Mine wasn't a waste
Bought it a month after they were released, sold it a year later for exactly what I'd paid for it.
( evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 14:05, 1 reply)

That's the good thing about a Wii
Unlike other consoles they hold their value pretty well, so you can sell them when you're bored and get back pretty much what you paid.

And they're not red-light-of-death (lots of my friends' Xbox 360s) or yellow-light-of-death (my brother's PS3) timebombs.
( eXOBeX, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 13:57, closed)

Not sure about that
I paid £170 or so for it just over a year ago and was told last week that the current trade-in value is about £50... cash value even less.

On a related note: the most use I've ever had out of the Wii was when the 360 was in for repair. Sounds like it's on the verge of death again so maybe I won't get rid of the little white box just yet.
( Dave McF wrote some words on, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 2:04, closed)