The biggest system seller for the wii! Peer pressure?

So right now i have about 700 dollars in my pocket ready to be horribly spent by me on another system or platform. Initially it was going to be a Wii but after E3 i was like "whatever man i'll just get something else". That led me to consider the PC scene since i kinda missed it after i moved onto the Xbox or the PS3 scene where a lot of cool innovative games are being shown. But after getting more MSN contacts and freinds over the internet i started thinking to myself...

"hey, alot of these people only have wii's and if i dont have one i cant exactly play with them..."

The problem is i haven't really recovered from that E3 press conference and nothing seems to be on the horizon for my liking (I think the coduit will flop and Madworld is not my cup of tea) either that or there are not that many games i'm looking foward to purchasing that are already out. But the abillity to play with my freinds online (no matter how inferior it is to Xbox live or PC, or even PSN) is enough for me to even consider the system, are other people going like this as well? Buying wii's just because other people have them?

That's very possible.

However, I have a wii, and it forced other people to get them as well.

I got mine the third day it was out though. =P

Now, pretty much everyone I know has one.

Ok, so prettymuch, I've had my wii for a year, Got the ps3 about 6 months ago, and got the 360 about 2 years ago.

I have played the wii for a totla of about 4 hours. Biggest waste of money in my life. You couldn't really play your freinds with it online anyways. the online is a joke, and there are NO good games.

Don't do it.

Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.-Jiggles-

Considering the way the dollars been going i'm going to be spending like crazy. It helps the economy too so it's all good.

Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.-Jiggles-

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.LOXO7

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

79% of all statistics listed on the internet are false... including this one.

Ok, so prettymuch, I've had my wii for a year, Got the ps3 about 6 months ago, and got the 360 about 2 years ago.

I have played the wii for a totla of about 4 hours. Biggest waste of money in my life. You couldn't really play your freinds with it online anyways. the online is a joke, and there are NO good games.

Don't do it.

Tobin09

Lots of good games. Go to the Wii forums. They will guide you.

[QUOTE="Tobin09"]

Ok, so prettymuch, I've had my wii for a year, Got the ps3 about 6 months ago, and got the 360 about 2 years ago.

I have played the wii for a totla of about 4 hours. Biggest waste of money in my life. You couldn't really play your freinds with it online anyways. the online is a joke, and there are NO good games.

Don't do it.

sonic_spark

Lots of good games. Go to the Wii forums. They will guide you.

Like what? I already have a 360 so multiplats would be better on that system, and Zelda not really interested in, Mario Galaxy i'd play it but not killing myself to play it, the only games i'm really ligitimetly interested in is RE4 even though i already played it (on inferior PC version), No More Hereos and Super Paper Mario (because going from 3D to 2D is SICK!).

Lots of good games. Go to the Wii forums. They will guide you

Wow, I actually snickered at that reply above. The only selling point of the Wii to me is the virtual console to download the old games like Zelda and other titles. I would save your money. Honestly, put it into a Mutual Fund account.

I do remember making my friend buy a Wii after I got mine. I basically talked to him for an hour over the phone on reasons why to get a Wii. He was about to spend the money on an iPod Touch anyways so I actually saved him some money.Kunlun

Your part of the problem not the solution. :lol:

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.LOXO7

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

Maybe you won't become a millionaire, but there's **** jobs and good jobs, and a college education may be key to avoid having to go for the **** job. You spend an awful lot of time working in your life (more than you spend playing videogames), but it's your life, so...

gotta love fake wii threads with all the people saying:

yea i have it but it sucks because i never turned it on

the wii brainwashed all of my friends and now we all have one but out of the 6 of us we only have 1 game total

i had it but cooking mama sucked so i sold it

the wii raped my mom and killed my dad

OMG i saw one at the store and had to get it because i would never see another, to bad its only good game wii sports was only fun for 5 mins

ect ect....

just copy and paste any of those to any thread that talks about the wii and you have about 75% or more of the wii posts on SW

gotta love fake wii threads with all the people saying:

yea i have it but it sucks because i never turned it on

the wii brainwashed all of my friends and now we all have one but out of the 6 of us we only have 1 game total

i had it but cooking mama sucked so i sold it

the wii raped my mom and killed my dad

OMG i saw one at the store and had to get it because i would never see another, to bad its only good game wii sports was only fun for 5 mins

ect ect....

