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Untouch on 17 July 2008

I'd pay 50 dollars alone for a wiimote I can use while I sitting down.



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FJ-Warez on 17 July 2008
DTG said:
Garcian Smith said:
"An arm and a leg"? I'd say that's pretty cheap, seeing as Wii Sports 1 alone in Japan cost $50. Consider that the 1:1 motion attachment would cost at least $20 alone, so you're only paying $30 (or less) for Wii Sports 2.

Also, if you're not excited at the prospect of another Wii Sports compilation, then you're probably a bitter shut-in who doesn't have any friends to play with.


Or maybe someone who prefers growing individually rather than wasting his intellect and time on throwaway entertainment?

 

Oh here we go again, and let me guest, you will grow playing... MGS4???

So, playing and making some quality time with my GF, brother and friends, just having fun is now some sort of disease, lol...



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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 17 July 2008
Garcian Smith said:
"An arm and a leg"? I'd say that's pretty cheap, seeing as Wii Sports 1 alone in Japan cost $50. Consider that the 1:1 motion attachment would cost at least $20 alone, so you're only paying $30 (or less) for Wii Sports 2.

Also, if you're not excited at the prospect of another Wii Sports compilation, then you're probably a bitter shut-in who doesn't have any friends to play with.

 

Someone's a bitter, unhappy person, but from his post and yours, I wouldn't bet on him.



cwbys21 on 17 July 2008
scottie said:
First off, no-one in America ever has the right to bitch about the price of anything related to electronics, it makes you sound like spoiled children in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Now, E3 is not actually over, we shall see soon enough if any mention is made of zelda/pikmin/kid icarus/whatever game(s) you care about.

Once again, $50 is cheap for a game, do some maths with exchange rates, much less a game and a controller add-on.

In a bundle with Wii Sports resort will not be the only way to buy the 1:1

This is for both casual and hardcore gamers, not just for you

You don't have a clue how the 1:1 will work, for all you know, the 1:1 will be compatible with all past and future wii games, regardless of whether the developer wants it to be or not. Only those high up in Nintendo know this as of now.

Even ignoring all of that, adoption rates will be huge
Look at Wii Play
Look at Wii Fit

I was going to write a post about how that makes you look like an ass, but then decided it just wasn't worth it.  If you don't want to pay so much for games, work to make your Australian currency worth something or move to a country where the currency is (and that isn't necessarily America unless we kick the democrats out of congress this fall, things might have been in motion before they came to power, but things went to shit under their reign).

 



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Erik Aston on 17 July 2008

I'm curious... What are the games people are buying so many extra peripherals for? Some people just go on about 4 Wiimotes, 4 nunchuks, 4 GC or Classic controllers, and then all the packed-in peripherals, and now potentially 4 MotionPluses, always using the phrase "if you want the full experience."

But it seems to me that Nintendo has made an effort to make the bulk of the experience available without a ridiculous control set-up. Look over the top 10 games on Wii. How much of the "experience" do you miss if you have just 2 Wiimotes, 2 nunchuks, and 2 old GC controllers, (along with the packed-in peripherals of course)? Or 4 Wiimotes and 2 nunchuks? I'd contend you don't miss too terribly much, and the expense isn't too much more than for other systems.

Despite billing MotionPlus as "a new standard," I bet Wii Sports Resort makes an effort to have a lot of single controller, turn-taking games, including "training" modes, and very few games which even have a 3 or 4 player mode, so that you can get a meaningful experience just by buying the game, and the vast majority of the experience just by adding a second MotionPlus. I mean, there's not going to be 4-player fencing.

And as for, "it should have been included originally!" Please. R&D takes time and money. The first 2.5 year lineup, sans 1:1, is hardly weak.



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wfz on 17 July 2008

I can't wait for Wii Sports Resort, the fencing and jet skiing looks awesome, I really can't wait to play. And the MotionPlus looks pretty great as well. I can't wait to play more games with the added accuracy!

WiiSpeak is amazing as well! This E3 certainly didn't disappoint me!



DeltaXIII on 17 July 2008
BenKenobi88 said:
exindguy said:
scottie said:
First off, no-one in America ever has the right to bitch about the price of anything related to electronics, it makes you sound like spoiled children in the eyes of the rest of the world.

It would be wonderful if you'd elaborate on this comment...

 

Because we have the cheapest electronics? Other than Japan perhaps...but you can't build a cheaper PC anywhere else in the world...electronics are cheapest in the US for the most part.

 

 I can attest to Wii games in Japan at times being more expensive than in the USA. Unless some of you have seen some $65-$70 games retail at stores. I think last I checked the Wii DDR pad was also still more expensive here than In the USA.

I am however interested in the game and may pick it up when it's out.



 

amp316 on 17 July 2008

It's a good price. I'm getting Wii Motion Plus and the new Wii Sports for $49.99. Sounds like a good deal to me. The most expensive part of the Wii has always been the controllers because they are the most state of the art ones on the market. This an upgrade to that. Stop complaining.



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deathcape on 17 July 2008

ok ok..I get this, you'd pay 400 for a PS3...and 60 for each game..

but can't pay 250 for the Wii? and 50 for a game AND peripheral? oh..want a good game? another 50 then (RE4 being less)

what a weirdo..

Sony asks: $460

Nintendo asks: $350

well...it's still considerably cheaper than the PS3 by itself..and now you have 3 games!! Wiisports, Wiisports resort AND *enter game of choice here*

I can't see how this is pricey



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scottie on 17 July 2008
exindguy said:
scottie said:
First off, no-one in America ever has the right to bitch about the price of anything related to electronics, it makes you sound like spoiled children in the eyes of the rest of the world.

It would be wonderful if you'd elaborate on this comment...

 

 

With Gusto

 

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=29.95&from=AUD&to=USD&submit=Convert

1 Aussie dollar is worth 97.11 us cents

 

We pay $100 rrp for our Wii games, $110 for PS360 games

ie $97.11 US after converting

 

In America you pay $50 for a game.

 

I don't know if you guys have a sales tax, but we do so I'm going to add on 10% to your price

 

ie 55

 

Then you have to consider, Australia is closer to where the games are produced, but there's a better economy of scale for shipping to the US. These probably cancel each other out.

 

Therefore there is $42.11 extra going into somebodies pockets