Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

[Kemper_Boyd]

Except Wii's not just GC hardware clocked 1.5 times higher though is it. There's a bit more to it than that.

Yes it's also undergone massive cost reduction if you believe the 'specs'.
On paper it should be a lot cheaper.

Holographic projectors don't come cheap you know

No they are bundling an HMD.

[Guru-Meditation]

Probably more use than a UMD.

*gets coat*

[Samus]

Wasn't like you were disagreeing on anything huge, though. Just on interpretation of someone else's words, and that's always frought with danger until you know how the other person interprets it. This is how Holy Wars start, you know.

Admit it, you're burning effigies of the heretic Snakey right now. Aren't you? AREN'T YOU ?!?

Hehe, I just edited my post to explain that it wasn't originally about any quote interpretations. But yeah, Snakeys' definitely gonna suffer from my Voodoo needles.

But what's this "unusually cheap" crap? 130 pounds isn't "unusual". They did that with the GameCube.

Yeah, something would have to be 'unusually cheap' to be, and I quote, 'extremely' cheap, right?

[Samus]

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/24/rumor-wal-mart-wii-ly-concerned-for-the-children/

How accurate was the news that Nintendo is not putting any demo stands anywhere unless they have their own personnel there to watch and guide everyone? I remeber this being quite a hot topic in GAF some time ago. Not sure where the "info" came originally, maybe from IGN.

[disciple]

Except Wii's not just GC hardware clocked 1.5 times higher though is it. There's a bit more to it than that.

Yes it's also undergone massive cost reduction if you believe the 'specs'.
On paper it should be a lot cheaper.

Holographic projectors don't come cheap you know

No they are bundling an HMD.

*overlocks his gamecube*

Yay I've got a Wii!!!!

Oh hang on a sec....

[Kemper_Boyd]

Yay I've got a Wii!!!!

Oh hang on a sec....

Yes it does other new things and has the new controller. If the specs
are correct I'd be surprised if even with the new controller and so on
that the Wii was costing Nintendo more to produce than the Cube did.
They say they will make a profit on the hardware from day one, so it
does seem entirely plausible to me that the Wii could have been a
lot cheaper than it now is, and that's certainly what people in the know
were either saying or hinting at.

[Darkflame]

Personaly, I think its bad the industary has lose-leaders on consoles as standard practice.
Makes them take less risk with the games, imo.

I'd more interested to know why no-one seems to be commenting on the fact that this Satoru fella is laughing at us and our gullibility! "Oh, yes, we heard all about these low prices and made no effort to refute them, hee hee. We never came out and said that is was that cheap, we only said it would be affordable, hee hee. We built our hype on the back of an outright lie, but it wasn't a lie because we never said it, we just let people go on thinking it until it was of no benefit to us anymore, hee hee. But we're not arrogant, we're Nintendo, the gamer's friend, hee hee." And people fall for it.

What a prick.

ahh..yes, Nintendos a prick for not refuteing lies that we imagined they told us

They said look at previous prices.
It falls in line with previous prices.

Expectations of cheaper precises purely came from hardware cost speculation,what they could charge, it was nothing at all too do with what Nintendo said.
We are talking about Nintendo here...the slighest tiny announcement gets turned into Megaton by the fan community with the slightest push.
And stuff said "behind closed doors" we should know by now isnt worth anything either.

[Guru-Meditation]

Nintendo aren't selling products for a loss? The bastards!

[Kemper_Boyd]

Expectations of cheaper precises purely came from hardware cost speculation,what they could charge, it was nothing at all too do with what Nintendo said.

Said in public.

And stuff said "behind closed doors" we should know by now isnt worth anything either.

*sigh*

So that's it is it? The Nintendo fan has adjusted their world-view and there
was never any reason to expect a cheap Wii? I can't remember who it
was but they got slated for naming £179, a few weeks ago no-one else
believed that, now it's almost as though only a fool expected anything
cheaper.

[Gorecki]

I hereby award this thread with the 'Most Pointless Argument in YakYak History' trophy.

We need to entice Rambozo back so he can try to regain his crown.

