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Launch Weekend Insanity
There are many people in lines out there already, waiting for their chance tomorrow at Sony's PlayStation 3. Probably the biggest line is at the Metreon, where almost 1,000 people are lined up outside of the official Sony store. Destructoid is carrying stats from eBay's pre-sales numbers. (The average sales price of a PS3 was $1,532.76. 2,165 Wiis have been sold since October 20th.) 1up's intrepid reporters have thoughtfully outlined the dangers of Wiimote use. Somewhat relatedly, Miyamoto reveals in a BusinessWeek article that he wanted the Wii to be even cheaper. From that article: "Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded."
What I've been waiting for is more reviews to come in so we can see how well the games are matching up with people's expectations. Its all good to say that Game A looks so great, or Game B is so inovative, but until there is a final product it is hard to judge. So far it sounds like Zelda is Awsome, and Resistance is Excellent, but there are still a lot of titles that have yet to be reviewed (Red Steel) and some that have remarkably varied Reviews (ExciteTruck).
Ultimately the important thing is the games, the question is whether many of the games have lived up to the hype
My question is....if they are too afraid/stupid to stop their car from being towed...where are they going to the bathroom for 3 days?
You don't think the answer to the question was percolating through their heads as they watched the cars being towed away?
They can also observe where the managers park...
I would NOT want to be a Target employee this week. At any level.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
With apologies to any women waiting in line, lining up for a game console is just a modern day display of good old fashioned machismo. There have always been badges of honor associated with doing physically difficult things, no matter how silly or unnecessary. Human beings have a need to test their limits, and occasionally show off to members of the (usually) opposite sex, or at least one's peers. So I say just let them have their fun!
To the making of books there is no end, so let's get started
You can't add the Wiimote straight onto the GC without the internal infrastructure to use it.
And why not? Do you need to modify the internals of a PC any time you plug in a new controller, steering wheel, keyboard or mouse? Of course not; it's all software driven. Nintendo could, in theory, easily produce a Wii remote for the Gamecube.
This is not to say the $250 price is unjustified, because it almost certainly is. As much as some people decry the latest innovations in graphics once they've gotten used to a certain level of quality it's difficult to go back to something more primitive-looking. I'm the first to argue the virtues of gameplay over graphics. Some of my favorite games are 2D games, but often older 3D games have become to primitive-looking to effectively enjoy. 3D doesn't age nearly as well as 2D does.
Nintendo likely abandoned the $100 console idea because they realized that they needed a more significant upgrade if they wanted to be competitive. Hence the $250 Wii.