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# in a weeks time the shops will be flooded with Wii's
it's all a big marketing play.

they will also have 4 shit games bundled with them and cost the same as a PS3.

wait a minute, that what's hapopening now.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:08, archived)
# I love how people complain about the price of a PS3
if you add up the cost of a Wii, the extra nunchuks, the gold controller, the tennis controller, the platform to stand on, the gun controller and so forth, you soon realise that Nintendo are the rip off merchants laughing all the way to the bank. Especially as shops get minimum profits from hardware, they only cream off the cash on software which is why shops have to do the bundles to break even and Ninteno laugh even harder because the games are so low quality and shite that they cost tuppence h'appeny to make.

FACT!
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:24, archived)
# indeed, a point i was making
you can't buy the wii in anything but bundles at the moment, raising the initial point of nintendo setting a low price point to make it attractive to those who don't want ot spend out on 360 or PS3.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:30, archived)
# The bundles are third party
nintendo dont ship the console in the bundle, a company like Game or Gamestation simply puts them in job lots.

I got my Wii from Game, in a bundle, then promptly returned 3 of the 4 games for face value as unwanted. Job done.

However i do agree sort of with your point. They should have consoles avaliable at 179 as well as fandangly bundles.

As for the expensive hardware, you can tot up the totals for PS3 accessories int he same way. Every major console manufacturer is doing this, to single nintendo out as the only one is ludicrous.

The point is nintendo are once again the innovaters of the gaming world, something Sony and Microsoft should take heed of. You can put all the accelerated chips int he world into a console, but you cant make it drink....or something.
(I helped save b3ta! DLT's Musical Bonanza is totting up the p, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:47, archived)
# PS3 only needs the one type of controller for games to work
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:57, archived)
# Not exactly true
You can play all the wii games without the extra accessories. And as the wiimote already has all the functionality in it, the addons aren't replacements for it, just plastic shells to slide it in to. I think I saw a set of 5 different ones for 15 quid or so.

The Wii Zapper is (or will be, dont have my wii anymore) included in whatever gun game came out around the same time.

On the other hand, extra accessories for the ps2/ps3 (guitar hero, ddr, those quiz games, etc) are all very expensive.
(I helped save b3ta! fross Read your email on, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:28, archived)
# i bought my wii
for £179 with wii sports bundled.
i bought an extra controller for £20 or so.
no big deal.

i love my wii.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:59, archived)
# Actually
Nintendo force the shops to purchase the console with a quantity of games, they can't just buy the consoles alone.

The bundles are the shops way of trying to ensure they aren't stuck with a stupid amount of nintendo games in stock.

The same strategy is being followed with the DS as well as the Wii

(Troncmaster, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:13, archived)