I made the error, however, of not having it reserved and, after two months, I haven’t been able to find a single Wii, the exception being the ones sold on ebay for almost $1000 (I’m not THAT desperate). Considering I don’t live in the United States, Asia or Europe, it’s a tiny ray of possibly false hope that I’ll be able to find it by February, while the “We would like to play” commercials and the good news of this new console keep poking me in the back and laughing annoyingly.

It’s just a matter of time, I suppose, until the Wii is as available on the stores as the Xbox 360 is. The question that haunts me though, is that of how much time it will take…

I suppose it’s just a matter of time until I find out.

Low-D? Don’t you mean SDTV (Standard Definition Television)?

yup.

http://blog.compete.com/index.php/2006/11/13/sony-playstation-ps3-vs-nintendo-wii-vs-microsoft-xbox360-demand-wars-survey-traffic-stats/

I’m still not totally sold on the Wii. There aren’t many games that really appeal to me at this point, and most of them that do are available on other platforms and I’d definitely play a game that’s available across the board on my Xbox 360 over the Wii. I’ve also heard some not-so-great things about the controller. I think the sports pack that comes with it looks wicked lame and what happened to the different coloured consoles? I recall seeing a black Wii early on. Where’d it go? Enough with the white electronics already! :P

My wife and daughter seem pretty interested in the Wii, though. So I might pick one up just for them and have it hooked up to our SD TV in the bedroom.

The virtual console stuff is also pretty cool, but I have (or have access to) every old school game I could think of via emulators on my modded Xbox.

So, yeah, it’s really a toss up for me at this point. In any case, I’ll probably wait until at least Metroid Prime 3 is released and see how it fares.

Oh, and BTW, I wouldn’t recommend picking up a few Wii to try and flip on eBay. Nintendo’s saying there will be enough to go around.

Only 6 days 11 hours 1 minutes and 54 seconds … thanks to the Wii countdown widget.

“come on, come onnnn.”

Wii – After seeing the video gallery on the site, I thought this would be a ton of fun for my son and I, and possibly my wife, but after reading some reviews on the included sports games they seem to fall flat after the initial WOW is over.

I saw Red Steel’s commercial last night and at first was jazzed but then it just seemed to drop. Granted its a commercial but it didnt capture the “hype”.

Besides all that I would love to buy a Wii as I love Nintendo but my 360 isn’t seeing as much gameplay as it or I’d like ;)

I would also get the Wii way faster than the PS3

I have a 36″ Sony Wega and my friends and I have all had issues with reading text in some of the 360 games. Dead Rising takes the cake, though.

I’ve also hooked up my 360 to a 60-inch SD TV and played Gears of War for several hours without any problems. I’m not sure why people think there are problems with the 360 and SD (maybe I’ll need to try some other games to see if I can find the issues).

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To continue, I think less than 20% of homes actually have an HDTV. In contrast, SDTV or 480p (DVDs, Wii), look fine on an HDTV, so you’re not leaving anyone out in the cold

I’ve been recommending everyone who’s asked to get a Wii if they don’t already have an HD-TV. No matter what it says on the back of the box, all of the new X-box 360 games are intended for HD.

First you have an IR (infrared) technology at the front of the controller and in the sensor bar that detects where you are pointing it. Like a remote control for your TV, so long as it is within range of the reader, it can tell where about you are pointing it on the screen. source

Maybe I’m misunderstanding but the reason for this would be positioning, ie knowing what part of the screen the wiimote is currently pointed at. You wouldnt be able to do this with RF.