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Nintendo_Dude on 04 March 2008

Wow.

In Australia a Wii mote is $70. A Nunchuk is 30 and a Classic Controller is 30.

But sometimes you can find Wii Play or BBA (bundled with a Wii mote down here for $65.

A Dualshock 2 was $50.

Sixaxis and 360 controllers are $80 each.



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kasillas88 on 04 March 2008
dgm6780 said:
yeah i am going to have to buy a new one soon, I have played so much CoD4 that I my L3 button makes funny noises. going to replace it with a dualshock 3

Dude same here. All that sprinting and holding my breath to snipe has ruined BOTH R3 & L3 for me.

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Entroper on 04 March 2008

Just wait until each player needs their own 3D stereoscopic goggles for $120. :)



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tastyshovelware on 04 March 2008
Nintendo_Dude said:
Wow.

In Australia a Wii mote is $70. A Nunchuk is 30 and a Classic Controller is 30.

But sometimes you can find Wii Play or BBA (bundled with a Wii mote down here for $65.

A Dualshock 2 was $50.

Sixaxis and 360 controllers are $80 each.

ouch. 



azrm2k on 04 March 2008
pichu_pichu said:
the price was really low back then, I used to own 7 N64 controllers, I still have one wiimote and one nunchuk, but i'll be getting more soon

WTH?  The 64 only let 4 ppl play at a time.  Why on earth would you want 7?



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Yugemos on 04 March 2008

Because the N64's joysticks were about as reliable as 360 consoles, that's why.



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CDiablo on 04 March 2008

I don tthink its that far out for the Wii but for the most part the sixaxis and 360 controller are rip offs. The reason being bot of those controllers added minimal additions(especially 360) yet nearly doubled the price. Wireless stuff is cheap, and the rumble/battery tech is last gen. At lease PS3 has motion sensing.



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mrstickball on 04 March 2008

I paid $25 USD for my last new Xbox 360 controller.

The issue is that 1st party acessories are insanely expensive.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

tastyshovelware on 04 March 2008

the wii's controls are a little more understandable in terms of pricing (since it's two pieces). that said, you still need those 2 pieces ($60) to play a good number of games.



azrm2k on 04 March 2008
Yugemos said:
Because the N64's joysticks were about as reliable as 360 consoles, that's why.

 Fair point.  I still have 2 of mine just fine but 2 others the joysticks snapped off.  The odd thing is that just the plastic covering snapped off and the metal pin is still there so you can still turn the pin and use the joystick, it's just painful....