[Nixie]

Think il play advance wars and then go to BEDfordshire!

[Hajile]

So that's it is it? The Nintendo fan has adjusted their world-view and there
was never any reason to expect a cheap Wii? I can't remember who it
was but they got slated for naming £179, a few weeks ago no-one else
believed that, now it's almost as though only a fool expected anything
cheaper.

The person who was slated for saying it would be £179 before the official announcement was, in fact, me.

I had no reason to think that it would be more expensive than the £150 that it was widely accepted to be, and was a dick for suggesting it, apparently.

This was before blinkered Nintendovision had reset the fanboy's default, always-was price of the Wii to £179, of course. And whaddaya know, now suddenly people have no reason to have ever thought it would be £150, and were dicks if they thought that.

Odd, isn't it?

[Snakey]

So that's it is it? The Nintendo fan has adjusted their world-view and there
was never any reason to expect a cheap Wii? I can't remember who it
was but they got slated for naming £179, a few weeks ago no-one else
believed that, now it's almost as though only a fool expected anything
cheaper.

The person who was slated for saying it would be £179 before the official announcement was, in fact, me.

I had no reason to think that it would be more expensive than the £150 that it was widely accepted to be, and was a dick for suggesting it, apparently.

This was before blinkered Nintendovision had reset the fanboy's default, always-was price of the Wii to £179, of course. And whaddaya know, now suddenly people have no reason to have ever thought it would be £150, and were dicks if they thought that.

Odd, isn't it?

You have to really twist it to make the Xbox360 come out on top price wise, thats all. The Wii has a much cheaper system.

$30! W00t!

[Kemper_Boyd]

$30! W00t!

And how long will that last?

[Hajile]

For those that missed it the first time, here was my response when the official announcment was made, and everyone was in shock. I pride myself on making an impression, but all I got in response were a few grumbles along the lines of "you're not making any friends here, Hajile."

Presumably because I don't bum Nintendo.

-cough-

Likely Wii Prices: Console = £179.99.

£179.99 for the console? That's been announced where exactly?

One hundred and seventy nine pounds, ninety nine pence.

Ooh, can you see that? Can you see it? Can you feel it? That's what being WRONG feels like, people. "You just pulled those figures out of your arse, Hajile," they said. "You're fucking clueless, Hajile," they said.

Once again, I prove myself to be the god of all gaming, my balls are huge and you ALL wish you were me. Listen to Uncle Hajile, he's never wrong. Ever. He may or may not have thumbs, but he's never wrong, dammit!

In order to elaborate on this, I have written a jaunty little rhyme for you to sing to yourself before bed:

The Ballad of Being Right, by Hajile.

Walking home from work, and what do I see?
The official Wii price staring at me.
The cheapest, best console ever around
Can be yours to own for one hundred and eighty pounds.
Twenty quid cheaper than Microsoft's X-Box,
And the gimmick controller will also cost you lots.
It comes with a sports game, that looks like a dog,
Nintendo have just flushed their chances right down the bog.

What's left for the Wii? I hear you all bleat,
Why, more gimmicky tat you'll put down in a week.
There's Zelda of course, and there's Mario too,
Playing much the same as the previous ones do.
But the magic controller, there is always that,
To make you flinch around your lounge, looking a twat.
Third party houses paying lip service ports,
and not much else, bar those Wii tennis courts.

The moral of this, I'm delighted to say,
Is listen to Hajile in every way.
He speaks the truth in the face of denial,
But everyone gets it, it just takes a while.
The future of gaming is not Nintendo Wii,
It just distracts your kids while you're on PS3.
So down on your knees, and worship your king,
Hajile is a god, he knows everything.

Smug? Yes. Self-congratulatory? Of course, this is Hajile here, not some modest do-gooder.

I still say it's a wonderful poem.

$30! W00t!

And how long will that last?

Yup, Microsoft will announce fairly soon the 360 will drop in price to £150, probably in time for Christmas, undercutting Nintendo by the same £30 advantage they expected to have.

Oh well. They do say payback is a bitch.