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Wii price hike larks.

Dead eyes.

Fucking hell, Angel's let himself go a bit.

Well, we’ve recently had a pop at Microsoft and Sony so, in the interests of fairness, it must be Nintendo’s time.  What can we have a moan about?  Oh, here’s something.  In a reversal of usual console pricing, the Wii (which is over two years old) is actually going up in price.  Despite the fact that it’s sold about a trillion units since yesterday.

The Wii is going to cost retailers an extra £22 now and it is up to them if they want to add that to their prices.  What do you reckon?  They are blaming the exchange rate between the pound and yen, even though Nintendo still think that England is simply a level in a platforming game somewhere.  Greedy pricks.

Also, in unrelated and uninteresting news, Nintendo have ceased supplying white and silver DS Lites.  Shame really as a white DS Lite is a thing of sleek beauty.  Even if most of the games on it are dogshit.  Nintendo are all about the red, black, green and turquoise ones apparently.

Anyway, here’s hoping that Nintendo’s fanbase carry themselves with a lot more dignity than Killzone 2’s.  We don’t want to go through that again in a hurry.

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7 Responses to “Wii price hike larks.”

  1. Colin says:
    March 15, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    hah hah
    Nintendo want all the monies
    But clearly it is nothing less than shameless with what they are doing

    Lets see how many people are still playing Wii sports in 5 years time

  2. Adam says:
    March 15, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    How you drew the comparison to David Boreanaz, I will never know.

  3. Allard & Reggie's Lovechild says:
    March 16, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    Hey don’t cuss my old man.

    It is somewhat unprecedented that the price is going up, but hasn’t everyone and their gran already got one? Sorta like the music industry complaining about MP3s. Sort of a horse and bolted situation.

    Nintendo’s hardware prices have always been a bit… high since the N64. £250 at launch. The Wii seemed to buck the trend, but initially it was rarer than Wii Fit is now so the bloody multiples tried to saddle you with ridiculous bundles. That’s the only reason Sega sold any copies of Sonic & The Secret Ringpiece.

  4. soft punch says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Count yourselves lucky – that KZ2 comments section wasn’t even half as bad as it could’ve been :(

    But I would’ve been even more heavy-handed. This site is so nice and cleanly laid-out, silly comments like those just look like stains on a lovely white wall.

    And Angel made me laugh quite loudly, much to the bemusement of the people around (none).

  5. Tiq says:
    March 19, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    To be honest, I wouldn’t really have bothered responding any more so than I did, no need to let people like that get under your skin, soft punch. Just tell them how it is and send them on their way.

  6. Jason says:
    March 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Anyone who still wants a wii after the glut of horrible shoddy games deserves to have a extra £22 pounds taken from them and a slap to the head (im sure Nintendo are working on this ).

    The one or two interesting games it spits out every year don’t make up for the fact its a worthless gimmicky p.o.s.

  7. Matthew says:
    March 21, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Jase the resident Wii troll out in full force.

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