Posted by ThePunisher on 06/30/07 23:54

guv wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:16:38 GMT, Temsonic <dim.sp@miau.diolch> wrote:
>
>> POD {ҿ�} wrote:
>>> guv <guv69@msn.com> once tried to test me. I ate their liver with
>>> some fava beans and a nice chianti
>>>
>>>> Whilst I thought it was fun, I could see there may well be
>>>> longevity problems. Novelties wear off! It wouldnt shock me of the
>>>> Wii ends the biggest seller of all 3 and PS3 trails in last.
>>
>> Depends what you mean by novelty. Endless minigames waving the thing
>> around your head can get tiresome, but in many ways the Wii
>> controller is so much better for several kinds of games.
>>
>> Firstly I find the combination of nunchuk and wii-mote far more
>> ergonomic for 'standard' gameplay than any other console; then areas
>> like FPS shooting at the screen, steering in driving games, hitting
>> things in sports, precision stuff like Mercury Meltdown & Kororinpa
>> etc, are just way more intuitive and involving and I think are
>> honestly much better ways of playing these sorts of games than with
>> traditional controllers.
>
> Which may be why I suggested the Wii would probably end up outselling
> the PS3 and 360!
>
>>> My sister got one for her son, he ended up selling it, as his dead
>>> wouldn't let him play it with anyone else for fear of a controller
>>> being chucked through the glass plasma, which was the same reason I
>>> never got one, even the adverts only show adults playing it.
>>
>> Sorry, all that stuff was bollocks. Anyone who's let their Wii
>> controller go and got it through a TV screen is either a fucking
>> imbecile or has done it on purpose to claim on the insurance. In 6
>> months, not one single person playing the Wii in my house has let a
>> controller go, and that's including my kids and all their friends
>> from age 3 upwards!
>
> Its hardly bollocks.
>
> http://www.wiidamage.com/
>
> http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/damage.php
>
> http://www.wiiinjury.com/?p=11
>
>
> The list is endless!

99% of damage caused by fuckwits, case closed.

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ThePunisher

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