Will the Wii Work?

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 20, 2006 @07:37AM from the like-a-charm-or-an-anvil dept.

Today BusinessWeek is running an article asking Will Nintendo's Wii Strategy Score? With the Tokyo Game Show this week, they run down the trials facing Nintendo's little-box-that-could both here in the States, and in Japan. From the article: "Few expect truly dedicated gamers to choose the Wii over the PS3 or Xbox. And ultimately, the advantage may go to Sony. Yuta Sakurai, an analyst at Nomura Securities in Tokyo, expects the PS3 to sell 71 million units by 2011, compared with 40 million units for the Wii. Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning a stripped-down version of the Xbox without a hard-disk drive and other accessories that will cost about $250 in Japan, where the U.S. software maker has endured disappointing results."

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Re:Bogus by jizziknight · 2006-09-20 07:43 · Score: 1, Funny

I just wish they'd called it the Revolution instead
But then we wouldn't have all the awesome joke about playing with each others Wii.

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Will We Work? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-20 07:48 · Score: 0, Funny

People on Slashdot don't work
Re:Bogus by Thuktun · 2006-09-20 07:49 · Score: 2, Funny

I finally got my kids to stop saying "Wheee!" after watching a certain Firefox ad. I hesitate to think what will happen if they get a Wii for Christmas.
Re:I'd say yes.. by spun · 2006-09-20 07:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Sure, the PS3 will be sold at a loss, but look at the numbers, they'll more than make up for it in volume!

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Re:I'd say yes.. by Verteiron · 2006-09-20 08:09 · Score: 5, Funny

"Nice of Zaphod to sell us those weapons. And at below market price!"
"Yeah..."
"How does he make any money selling them below cost?"
"Oh, he sells a -lot- of them."
"Ah."

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Re:Bad News by Turken · 2006-09-20 08:16 · Score: 2, Funny

Actually, He's saying that he is excited about the prospect of having MANY PEOPLE play with his Wii IN PUBLIC.
Re:Bogus by hords · 2006-09-20 09:06 · Score: 1, Funny

customer: "Yes, I'll take a wii behind the counter there."
employee: "Uh, There is no way you are taking a wii back here."
customer: "Please! I really, really want to."
employee: "I told you, no one is taking a wii back here."
customer: "Can I at least try playing with your wii then? I want to see if I can make it to first base, maybe even a homerun!"
employee: "SECURITY!"
Re:Lemme break it down for you... by RyoShin · 2006-09-20 09:07 · Score: 2, Funny

Agreed in full.

Games like Zelda and Mario are going to be million-sellers on the Wii, no doubt, but the Wii will probably get its first "general consumer" surge once a Star Wars lightsaber game comes out. While a good deal of people know who Mario is, EVERYONE knows what Star Wars is. All it will take is seeing someone in a game store swinging the Wiimote wildly, seeing that their actions are being reflect on screen with a lightsaber, and their next thought will be "Holy shit, I have to get this".

Lightsabers are one of the many "Man Items", right beside a trained monkey and a robot suit. It just oozes "cool".
Re:I'd say yes.. by JebusIsLord · 2006-09-20 09:27 · Score: 3, Funny

No, I can't. I also can't buy a PS3.

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Re:Bogus by Pharmboy · 2006-09-20 10:52 · Score: 5, Funny

If Nintendo would use the commercial I found on Google Video, then they couldn't build them fast enough... ;)

Funniest. Apple ripoff. Ever.

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