Nathan Tyree: Thoughts on the Wii
Why the Wii is overpriced:

I know, I’m a heretic. But, the Wii has one and only one selling point: the controllers. Yes, the way game play is managed with the Wii is almost revolutionary. But, it is largely a gimmick ( a cool gimmick, sure).

What the Wii lacks:

Decent graphics. The best Wii games look about as good as Xbox games. In this respect it is a generation behind.

Extra goodies. Sony and Microsoft both understand that a game system should have extra capabilities (like playing movies). Sony has even made their latest console a blu ray player.

A catalogue of great games. The PS3 lacks this too. But, the xbox360 has a massive number of must have games. The Wii has very little to offer so far. Maybe that will change, but I haven’t seen it yet.

Affordable peripherals. If I need an extra controller for the 360 it will run me $40. For the Wii I’m looking at $100 (or more). I need an extra set of controllers because I want to play multi-player games at home. That means that, right off the bat, the Wii will cost me an extra 100 bucks.

Staying with that last point: if I buy a Wii the price isn’t $250, it’s actually $350 (with another controller I’m gonna drop almost as much as the cost of the Xbox 360). That’s just too much for what they have to offer.

I also think that the PS3 is over priced.

Do I want a Wii? Yeah, I do. But I’m in no hurry. Maybe if they dropped the price 50 bucks and bundled an extra controller with it I’d get excited.


On a side note, the games that I'm playing right now:

Gears of War (360)
Dead Rising (360)
Burnout Revenge (360)
New Super Mario (DS)
Liberty City Stories (PSP)



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