Wii's are expensive

[jaboo224]

ok.... title might confuse you right off the bat because the standard wii is the cheapest console out there atm, But hear me out.

I bought a wii about 1-2 months ago because i wanted a cheap console that i can get drunk and party with some of my friends. So i went to get a wii and while purchasing the thing i realize i want a secondary controller so i added that to my list and went to go buy. While i am buying the thing the guy somehow convinces me that the rechargeable battery's are very handy. So i end up buying those as well.

I get home and i set this thing up and im playing wii sports. Then when i get to the boxing i realise you need the nunchuck addon to play, at first i was like "sweet i get to finally use this thing" but then realized you cant play boxing 2 player unless you have 2 of those things... So i run down to the store with only 2 things to get 1. A secondary nunchuck and 2. Another game. I get there and the nunchuck things are pretty expensive but i wanted one so of course i pick it up, then i pick up super smash bro's brawl. I get home and i plug in brawl and play for a bit. First thing is i cant stand these controls... How is this game so popular with these control's... I try the 2 different control sets with the wii mote and nunchuck and the game is ungodly aweful to play. So i go online and google "brawl control's suck" etc..... I find out there is a classic controller for the wii and that brawl plays very good on those. Me being a sucker because i just bought a 50$ game that i want use out of goes out and picks up not only 1 but 2 of those..... While picking those up i heard about mario kart being released so i check that out. First thing i see with the mario kart package was this new steering wheel thing that you attach to your controller. This was my final breaking point that made me realize that the wii is infact a rip off.....

It seems almost every game that comes out new for that system requires some sort of attachment to play or you are going to have shitty experience with the default mote.

Nunchucks - Wii boxing

Classic controllers - Brawl

Steering wheel - Mario kart

Wii Zapper - Links crossbow training

Now i know those are only 4 attachments but they are expensive when you want to have them with your game especially if you want 2 of them so you can play 2 player. Its almost like you end up paying over 100$ for one game just so you can clutter your house with a ton of these white objects strung out in your living room.

This was about a week ago when i really started to regret buying a wii. Then when E3 came on the past 2 days i watched the nintendo press conference... What do i see? i see wiisports 2. but there is a catch... you need to buy the wiimote attachment to give you more motion sensoring........... ffs nintendo do you have to release a attachment every fucking game?

That brings me to another point. The wii is tiny and its cool how i can sorta hide it so it doesnt look like i own a video game sytem in my living room. But hell all those wiimote accessories are ridiculous. Its a pain to wrap every single accessory and put it away..... But if you dont you end up looking like a guy who has white sextoys all over the place.

To wrap up this rant.... I regret buying a wii. it ended up costing me more than a xbox 360 did and i probably would have more games on the 360 than on this thing..... >.<

[Thrik]

Definitely true, although the 360 does end up quite costly when you factor in additions such as Wifi/batteries/etc too. All three consoles pretty much end up around the same at the end, there's this whole bait and switch thing going on (consumers assume all three are equally ready out the box but this is not the case at all, with the Wii being the worst for it).

[Minos]

That's exactly the same reason I gave up on buying a Wii some time ago

[Seldoon182]

Definitely true, although the 360 does end up quite costly when you factor in additions such as Wifi/batteries/etc too. All three consoles pretty much end up around the same at the end, there's this whole bait and switch thing going on (consumers assume all three are equally ready out the box but this is not the case at all, with the Wii being the worst for it).

+ the Live

[Erratic]

Brawl is kind of an ass pain if you don't still own a Gamecube + controllers. And I agree, the Wii mote controls suck for it.

You forgot to buy Mario Galaxy though, so I can see why you'd regret the purchase a little bit.

Still has more exclusives worth owning than the PS3 though