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Forums - Nintendo - Pachter at it again - Speaks about Wii's situation in light of HD prices

"And you can get an Xbox 360 with a 120-gig hard drive and access to Netflix and Facebook"

He somehow forgot to mention that Netflix and Facebook come with the Gold membership price.



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Khuutra said:
D_Boy said:
Khuutra said:
D_Boy said:
Value is in the eyes of the beholder. Some people value a burger and chips for $4.99....and other people value a T-Bone Steak for $25.

Who in God's name would pay more than seven or eight bucks a pound for T-bone?

I'm talking in AU dollars...over here...a T-Bone steak in a good restaurant is about $25.

Yeah I get that, but it should cost anywhere between half and a third that if you buy the steak and cook it yourself.

What I'm trying to imply is that buying a T-Bone steak for $25 is a bit of a sucker's deal. I could understand a New York strip or something, I suppose...

Well...my point stands. Pachter is a glorified douche who makes gay predictions and gets one right every other year. The rest of the time he talks shit and I hate that guy.



Oh, I see. My apologies, I'll be on my way then.



reask said:
He has a point but I think the Wii has a different market.
Only time will tell really.
Nothing stopping Ninty dropping the price either if they feel they have to.

No.. just no..

Also @ Khuutra: You just passed 8000 posts, congrats!



 

As soon as wii sales start to suffer, they will drop the price to $199. I bet they would be making a profit if they sold it for only $149.



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puffy said:
reask said:
He has a point but I think the Wii has a different market.
Only time will tell really.
Nothing stopping Ninty dropping the price either if they feel they have to.

No.. just no..

Also @ Khuutra: You just passed 8000 posts, congrats!

I just passed eight thousand posts by arguing about steak.

I'm not sure how to feel about that.

I'll say the big 8k was me yelling at Starcraft in another topic. That's much better.



Haha...steak....tastes good though..full of protein.



Pyro as Bill said:
"It just doesn’t make sense to buy a Wii for $50 less."

PS3 and 360 have Wii Sports now do they?

Hard drive, netflix, facebook, BR player? Are these what people buy a GAMES console for?

Exactly, I don't see why some people *cough Patcher cough* keep complaining wii doesn't have an HDD, it has 32 GB available nad you can put in as many as you want plus each one here in canada only costs 30dollars so if you buy 4 which means you will have 128GB for only 120 dollars while a 360 HDD that only gets you 120gig (8GB less) for 150 dollars....

Then why didn't he mention being able to play and download ds demos and there is going to be a channel that allows you to download even wii demos and ds demos that can be kept on your sd card or the systems memory even after you close the ds. 

and who needs a dvd or a bluray player you can get a dvd player for 15 dollars and you can get a bluray for 170 here in canada...

plus i don't think ps3 has anything related to a virtual console that takes you back 15 years!

i don't think 360 or ps3 have mario games and especially my favourite they don't have super mario galaxy you hear that patcher!

(ps i still like 360 and ps3 just answering back to his points)



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bardicverse said:

“What I actually think is going to happen is Sony’s market share gains are going to come at Nintendo’s expense,” Pachter says. “And Microsoft is going to chug along the way they’ve been with relatively flat sales and I think Microsoft is going to be OK with that.”

“I think what is likely is that Wii sales are going to drop more,” Pachter predicts. “You can’t really justify buying a Wii for $249. You get ‘Wii Sports’ with it but no hard drive, whereas you can get a PS3 with a Blue-ray player and a 120-gig hard drive and built-in Wi-Fi. And you can get an Xbox 360 with a 120-gig hard drive and access to Netflix and Facebook. It just doesn’t make sense to buy a Wii for $50 less.”

Doesnt the Wii have built in WiFi? How else can I connect to the internet with no cable? Why is this mentioned for PS3 and not for Wii?

I am confused.

Also, fuck HDDs. I dont need HDDs to play games.



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justinian said:
"And you can get an Xbox 360 with a 120-gig hard drive and access to Netflix and Facebook"

He somehow forgot to mention that Netflix and Facebook come with the Gold membership price.

Or with the "Internet", for effing free. At least facebook.



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