I would like some strategic advice from my fellow Wii60 owners. I have what is a monumental problem a flat wallet. A broken 360 thats going to be of no use to me for the next month. A major game release in less then a week that I desperately want to play, and a spare console I am hardly using. This raises a spectacularly difficult decission. Yes it is wonderful to have two consoles for such eventualities, but given how well the Wii sells I might have a second option beyond playing on my second console for the next month.

I could sell my Wii and a slew of games and hopefully free up enough cash to pick up another 360 so as to have a console for Grand Theft Auto. I need not even buy a premium, because I will have a hard drive laying around. So I am looking at less then three hundred dollars with tax. So the reasonable question is exactly how much money I could get for a slightly used Wii? I could then trade in my old 360 when it returns from the shop, and invest that money into a single library. 

What you may also need to know is I own ten games for my 360. While I only own three games for the Wii. I have no wireless adaptor for my Wii, and I have no control charger for my Wii. So theoretically I am looking at the very least a hundred dollars to get my neglected Wii back on its feet as a gaming platform. Thirty dollars for the adaptor, perhaps twenty for a charger, and fifty for a game. 

I have to make a tough decission how financially sound would this strategy be for me to follow through with. Could I get serious money out of my Wii enough to cover most of the gap for a new 360? Would the sacrifice of value be too high. Basically what would you do in my situation?

you see if you had a PS3 you woldn't be in this position...lol j/k

 sell the wii

GTA Iv is WAY TO important to miss on launch

Why can't you send in your 360 for repairs?

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Nevermind about the wireless adapter thing, forgot about the USB dongle thing >_<

If you sell your Wii to buy another 360, 2 months from now after your first one is repaired you'll be left with no Wii, 2 360s, and maybe the burden of finding another Wii if you so desire.

Short term, your solution works.

Long term, you'll likely be a worse position than when you started. 

As for Wii prices, I'd say you could get decent money on it if it's condition is like new.

If you bundled it all together you could probably get the 300+ for it.

Hard to say though because of all the jackass "With 5 games with 15 games" BS wii sports and Wii Play listings.

Just put in on Ebay with a reserve of $300... or however much you need out of it.

The downside of course is that your Wii would likely fetch you a larger sell value then your fixed 360... even if you bundled the HD with it.

A used Premium just sold for $170 on ebay at this moment.

Yeah, I'm a little confused. So, your current 360 is getting repaired?

Uh, I'd just wait till you got it back from the shop. I'm not sure why you'd trade in your Wii to get a 360 in the meantime that your old one is being fixed, and then trade in your old 360 when you get it. Huh?

I know people who've done it. Well except for the Wii part. They just bought a new 360 while their old was was being fixed.

Of course i also know someone who bought a 360, traded it in, bought a 360, sold it to a friend, then bought a 360 yet again.

So they bought the same system 3 times.

I don't understand your problem...is your 360 not under warranty?

The way it works here in Canada is that you call microsoft who send you an empty box within 2-3 days. then you send your 360 back free of charge and within 4-5 days you have another 360. As soon as they get your 360 they ship you another one. You don't need to wait for them to repair your system...

So you could rent a 360 for the first week of GTA4 and have a repaired 360 within a week and a half...

For those not in the know it takes Microsoft five to seven days to deliver your cardboard coffin, and then its somewhere around twenty days until you get your console back. Given the timing I would see my 360 until late May or early June. The machine will be fixed and returned. My warranty is good especially since it is the RROD.

My Wii just isn't an acceptable gaming alternative at the moment. I considered picking up Galaxy to tide me over, but the reality is that platforming games have almost no replay for me. I play them once, and lay them aside to collect dust. Thats about the only gaming option that will not run me a hundred dollars. I could go retro but thats a poor alternative to modern gaming.

If I were you, I would just buy a Wii game that would keep you occupied for two months. Mario Kart is about to be out, and there's also Brawl. If you're really against playing your Wii, and see no further use for it, even in the far future, then sell it and buy the 360.