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loves2splooge on 13 October 2010
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smbu2000 said:
trunkswd said:

There are quite a few games I am interested in playing, but right now it is the price that is stoping me from getting one. I would rather pay $150 and not get wii sports and wii sports resort. If the 25th Mario Edition Wii came to the States I would be tempted to get it. NSMB is one of the games I want to get.

I think about a month ago Target had a $150 Wii Legacy bundle that didn't include WSR (nor the WM plus), just the regular Wii Sports/nunchuck/controller/console. It sounds like that's what you were looking for.

OT: I've had my Wii since very early 2007, so... My console preferences pretty much go 360>Wii>>>>PS3 (as it's pretty much my BR player)

I wouldn't mind getting one of the Red Wii's as well, but I wouldn't be able to transfer my VC games...

Yeah my Wii is my secondary console as well. I only really use the PS3 for exclusives and the odd multiplat (if the PS3 version is better or has exclusive content. Or to play multi-plats with friends online who don't have a 360). I might consider getting a mail-in blu-ray/dvd rental subscription and play Blu-Rays on it. And try out the free 30 days Netflix.ca trial with my PS3. Most of the good Wii titles are exclusives whereas there's lots of overlap between the Xbox 360 and PS3. So it's a natural #2 for me.

I can understand why the Wii is often overlooked by North American teenaged and adult males. Online gaming is all the rage these days with this demographic and Nintendo have lagged behind in this department. This demographic is mainly playing Call of Duty, Halo, etc. online. Not Monster Hunter Tri, Brawl or Mario Kart.

@antabus @oinyide

Yep, Nintendo can charge those prices because the Nintendo fans are willing to pay those prices. Sega is also selling these games individually on VC for $5 a pop or more as well. Difference is demand for Nintendo VC games is probably a hell of a lot stronger than demand for Sega VC games. So Sega has to resort to bundling these games all on one disc (Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection or Sega Genesis Collection) at a budget price in order to get gamers to bite (between the PS3 and 360 versions, that collection sold about 1.8 million worldwide). If Nintendo were to bundle almost 50 8-bit and 16-bit Nintendo classics including major hits like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. on a $30 Wii disc, they would be losing a ton of money. It's much more worthwhile for Nintendo to sell these games individually at $5-$10 a pop to monetize Nintendo fans as much as possible.