the other one went on the bay. Then I had an email from a competitor to OCUK saying my pre-order was available if I still wanted, so I ended up with 3 Wiis.

A friend of my wife's wanted one but couldn't get it, so I sold it to her at cost price, but the one on the bay went for double the price I'd paid for it. Woo-hoo!!! I wasn't holding anybody to ransom demanding they place a bid otherwise I'd shoot their kids - they placed those bids under their own free will (and looking at the size of their house on Google Maps, they could afford it anyway

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barnettgs · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:03

Pug said:
I love the wii. Paid well over the odds before xmas to secure, played it through the xmas holidays into the new year...

...and now never even power it on :|

says it all i think.

Says it all about you.

Metalface Mark · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:55

Nickg said:
running to zero profit can also keep them in business, 10% profit even. profiteering offers no further benefit to the consumer than the above im afraid.

Sorry, but I had to pick you up on this. Its a company's job to make money, its not profiteering. Why should Nintendo who make the consoles make little or no money on it?

You wouldnt last very long in business if you had a moral obligation to offer everyone everything at cost price. Nintendo have a duty to their shareholders to make as much money as possible.

FrankJH · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:38

NokkonWud said:
lol, nothing wrong with making money if the market demands it.

As it is, I never had a problem getting a Wii, nor did either of my 2 mates who got one for Christmas.

Nothi9ng wrong if you add value - if you just basically do nothing apart from get to somewhere quicker, then yes I think there is when obviously you are charging 50% more (ie to get 3 rd one free)

LabR@t · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:39

Bossy papa said:
i ,along with other people on this forum have been playing games for a long time ,but find it difficult to pick up a wii pad and play games on it ,
why is that ???

been playing video games for 20 years or so and I love the wii , its pick up and play fun can't see any sense in your comment

FrankJH · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:43

GarethDW said:
A friend of my wife's wanted one but couldn't get it, so I sold it to her at cost price, but the one on the bay went for double the price I'd paid for it. Woo-hoo!!! I wasn't holding anybody to ransom demanding they place a bid otherwise I'd shoot their kids - they placed those bids under their own free will (and looking at the size of their house on Google Maps, they could afford it anyway )

~One at cost price I have no issue with, and yes think about those people either at a competitor or at the supermarket who didnt get one I have a huge problem with (who would have been able to pay cost price for, apoart from your selfishness)

As I said , if you add value then fine , but you arent adding anything at all (and potentially worse if there are problems with the gaurentee if it goes wrong)

shaffaaf27 · 21 Jul 2007 at 18:57

I dont like the wii very much....yet.

Me and 2 other mates (who are both fanboys of ninty) go over to each others houses twice a week. Before the wii had come up, for about 3 years, we would always play my ps2 (which i took to their houses) and played the different iterations of PES. We had countless sleep overs of all night PES, and then timesplitters aswell.

But since they have gotten wiis, going to their houses has become a bore.
They both have the same games and we all ways end up playing either mario football or wii sports. and every time its the same thing.....repetitiveness. Same people winning in each event, matched ending up with similar outcomes.

All three of us cant stand to play for more than 45 mins a pop. So we went back to PES, and WOW relief. Sure we play PES all the time, mostly with the same teams, or random selection, but its always different and enticing. We can play one match or 50, and yet its fun.

Thats what i dont get about the wii. Its meant to be fun.....yet i dont particularly find it fun. One of my mates a week ago bought smash bros melee....OMG....i have never experienced fun like this. We played for AGES, never getting bored, but then why do wii games seem tedious. Even banana blitz is tedious, and we loved playing SM2 (target rulez :cool:

).

The wii is boring, dare i say it, unlike the 360, and even resistance is alright and motorstorm is fun online. The only aspect of the wii which wasnt boring was making odd wiis, but the novelty died aswell. Mario football is a fun games in small bursts, but nor more than twice a day, and 2 matches a time, and wii sports had a good fitness and you can do each sport once with out it being the same aswell.

Bring on smash bros brawl and then hopefully my attitude will change, but until then i remain unconvinced.

(puts on flame proof jacket(s)

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GarethDW · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:04

FrankJH said:
~One at cost price I have no issue with, and yes think about those people either at a competitor or at the supermarket who didnt get one I have a huge problem with (who would have been able to pay cost price for, apoart from your selfishness)

As I said , if you add value then fine , but you arent adding anything at all (and potentially worse if there are problems with the gaurentee if it goes wrong)

Why would a warranty no longer be valid if the console I auctioned did break? It was sold along with a receipt from a very large supermarket... it's a competitor, so I won't mention it, but you may have heard of it as it is the largest British retailer by both global sales and market share. There is definitely a store in their town - assuming it breaks (and remember, it's a Wii not a 360 so that's a pretty big assumption) then they can take it back to their local store and get it exchanged. Are warranties only legal if you can prove you were the original purchaser? Of course, they're not.

Secondly, I sold the console on an auction site. Maybe you're not aware how they work but if you see someone selling something you want then you place a bid for the amount you wish to pay for it, in the hope your bid is the winning one. As it happens, I started by selling the console at a loss - someone could have bid 50p and won it if they were the only person bidding. As it happens, some people were prepared to pay more than 50p... quite a lot more than 50p. But they chose to do that - that was the amount they were willing to pay. Some people placed bids that were a lot lower and didn't win, because they obviously didn't want to pay such an amount. That's the way it works. If you want to feel ****** off at anyone because of the prices that consoles can reach, you should direct your anger at the other bidders, as they were ultimately responsible for the price increasing not me.

Out of interest, do you bear such a grudge against everyone that sells anything on an auction site? Have you ever sold anything on one?

Nzyme · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:06

haha i found it funny that you said it was boring and tedious then said you play pro evo for hours on end that made me giggle

shaffaaf27 · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:13

Nzyme said:
haha i found it funny that you said it was boring and tedious then said you play pro evo for hours on end that made me giggle

thats what confuses me.
for some reason playing PES hours on end seems fine, but stick on current MP wii games and hafter 45mins it gets boring :eek:

Warbie · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:33

I think it's because most Wii games aren't suited to being played for long periods and are far more fun with 4+ people. If a few of my gaming mates come around we'll usually play on the 360/ps3. When we have a gang around it's the Wii all the way. It's a bit like having a football - pretty boring on your own or with just a friend or two, but awesome when there's a load of people arbout.

Social gaming is as fun as it gets imo, and the Wii is the best consle around for social gaming. This generation would have been far more dull without it.

Morba · 21 Jul 2007 at 20:49

FrankJH said:
~One at cost price I have no issue with, and yes think about those people either at a competitor or at the supermarket who didnt get one I have a huge problem with (who would have been able to pay cost price for, apoart from your selfishness)

rofl!
i didnt even buy them on launch day, i bought them a good week after they came out, from Tescos of all places where they had 5 in stock (at midnight!). If i had the money I would have bought all 5.

i put them on the bay of love where people decided to pay silly money for them. 1 day auctions. now, no offence to stupid people, but if i could pick them up from a shop then surely others could, but they decided to pay for them from ebay.

did the same with xbox360 when they were released as well. again walked into a shop (though on launch day) and asda shockingly had 3 in stock. i bought 2 and sold one on for near on £500! was a core as well!