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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Ninty follows Sony strategy of removing features. New Wii this xmas for £79.99, won't play GC games

enditall727 on 25 August 2011

LOL!



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 25 August 2011

its an ok move that may bode well in the short term but after that theres no were to go but down, so i guess in short i agree with Seece.

ok thats not good



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NYANKS on 25 August 2011

Gonna be cheaper than the PS2 at this rate lol :D



izaaz101 on 25 August 2011

This late in the generation, I think it's fine...if they took it out in the first 2-3 years, I'd have been very disappointed.



Mad55 on 25 August 2011
Mr Khan said:
Mad55 said:
Damn even after taking the gc drive or whatever out will they still be making a profit with such a low price?

I would think so. To put in GC compatibility they had to make a two-size-compatible slot-loading disc drive, which is a rare part compared to everything else in the Wii (aside from its brand of NAND memory), so they could be slashing out the single most expensive component remaining in the thing

Nintendo has removed features before, just more discretely. The $99.99 GameCube had its 480p compatibility removed


Ahhh I see



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Roma on 25 August 2011
Mr Khan said:
Mad55 said:
Damn even after taking the gc drive or whatever out will they still be making a profit with such a low price?

I would think so. To put in GC compatibility they had to make a two-size-compatible slot-loading disc drive, which is a rare part compared to everything else in the Wii (aside from its brand of NAND memory), so they could be slashing out the single most expensive component remaining in the thing

Nintendo has removed features before, just more discretely. The $99.99 GameCube had its 480p compatibility removed

They also removed the ability to play GBA games on the DS

Its funny how some people desperately want Nintendo to be fallowing Sony but whatever they do Nintendo actually did before Sony did :P (at least what I know of anyway)



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