I like my Wii. I got it on the day it came out – I lucked out and arrived at Kmart roughly an hour early. Two kids (+mom) had camped the night, and with three Wiis for sale – I got quite lucky.
So I’ve been following with certain interest as the hypemeter on the Wii goes through the roof. Reading the Techcrunch post on internet searches for the ‘Wii’ I couldn’t help and marvel at the spam accumulating in the comments trying to hawk Wiis.
While they were the typical bundle, one caught me eye – $400 for Wii + 15 games + 2 controllers. That sounded quite sweet.
Until you actually see what they are offering:
The SOBs are considering Wii Sports (already bundled) as 5 games and Wii Play as 9 different games (and it comes with the controller already).
Sometimes I wonder about karma and if people like this get their just desserts.
2 Responses to Some Wii Lameness
Hany
December 24th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Legally, there’s nothing wrong with any of this. Put ethics aside…this is just an example of classic supply and demand.
It’s really Nintendo’s fault that this is happening. Sony/Microsoft have no supply problems. It’s just Nintendo.
Ahmed
December 24th, 2007 at 2:49 am
No you are missing the point.
They are claiming 15 games. When you hear 15 games, you assume individual games. In reality it is two pack-in games + ONE game.