PS3 Misses, Wii Hits

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-08 08:39pm

In other news, my brother sold his XBox 360 and his two games for it for $350AUD. He was that desperate to get rid of it.

Told him he had wasted his money getting one ...

He'll probably come home with a Wii, knowing him. And buy no games for that either. Another dust collector ...

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-08 08:41pm

Huh? He sold his 360 for WAY under market to buy a Wii? That's MADNESS.

Shit man, *I* would have bought it for that price, and I have little interest in 360s.

atg · Post by **atg** » 2006-12-08 11:44pm

weemadando wrote:Interestingly I was at a bit of a casual gamer party last night and there was MUCH Wii playing to be had. Anyhow, at the end of the night the general consensus was that EVERYONE there wanted a Wii, and that's just from playing Wii Sports and Wii Play. People were just overwhelmingly impressed with how fun and simply the system is.

I've had similar comments from various relatives who've played the Wii. It has even won over my mum, who detests video games.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-09 12:00am

Yeah, I have my family badgering me to play bloody Sports. My expectation that the controller would even the playing-field gamewise has come true: I can rule anyone with a controller, but on the Sports games I do pretty poorly at everything except Boxing.

atg · Post by **atg** » 2006-12-09 12:07am

Stark wrote:but on the Sports games I do pretty poorly at everything except Boxing.

I am deeply embarrassed to say this, but my mum absolutely smacks me (and anyone else that tries) down in boxing. I couldn't even get close to winning.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-09 12:09am

Hey, I can't even hit the fucking BALL in baseball. Why didn't we get cricket, eh? I have a grand total of one run ever in baseball, and about four hundred million fouls.

atg · Post by **atg** » 2006-12-09 12:12am

Stark wrote:Hey, I can't even hit the fucking BALL in baseball. Why didn't we get cricket, eh? I have a grand total of one run ever in baseball, and about four hundred million fouls.

It took me quite a while to get any decent hits in baseball. I still can't really get any homeruns, but plenty of single and double runs.

The golf is awesome, and I think cricket would've been as well if they had it.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-12-09 04:05am

Weaklings, the lot of you! Says the man who's cranked out 7, 6, 5, and 3 run innings against the neighborhoods MOST VALUED PITCHERS this weekend. Can't pitch to save my life, but I've wired more than my fair share over the wall.

In short: I'm a natural.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-12-09 04:21am

Wii Baseball is such a bitch crapshoot that it's not even funny.

I can totally own Uts in Bowling at times, however, and it's hilarious.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-12-09 11:09am

atg wrote:
Stark wrote:but on the Sports games I do pretty poorly at everything except Boxing.
I am deeply embarrassed to say this, but my mum absolutely smacks me (and anyone else that tries) down in boxing. I couldn't even get close to winning.

My mom can match me in bowling, don't be embarrassed

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2006-12-09 12:59pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Wii Baseball is such a bitch crapshoot that it's not even funny.

It isn't, though. It is if you're bad at baseball (which is the case most people), but my friend who's on the college team destroys everyone and smacks it out of the park every time.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-12-09 01:03pm

Wii Baseball is all about timing and power. You don't have to aim the bat, just swing hard at the right time.

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2006-12-09 03:00pm

My roommate's PS3 broke not a week after he got it. It goes to standby, but never starts. It acts like it's going to and then nothing. PS3 has launch was bull and the system is not only very, very large, it also not worth the money at this point in time. I like my Wii and Zelda has managed to take my life away.

atg wrote:
weemadando wrote:Interestingly I was at a bit of a casual gamer party last night and there was MUCH Wii playing to be had. Anyhow, at the end of the night the general consensus was that EVERYONE there wanted a Wii, and that's just from playing Wii Sports and Wii Play. People were just overwhelmingly impressed with how fun and simply the system is.
I've had similar comments from various relatives who've played the Wii. It has even won over my mum, who detests video games.

Dude, samething here. My family and GF's fam loved the Wii. My nephew managed to get the bowling motions down and he's not even four yet...