just copy and paste any of those to any thread that talks about the wii and you have about 75% or more of the wii posts on SW

surrealnumber5

Um... I didin't say any of those at all. All i'm saying is since its selling so well that the selling point of the wii might not be the games at all but just for the system. Even as an informed gamer i'm considering it since everyone else has it, even no matter how much it doesn't appeal to me at all on all levels other than freindship levels.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

gotta love fake wii threads with all the people saying:

yea i have it but it sucks because i never turned it on

the wii brainwashed all of my friends and now we all have one but out of the 6 of us we only have 1 game total

i had it but cooking mama sucked so i sold it

the wii raped my mom and killed my dad

OMG i saw one at the store and had to get it because i would never see another, to bad its only good game wii sports was only fun for 5 mins

ect ect....

just copy and paste any of those to any thread that talks about the wii and you have about 75% or more of the wii posts on SW

insanejedi

Um... I didin't say any of those at all. All i'm saying is since its selling so well that the selling point of the wii might not be the games at all but just for the system. Even as an informed gamer i'm considering it since everyone else has it no matter how much it doesn't appeal to me at all on all levels other than freindship levels.

[QUOTE="insanejedi"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

gotta love fake wii threads with all the people saying:

yea i have it but it sucks because i never turned it on

the wii brainwashed all of my friends and now we all have one but out of the 6 of us we only have 1 game total

i had it but cooking mama sucked so i sold it

the wii raped my mom and killed my dad

OMG i saw one at the store and had to get it because i would never see another, to bad its only good game wii sports was only fun for 5 mins

ect ect....

just copy and paste any of those to any thread that talks about the wii and you have about 75% or more of the wii posts on SW

surrealnumber5

Um... I didin't say any of those at all. All i'm saying is since its selling so well that the selling point of the wii might not be the games at all but just for the system. Even as an informed gamer i'm considering it since everyone else has it no matter how much it doesn't appeal to me at all on all levels other than freindship levels.

I'm sorry i didin't say that i saw it at a store and totally wanted to buy one. Did you mix up freindship with store? Are you an investor then? CEO? Stores are your freinds?

save it for black friday. and then buy a nice ass t.v. :Pgorilazandgames

In Soviet Canada, black friday buys you...

Case in point black friday does not exist in Canada.

ok so i did mix up you first post with most of the other posts in this thread my bad i should have made another fanboy line that went along with what you did say,but i did not and so i guess you are correctsurrealnumber5

w00t i win on system wars, break out the champaign for this rare event.

[QUOTE="gorilazandgames"]save it for black friday. and then buy a nice ass t.v. :Pinsanejedi

In Soviet Canada, black friday buys you...

Case in point black friday does not exist in Canada.

dont

i have one and jsut use it for the VC games. and i still dont play them that much.

DONT DO IT.

buy wii

friends come round

play wii

Ridiculous...

To buy a console bcause your friends got one? Since you dont like it , and you dont see a bright future for this , you gonna waste your $$ just to play 1 -2 games with your friends atm? And then , youll spend 123123 more for PC because you got some friend there too , and then 21312 for PS3 also , since more of your friends would buy one?...

I dont get it really... You buy a console for games and features or which consoles your friends have? I find this topic... RdCLS

Most gamers who own the Wii will spend the first few months having a blast with the console. But when you have completed games like Twilight Princess, SMG, Metroid Prime and a few other AAA games, its lasting appeal is seriously questionable. Its a good purchase for gamers who don't have a GameCube though because IMO it has better games than the Wii. Paying the same amount as the 360 for a console thats not next gen, its a waste really.

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.LOXO7

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

i'll make up another stat based on an educated guess, 85% of people that didn't go to college works at a gas station or 7-11.

neh

i don't care

all of my friends with wii's have 360's that they play much much more

the wii is only for brawl.

neh

i don't care

all of my friends with wii's have 360's that they play much much more

the wii is only for brawl.

mistervengeance

IMO I own all three and SMG is the best game this gen so far

[QUOTE="sonic_spark"][QUOTE="Tobin09"]

Ok, so prettymuch, I've had my wii for a year, Got the ps3 about 6 months ago, and got the 360 about 2 years ago.

I have played the wii for a totla of about 4 hours. Biggest waste of money in my life. You couldn't really play your freinds with it online anyways. the online is a joke, and there are NO good games.

Don't do it.

insanejedi

Lots of good games. Go to the Wii forums. They will guide you.

Like what? I already have a 360 so multiplats would be better on that system, and Zelda not really interested in, Mario Galaxy i'd play it but not killing myself to play it, the only games i'm really ligitimetly interested in is RE4 even though i already played it (on inferior PC version), No More Hereos and Super Paper Mario (because going from 3D to 2D is SICK!).

