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Originally Posted by Nikilidstrom
What I dont get is why the hell people are even buying them at all. Sure they were fairly cheap for a game console when they launched, but I've had mine forever and I have yet to find a good use for it other than as a shelf decoration. There simply is 0 software of any quality for it. And now, you can get an Xbox 360 for the same price, which is infinitely more useful, and not just for games, but as a media center as well. I guess marketing trumps all, even common sense.
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Let's see.... because it's inclusive. When my family goes to my sister-in-law's house, the kids end up sitting in the family room, watching one to two cousins using the Xbox to shoot up each other on Halo. *yawn* . Great for one or two ppls, but for 6 kids?
On the other hand, New Year's eve, same two families, 6 kids, 4 middle aged adults and an 84 year old grandmother, all jockeying for and playing the admittedly less sophisticated games on the Wii in my living room.
Yes, there was drinking, yes, there was a buzz, but the fact is that all of us were interested in boxing, bowling, skiing, Flying WW2 fighter planes, driving Mario Kart (with the Vancouver cousins too, in real time over the internet) and an 84 year old woman was having a great time using the game system for bowling,
Let's just say the system is "fun". I think that is the attraction. Much as I would like to have a holodeck level of gaming system, nothing beats inclusive activity.
And yes, Wii is very difficult to purchase around Toronto. Some Best Buy stores advertise the arrival of "21 " units, and a line forms up long before the store opens.