New add-ons turn Wii into a media center

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BenKenobi88 said:

famousringo said:
What's news to me is that they're charging 500 Wii points for the Internet Channel now. That's pretty weak. Nintendo's raking in enough cash that they can afford to keep tossing people that freebie. :P

I guess it's a scheme to get people to buy 2000 Wii points and grab some VC games.

The Internet Channel beta was free when the Wii came out. When the Internet Channel officially came out, the beta owners had until something like June to download the official channel for free, after that all users pay 500 points for it.

Lame I suppose, but I guess I don't have a problem with things like that, it's all about priorities. Where some people can spend 5-25 bucks on a pizza without thinking but not an Internet Channel on the Wii that lets you browse the web on your TV, that's their decision. But of course, I can agree that free was better hehe.

 I guess I also feel that there's room for improving the browser if they're going to charge for it. I'd love a more customizable UI and it'd be nice if it wouldn't boot me out of the browser every time my wireless connection gets unsteady.

These are things I'd like to have if I paid 500 points for it, but of course I got it for free, so I don't really have a right to complain. :P