Comments on: Nintendo Officially Announces Wii Price Cut

By: honorless

honorless — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:34:20 +0000

It's about time.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:07:07 +0000

A nice gesture, alas I was only half kidding :).. I think my sis would have something to say before I gave to a hospital or Pedro, she's been bugging me about Lost Odyssey.. but man, you really feel the need to give away your PS3? It's got some dang good games on it. I'll see if I could recoup some of the cost for my elite first.

By: honorless

honorless — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:34:20 +0000

It's about time.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:07:07 +0000

By: JeremyR

JeremyR — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:55:20 +0000

It's a shame the handhelds haven't had a price war. I guess blame the DS for having a stranglehold. But sheesh, the PSPGO is basically now pricier than a Wii, tied with a 360 (with that deal anyway), and only $50 cheaper than a PS3.

And how much is a DSi? $150? That's pretty close to the Wii, too (as is the regular PSP at $169, where it's been for what, 2 years?)

Anyway, I have zero interest in a Wii, MS's Natal, or Sony's waggle wand, whatever it's called. I'm still not crazy over the d-pad and analog stick over the joystick and paddle.

(Incidently, one of only PSP minis I've seen a lot about, BreakQuest, is a super version of BreakOut (later popularized by Arkanoid). But I can't imagine how it's possible to play without a paddle, I tried playing BreakOut on the PSP and it's almost impossible. Even the easiest starting ball on the first screen, I would miss more times than not).

By: CleruTesh

CleruTesh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:39:17 +0000

What about South America or something, I wonder? There has to be some good way of getting the things we don't need into the hands of people that can't afford them.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:15:57 +0000

I know, it's been years since I put things on ebay and I'm kind of lazy to do it. I'm just asking actual friends first so I could just hand it to them instead of shipping and stuff, but might resort to ebay if no one is interested.

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:11:43 +0000

Ebay.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:09:22 +0000

I'm not sure how the charity works either, but I remember hearing about people giving away consoles to sick kids since playing games could potentially make them feel better. I hope it's not some administrator hogging it in the staff lounge, lol. Now I'm just spread the word thru friends. Gamestop only gives $70, a ripoff as usual..

By: CleruTesh

CleruTesh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:57:43 +0000

I actually sold my PS3 recently since it was so hard to give away. :))
Do you actually know of a consoles for cancer kids type of charity? I'd like to keep it in mind for the furure.
I pondered donating it to Goodwill, but my sister claims that she heard that only 10% of their proceeds go to charity, so I changed my mind. (Though admittedly I am not certain of this).

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:45:09 +0000

The price war is really getting going isn't it, and PS3 still has the best package at $300. Wonder if Jpn would follow suit for Wii's new pricing. Guess good thing comes to those who wait.

I just bought an Elite w/ the $50 rebate (too bad I missed the Dell 15% off deal, guess everyone jumped on it..). If anyone wants to unload from me a like new Jasper chip arcade system w/ 20Gb HDD, shoot me an e-mail (aoshi00@hotmail.com) w/ an offer, I'm willing to let it go for ~$150, or ~$180 w/ the HDD. Otherwise I'll decide btwn giving it to my sis, some cancer stricken kid, or use it to watch Netflix in a different room.

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:35:20 +0000

Buy them a system they'll actually use.

By: CleruTesh

CleruTesh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:11:45 +0000

WOW. I thought big “N” had too big a head to drop the price on their system.
Bravo. Maybe I'll buy a few for family & friends this Christmas.