My thoughts on…the release of the Wii
Whoa. Two back to back console release posts. You don’t see that every day. The Nintendo Wii was released on Sunday, but if you blinked, you would’ve missed it, as it went largely unnoticed by the media. I guess when no one gets shot or beaten at your console launch, the media doesn’t really care, as bodily harm seems to sell papers. There was none of the EBay madness either, as people who bought the Wii actually were actually gamers who were interested in playing it, not opportunists trying to make a quick buck. A Mr. Jonathan Mann was the first to purchase the console, dressed in what else, a Mario hat and suspenders. A true fan if there ever was one. So in comparison to the PS3’s, the Wii’s release was modest. But that doesn’t make the console any less impressive.
The Wii is the console I’ve been rooting for, so I’m much more interested in its success than the others. I’ve been a Nintendo fan ever since I killed my first of many relatives of Daffy Duck in Duck Hunt. But my loyalty to the company waned during the rise of the Playstation. Now I want to return to the company that started my lifelong affair with gaming. Bias aside, I still prefer the Wii to the Playstation, because while Sony has focused on making the PS3 a hardware powerhouse, Nintendo has focused on what gamers really care about - the gaming experience. I don’t care about Bluetooth, Blu-ray or HDMI. That isn’t gonna enhance my gaming experience much. Give me a revolution-ary controller and a kickass nunchuk attachment and we’re in business! As for the Xbox 360…well who cares? We’re dealing with the new hotness!
There seem to be no bugs with the system, although there have been some complaints that the motion sensitive controller isn’t as intuitive as Nintendo claims. This remains to be seen. And in retrospect, there was no real need for fanboy violence, because there was no dramatic shortage. The units at launch sold out, but there are scheduled to be 4 million units out for Christmas. So fret not divorced dads. You can still buy your children’s love.
My daughter has never had an interest in these games. I, on the other hand, have always kept up with the latest games since the first Atari (way way way before you were born!).
Contrary to the stereotype, I am not a pale 15 year old boy who has no friends and plays all day. I’m a 42 year old pale woman with no friends who plays all day, but that’s another story.
I would never pay full retail price on any of these systems, I’ll wait until the summer price drop. I don’t know which one to get! Wii does have the Mario franchise but PStation always has the better RPG’s and racing games. Nintendo always makes a good product. The PS2 also plays DVD’s so that clinched it for me, but what about the new one?
Tough choices.
I agree, I’m waiting until the price drops (or at least stores actually have a working inventory) of the Wii before I go out shopping for it. I’m not about to pay the prices demanded by the sellers on eBay.
The reason why I’m interested in the Wii is because, well, I miss the Mario games, lol. I doubt I’ll really play it too much after my initial fix, so it’d be best if I wait for the price drop (just like how the xbox 360 is being sold for like $100 off retail now)
I’m kind of torn with this. The Wii seems to be the most affordable but also very gimmick dependent. Must I use the motion control for EVERY game? Sometimes I just want to pass out on the couch and button mash.
LOL Ricardo, I myself will be buying the Wii mainly because our GameCube stopped reading the disks and 250.00 is alot better than 599.99 right now. We are actually kind of intriqued by the new controller employed by Nintendo and I hope that we aren’t disappointed.
Jon happy turkey day. 250 is WAY better than 600. I mean if I’m going to spend that much I should just get a computer. But thereare some games that will never be out for the Wii that I love such as the SOCOM series and the WWE wrestling games. At least I’m not hearing that those are coming out for them.
I’m sworn to not buy another next gen console but I’m tempted