What do you mean like what??? Your on Gamespot...do a search. Star Wars Force Unleashed, The Conduit, Madworld, Deadly Creatures, Disaster Day of Crisis, Sonic Unleashed, COD 5 etc.....A ton of great games on the horizon. I won't list the games that are available..you can go to the store and see that for yourself.

Most gamers who own the Wii will spend the first few months having a blast with the console. But when you have completed games like Twilight Princess, SMG, Metroid Prime and a few other AAA games, its lasting appeal is seriously questionable. Its a good purchase for gamers who don't have a GameCube though because IMO it has better games than the Wii. Paying the same amount as the 360 for a console thats not next gen, its a waste really.

david_lck

welcome too the world of gaming;)

i would think the biggest seller for the Wii is that its marketed as a small, fun system. it doesnt try to take itself so seriously like the 360 and ps3.

[QUOTE="LOXO7"]

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.-Jiggles-

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

79% of all statistics listed on the internet are false... including this one.

I graduated college owingover 60K. Now I always caution kids to reconsider wasting money on 4 year universiti3es and opting for specialized training. You may take a pay cvut on your first gig, but after 2 years experience, you can move and your salary will shoot up. Not the case in some fields like Law and Medicine, but in my field its most certanly true.

Well if you aren't going to buy a Wii because of a press conference then maybe you should think really hard why you are into gaming, is it because you like to play games, or the thought of playing games that will come out some day?

Anyway if I had $700 to spend on gaming, I would buy a graphics card for my PC and wait for SC2 and Spore tp come out.

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Put your money in the bank and invest in a college education.LOXO7

I dont know the percentage of millionares that went to college, so ill jus make one up. 96% of people who went to college didnt become millionares.

Go for it kid, COLLEGE IS A WASTE OF TIME! But dont take my word for granted.

I'm personally waiting for De Blob, Star Wars: TFU, and Sonic Unleashed.

Although I hope Sega fixes those huge arms. It sucks all the bad out of it and replaces it with freaky. *bleh*

Maybe if they had a muscly look instead of just a heap of mass I might accept it.

I know it's pretty illogical to be buying a system because my freinds have it, but these are very good freinds but they are not freinds anywhere in the local area so the only way is online play. And considering the dismal state of how the wii does online it's extreamly questionable to buy the system just for that. For all the first party games? Unless they release a new Star Fox my mind is why bother? They don't really interest me at all. Super Mario Galaxy? I'll play it but it's not like i'm dying to. Brawl? I'll get it for the online to play with other people but i dont nessesarly like it part of which is the real game but mostly because of the people surrounding it with the torument scene and whatever fanboys saying there is a hidden depth to it, which i never liked to see and made me grow some morbid hatred for the game. I liked the first Smash Brothers, that was fun.

700 on a new PC? well im going to get a new PC eventually but i predict SC2 and Diablo 3 wont come out untill at least 1 or two years from now.

Note: I already have a 360 and i do enjoy it.

For StarkJJ: Heres a rundown why i'm not genually interested in these games.

Star Wars FU: graphically inferior, technically inferior, in all ways to 360 version, plus i hate that they spent time making this instead of Jedi Knight 3 or 4.

The Conduit: I'm a big propenent of The Conduit flopping hard, simply because people that already have any other platform can enjoy something superior. PS3 you got Resistance, Xbox360 you got Halo, and PC you got Crysis. Why would you bother with a game like The Conduit?

MadWorld: I know this sounds rediculous but it's too gory and tasteless for me to stomach it. For some reason i have no problems playing both the GoWs and Condemmed even.

Deadly Cratures: I have no idea about this game, it sounds really weired and crazy, maybe it will be good maybe it will flop i dunno. Excitement level is nuteral.

Disaster Day of Crisis: Same feelings as with Deadly Creatures.

Sonic Unleashed: When was the last great sonic game on the home consoles? Well sonic secret rings was okay but thats still not good enough. It looks really good but i'm really sceptical of it's quallity considering the Sonic track record.

COD5: Other than going to be complete garbage because it's going to A: be made from treyarch, and B: going to be WW2 It will be better on all other systems that is not Wii.

Well if you aren't going to buy a Wii because of a press conference then maybe you should think really hard why you are into gaming, is it because you like to play games, or the thought of playing games that will come out some day?

Anyway if I had $700 to spend on gaming, I would buy a graphics card for my PC and wait for SC2 and Spore tp come out.

DaBrainz

Hmmmmm... There is already a lot of good games on the Wii, why would a person have to wait.