Wii Haters club

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Originally Posted by SmudgeK3

SH!T i could build a quad core 2gb of ram PC for that with a X1950 pro video card in which will blow any console away and youve got a great PC too

No you couldn't. Unless you're using used parts. £150 for a Q6600 alone, £70 for the card, £30 or so the RAM if you cut corners, and some older motherboard that'll waste the CPU's potential- no case, PSU, keyboard, mouse, screen, or drives.

Just to chip in here as a console/gaming person since the early 90's I think the wii as a console is a success for several reasons...

Firstly Nintendo themselves are making profit on every single one they are selling, unlike the competition who are making big losses.

Secondly this console appeals to 4-5 year olds up to 80 year olds, I proved this as I got my family playing the wii and they actually managed it and not doing bad. I've never had something do that before bar pacman or tetris early on, a console that everyone can play and have fun with like Jambo mentioned.

Thirdly this console is innovative which appeals to me, Apple are a good example of releasing cool gadgets like the ipod and then suddenly this becomes the norm. Nintendo have always been innovative, the d-pad, the shoulder buttons, the analog stick, rumble, motion sensing. You may argue these things appeared elsewhere before hand but Nintendo brought it to the masses and made it good.
If Nintendo suddenly jumped on the console arm race then they would following the trend like the ps3 and xbox360 which merely added some more features, improved the speed and graphics and wrap it up in a nice package, not straying too far away from the norm as they are afraid of losing profit margins.

Fourthly the games rely on gameplay and not graphics, all I hear about the new consoles is how good the games look and on a HD TV, they look awesome. Ok thats all good, we all like good looking games but if the game plays naff then whats the point, if I asked people to think of their best game played I bet you its something like street fighter 2 or half life etc. Not very detailed games now in the world of HD but the gameplay was immense and its what everyone remembers.

Now im not completely blinded, the other consoles have some good features, the full HD and nice graphics look great if you have the HD TV of course and the online features of the xbox360 is great, thats one of the best features and is something every console should and is adopting. Also theres no denying they have some really good games and im sure many christmas days will be sat infront of them for many people.

Also don't forget the PC, on the PC I can upgrade and constantly improve it to be better than the consoles, I can actually type and talk to people properly, I can play FPS games and RTS with a mouse and keyboard which imo is impossible to beat compared to a joypad or wii remote.

For me the trend is PS3 and XBOX360, the cool one, the one every cool kid wants because its the most powerful and plays all these new formats and has HD.

The wii is the one appealing to everyone and trying not to be anti-social and more importantly further the gaming market and get it out of this locked in arms race.

Open your eyes and don't be so blind-sided, ultimately all consoles have good points and bad points and ignoring it as a kids console is short sighted. Its like people saying the SV is a learners bike.

At the end of the day its a console in a couple of years people will be onto the next one and raving about that, people have the right to make up there own mind and decide for themselves. I know people who aren't fans of the wii but they don't go around stomping there feat declaring the wii rubbish, they just say its not for them and move on.

Marriage makes you wise, padawan.

Originally Posted by sinbad

From scratch (case, psu, drives etc -not monitor though), you could build a PC that is more powerful than a PS3 for under £300? I'll be scrapping this archaic piece of junk in the new year and chucking another one together, so if you could point me to the sort of stuff I should be looking at I'd be grateful. I know there's info on the 'net, but there's almost too much, just get lost in opinions and adverts.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productlister.aspx?n=2
this is the place i use but i wont be getting trade after friday as im back at college

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

360 4 lyfe.

Originally Posted by Welsh_Wizard

360 4 lyfe.

Tatooed across your chest?

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

Marriage makes you wise, padawan.

indeed it does, but there is still much to learn

doesnt Matt Hofman have that tattoo already? lol also ive been marred 14 years and if anything i think less now

Wii Parody for all you H8rz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns