Critiquing Nintendo's Wii launch details

[Video_freak]

Maybe after the holiday season the Wii will become $200

Keep dreaming.

[chipan]

How much can wii cost on europe? I hope they won't make the 1$=1€ conversion, because is not fair for european people (€>$).

[chipan]

How much can wii cost on europe? I hope they won't make the 1$=1€ conversion, because is not fair for european people (€>$).

[CrackA]

i agree with the costs of controllers and nunchuck and definatly the virtual console games since i own a lot all ready...

and i think it is barely worth 250 since it is less powerful than an orig. xbox (which came out 4-5 years ago)

but i think its all pretty cool still

the remote is quite expensive because of the motion sensing.

its more powerful than the original xbox, but less powerfull than the 360 (graphics wise)

im still getting one.

Skeptical Gaming has compiled their list of reasons why Nintendo's Wii launch announcements today were less than perfect. Here's a rundown of some of their main points:

$250 price: "A $250 system becomes less of an impulse buy, and more of an investment. At $199, the systems would cater quite nicely to the EveryMan."
Cost of controllers: "Holy cow, Nintendo. $40 for the Wiimote, and $20 more for the Nunchuck? You're charging more for the two main accessories (needed for a lot of games) than you are for the games!"
Virtual Console pricing: "Most NES games aren't worth $5. Although I don't support the practice since it's illegal and all (wink wink), it's damned easy to find ZIP files with every single NES ROM included in them."
Photo system: "Sorry guys... it's hard to sell me on a Photo manipulation/storage idea when the system holds less than a gig of storage space."
Nov 19 launch: "Launching it two days after the PlayStation 3 means that, whether they like it or not, Nintendo is now competing with Sony for exposure."
How would you critique Wii's launch details? What are your biggest gripes?

still much cheaper than any console.

remote has got motion sensing

u dont pay with money, u use some points.

dont care about photo system, we will see.

ps3 has got some issues, it wont affect the wii even if its 2 days later.

[arapozo]

I was eagerly expecting the Wii as i saw it as the only console with real innovation and a affordable price. IMHO $250 is not expensive, but is not a bargain. Also, $50 for a game and $60 for the controller is not "mainstream". Somebody that's not a gamer will not buy a wii at $250, then pay $60 for his wife, husband, brother, etc. to play. It should have come with 2 controller sets, as in almost all advertisement nintendo has put out, you see more than one people playing. Whats the point of wii sports.... passing the controller around?
So i'm not that exited anymore, i was expecting a lower price, the no-DVD playback means that you'll need another device, no matter if is another console or a standalone dvd player.
I'll just keep playing my PSP until i see what is all about the "next-gen" so far the xbox360 hasnt impressed me and the price of the ps3 makes me affraid of banckrupcy. The wii looks better but i believe Nintendo has failed, because they offered something and are now delivering something else.
This is just how i feel.

[Jenksie]

I understand that this is a thread for crtiquing the Wii, but it seems to have gone past that and is becoming very negative. Whilst i agree that the controller price is a little high we are paying for a new technology. I'm happy with all the news thats come out and as a European gamer i'm getting a console at a similar time to the Japanese at a very affordable price, plus i'm getting access to retro games at a very affordable price.

[morninghead]

The Wii doesnt cost that much. You're getting Wii Sports which would sell for $40 in the store right there and it comes with a Wii mote. Those things are $60. So reallly it's packed in with $100 of free stuff out of the box. And do you really care about the DVD playback? Don't you already have a DVD player in your living room? Plus you probably already have a system that can play DVDs (Playstaion 2, Xbox, Xbox 360) so them having DVD playback and the console being even more expensive really isn't that bad.

[Video_freak]

How much can wii cost on europe? I hope they won't make the 1$=1€ conversion, because is not fair for european people (€>$).

It's probably going to be like that. Remember that Europe has tax included, and the US doesn't though...

[ninja9393]

its not to late for you guys to jump on the ps3 wagon with me heh >_<

I wish i could but i could never affored one

and plus the wii is frekin' sweet

[gotmilk0112]

ps3 costs: 1 1/2 arms. 3 legs. 1 ear. 1 you-know-what. a total of 600$ for JUST THE SYSTEM IT SELF

wii costs: 250$ for the system itself. like, you could buy a wii and 4-5 games for the price of the ps3 ITSELF.