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  • #16
    Originally posted by Asher

    The base Xbox 360 already is $299.

    Considering the Xbox 360 is, quite literally, a bit over 10 times the power of the Wii, a $50 price gap makes me giggle.
    i thought the design intention of the Wii wasn't raw power, but genuinely clever games?
    I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
    [Brandon Roderick? You mean Brock's Toadie?][Hanged from Yggdrasil]

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    • #17
      Indeed it was the opposite. Make something really cheap (read no raw power) that is easy to get into and is a ton of fun to play.

      $250 isn't really cheap.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #18
        meh. if it takes more than a month for me to save for it, it's expensive. i can swing $250, though it cuts into my beer money.
        I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
        [Brandon Roderick? You mean Brock's Toadie?][Hanged from Yggdrasil]

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        • #19
          At $250, I will wait and see how fun it is.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #20
            No raw data about the processor power and thevid card power?

            Asher or anyone, do you know the data?

            p.s.: Secure Digital slot is a big winner, along with the possibility for using the GameCube controllers!

            Technical specifications

            Nintendo has, at present, released very little technical specifics regarding the Wii console. The known details include:[1]

            Processor:

            * CPU: IBM PowerPC processor codenamed "Broadway" (made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process)

            GPU

            * GPU: ATI "Hollywood" (made with a 90 nm CMOS process[27]).

            Memory:

            * 1T-SRAM [28]

            Ports and peripheral capabilities:

            * Up to four Wii Remote controllers (connected wirelessly via Bluetooth)
            * One SD memory card slot
            * Two USB 2.0 ports
            * One Sensor Bar port
            * Four Nintendo GameCube controller ports
            * Two Nintendo GameCube memory card ports
            * Compatible with optional USB 2.0 to Ethernet LAN adaptor

            Storage:

            * 512 MB built-in flash memory
            * Expansion available via SD card memory and USB mass storage[10]
            * Slot-loading disc drive compatible with:
            o DVD (4.7 GB Single layer or 8.5 GB Dual Layer)
            o 8 cm GameCube optical disc
            * Mask ROM by Macronix[29]

            Built-in content ratings systems:

            * PEGI, ESRB

            Video:

            * Up to 480p and will work with a computer monitor as well as any TV or projector[30]
            * Component (including Progressive scan), S-Video, or composite output
            * 16:9 widescreen support

            Audio:

            * Main: Stereo - Dolby Pro Logic II-capable[31]
            * Controller: Built-in speaker
            bleh

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            • #21
              Back when I was at IBM (a year ago) the targetted clock speed for the CPU was 1 GHz. I'm not sure if that's still true today, but since they're not talking about it that's telling.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #22
                though, if i had $250 to just piss away, i'd prolly buy one of these:

                I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
                [Brandon Roderick? You mean Brock's Toadie?][Hanged from Yggdrasil]

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                • #23
                  Self biased, what is that and why is it so expensive?

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                  • #24
                    At $250 it's worth it IMO, with the Virtual Console. Yes, there's emulation, but I'd much rather play on a console, on a TV, with a controller, than on my notebook.

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                    • #25
                      Such geekery does not belong in this thread, SB!

                      Anyway, let me use my almost-mystical powers of deduction to work out the UK price... working!... working!... and the Wii will be released in Britain for... £250. God bless the 1:1 exchange rate that video game companies use.

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                      • #26
                        Asher, you mentioned before (in another thread) that the Gamecube was a "failure." While I don't know the sales figures, there are 5 gamecubes on my floor of my dorm to 1 xbox and 2 ps2's, and everyone plays SSBM. We don't have any 360's. I expect we will have a few Revolution's come next semester, though.

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                        • #27
                          SSBM???

                          Looks like Super Sado Bondage Maso?

                          What is it?
                          bleh

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                            Asher, you mentioned before (in another thread) that the Gamecube was a "failure." While I don't know the sales figures, there are 5 gamecubes on my floor of my dorm to 1 xbox and 2 ps2's, and everyone plays SSBM. We don't have any 360's. I expect we will have a few Revolution's come next semester, though.
                            Nintendo's marketshare has steadily fallen over the past two generations.

                            In that respect, it is a failure.

                            It does turn a profit, though that profit is getting smaller -- especially on the home console front.

                            It really doesn't matter if your dorm has lots of Gamecubes. Everyone out here has Xboxes and PS2s.

                            But then again, you are a lot younger and may enjoy the colorful Mario Sunshine games more than we do.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by cronos_qc
                              SSBM???

                              Looks like Super Sado Bondage Maso?

                              What is it?
                              Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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                              • #30
                                though, if i had $250 to just piss away, i'd prolly buy one of these:
                                Expensive action figure
                                Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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