CrunchGear

Speak for yourself… The kids (14 & 10) have a PS2, PS3, and a Wii. Other than rock band, all of the games on the christmas list were for the Wii.

Say what you will, but they’re selling like hotcakes, proving that the guy with the biggest Johnson doesn’t always get the most tail.

All right, we get it. Wii-bashing articles bring more traffic and ad revenue. Even TechEBlog eventually gave it a rest with their top 10 lists, maybe it’s time to find a new angle guys.

And I returned a sweater last week because I didn’t end up liking it. But I don’t stand in front of the store proclaiming how foolish everyone else is for buying one, in a vain attempt to make myself feel elite.

It’s a game console, it should entertain you. Don’t buy one just to fit in with the ‘cool’ crowd. An article title with the words ‘Wii Sucks’ makes it pretty apparent what criteria you really use to choose one console over another.

Heh, Trust me, I can see plenty of reasons why people would hate the Wii, but I can find just as many cons for the other 2 consoles I own as well. I love your site, but I’d feel less reason to comment on ‘Wii Sucks’ stories if you posted just as many ‘360 Sucks’ and ‘PS3 Sucks’ stories too. My own knee-jerk reaction was that anti-Wii, or anti-Microsoft, or anti-whateversthemostpopularpieceofconsumerelectronicsatthetime posts come across as a kind of lame way to grab some media attention.

Blogs seem to have the advantage over magazines when it comes to being able to honestly critique a piece of hardware (ie rip it a new one) with little to no backlash when it comes to losing advertising dollars. So let’s just try and spread the hate around evenly ok?

Must say, the only reason it crossed my mind to get this system for my kids was to give them a little physical activity while gaming… I was an Atari/Colecovision/Intelevison couch potato and if I had the games today back then? I’d be 800lbs and they’d have to remove a wall to bury me.

John complains about “derivative platformers involving infantile characters” then posts the picture of the urinal with the word Wii above it to illustrate just how “infantile” he is.
How can he expect anyone to take him seriously when he’s such a hypocrite.

And by the way John, the wii jokes were tired two months after the Wii launched, and that’s about 11 months ago, so get a new gimmick.

Trust me, AgainandAgain, plenty of PS3 hatin’ has been spread by others on this site, and that’s cool, they can have their Xboxes and eat them too — but mark my words, Biggs is spot-on: the Wii ain’t no second coming.

I’ve owned most video game systems since the Atari 2600–even many of the unpopular ones (Magnavox’s Odyssey 2, Atari Lynx). I would be kidding myself if I said that my interest in video game hadn’t waned over the last decade. With few exceptions, the past few years have seen only a handful of truly compelling titles, and those wear out their welcome by become franchises for the publishers. I like the Wii; I don’t think there’s been a basketfull of quality games for it, but Super Mario Galaxy has been worth the price of admission, alone! It reminds me of when I was a kid and my cousins got the first NES I’d ever seen and Mario looked so wonderful that I simply had to play it–even if that meant enduring atrocities like the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games over the years. I actually am not a fanboy–did not own an N64, Gamecube, or DS because I’d sworn off Nintendo. The Wii has made me a believer, again. You know why? I enjoy games that are actually *fun* to play. For better or worse, Wii Sports is a blast to play. So is Mario.

You probably aren’t that old, but sure do act like an old whiny bitch. “It reminds me of when…..”, why don’t you look to the future instead of living in the past. XBOX 360 games like Mass Effect are creating and environment that actually makes you feel emotions and have more important goals other than “I’ve gotta get all 100 stars so I can play as Luigi!!!!”. You should sell your wii for the $400 or so bucks on ebay and get a 360. Have you seen the game list for the wii in the future? Now that Mario, Zelda, and Metroid are done, it’s all downhill from here. I’ll admit Wii Sports is fun although it’s simplicity dates back to pong.

I knew Nintendo would screw up again(and the loyal nintendo fanboys) Wow, the Godfather,Scarface,Manhunt 2 and Bully are on the wii! No GTA 4, No Half-life 2 or portal from Valve software! and way too many Mario games! My Sega Dreamcast is better than wii! I rather continue to buy games for ps2! I would rather buy xbox 360 than a wii! I was going to buy a wii. But all the games a re crap!

I hate the wii its only good as a fan for the xbox