Hidden costs in the Wii
The Wii may be cheap but there is really hidden costs. I will tell you the Hidden costs below:
- Wiimote batteries – This will suck your money whenever you run out of batteries. You can solve this by buying a recharger.
- Electricity – The Wii never turns off. Instead, it is in standby mode all the time when it is not on. This will use electricity which may require money wasted.
- Gasoline – You will waste more gasoline to get batteries and games which will be more expensive than the retail price.
- Injuries – If you get hurt from playing the Wii, you may get injuries which will make it more expensive.
Below I will tell you the real price for the Wii
$250 – Wii
$100 – Batteries
$050 – Electricity
$200 – Gasoline
$600 – Grand Total
$050 – To cure injuries from the Wii
$650 – Grand Total if you got injuries fom the Wii
The Wii is very expensive itself.
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Here are actual reasonable costs, you dimwit.
$250 – Wii
$15 – Rechargeable Battery Pack for upto two wiimotes.
$0 – Electricity. Standby mode only takes enough energy to power the LED. Furthermore, unplugging the power cable is as easy as flicking a switch on the back of the PS3.
$0 – Gasoline? Seriously. This one is just plain stupid.
$0 – Injuries. You’re not going to get hurt playing the Wii unless you’re a complete moron. Blaming the Wii for personal injuries is like blaming McDonald’s for making you fat. Furthermore, you’re far more likely to get carpal tunnel from playing the ps3/xbox 360 than you are from moving your arms with the wii. In fact, since you’re blowing things way out of proportion one way, I’ll do the same thing the other way, and add that you’re less likely to die of a heart attack when you’re playing games that either require you to stand up or physically exert yourself, than you are if you let your lazy fat ass get even fatter playing FPS’s all day.
One more thing I’d like to add about the electricity issue. I’m not sure if you’re aware of this or not, but every appliance or electronic device that is plugged in (whether it is on or not), draws current and power from the wall outlet. When the wii is on “standby” mode, it does not use any additional power except for what is normally drawn by a plugged in outlet. Hence it will take up as much electricity as any other gaming system that is plugged in and still turned off completely. Hence the electricity charge for all game systems would be the same when they aren’t on.
Furthermore, the ps3 requires more power than the Wii.
Wii is cheaper with Remote Charger
$250 – Wii
$030 – Charger
$050 – Electricity
$050 – Gasoline
$380 – Grand Total
The Wii is for KIDS! Not adult gamers! Wanna play NCAA football 09? Great, sounds fun, if you like to try to sit on your couch and throw your arms around! Yes, button presses are easier, but that’s when you use this thing that’s in your skull called a brain to outwit the computer. Please! The graphics on a ps2 are BETTER! Who wants to see a bubble version of a wannabe look alike of yourself?! Price isn’t even a comparison. The Wii is not worth the money if your serious about gaming and cannot afford the 360 or ps3. Care to call your boss and tell him you can’t come in because you throw your shoulder out trying to tackle Tim Tebow?!
LOL at the shitty ass fan boys defending such a shitty ass, broke dick system. All wii’s should be gathered and burned for being fuckin retarded. Play a real system kiddies.
All is true. But you forget that you have to buy adicional controls to play any game. Classic Control, Nunchuk and now Wii Motion Plus. Multiply it and add another wii remote to each player. Almost forget… add SD card, Gamecube controllers and gamecube memory cards. Nintendo really sucks. It takes all your money.
Sirigueijo just made me think that I could add a part to this.
AND I AM TEMPTED TO GRAB A COPY OF WINDOWS 7 ON OCTOBER 22, 2009 BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF VISTA NOW.
@Dave: I have 2 controls, 2 nunchucks,1 classic control and a sd card, going to buy a wii motion plus soon, controls are expensive, sure, but cheaper then a ps3/xbox one.
Sd card, 5 bucks for 10 GB, it will last em forever, no need to buy a console with 100$ increase for a hardrive that will be over soon. Btw, ps3 is 500$ now, and everyone still remembers the mithycal 599 us dollars
@ original poster: Wow, you must have such a hatred that you fail to see the truth, electricity? gas? injuries? seriously, there is no argument wich will take me to take this seriously. Wii doesn’t need a defence, watch teh reviews, play teh games, you will enjoy your self rather then buy teh same old game you bought last year A.k.a madden, call of duty and sometimes halo.
Wow, this is bitch.com
You do realize the 360 and PS3 power-drain, weven when turned off? do some research before you post.
And why am I spending $200 on gas, am I powering my wii by a generator?!
Oh, and FYI. Homebrew allows the Wii to play DVDs, PAL/NTSC-J titles, and basically every movie file you can imagine via USB (HDs too), SD, or even SMB-Share through a network. The PS3 and 360 are so locked you can’t do $#!T with them without physical modifications, and even then you can still get remotely bricked.
I’ve also sustained more injury from carpal-tunnel from the damned dual-analog system every other system has now. And I agree with Manan, only retards get hurt, and if you blame Nintendo, it’s like blaming McD’s for being fat.
I hate the Wii so much, no one should buy one. The article is right the expenses are huger than they initially seem. DONT BUY A wii
I’d rather listen to the new rap music then play the wii.
I MUCH prefer rock to rap, so there. Wii sucks, get over it.
*IF YOU’RE A WII FANBOY AND WANT TO PLAY HARDCORE GAMES WITH GOOD GRAPHICS, YOU’RE OUT OF LUCK*
360 and PS3 cost more money on the electric bill per year than the wii does, all of the consoles have wireless controllers, they all use batteries, and they all have recharge systems avaliable.
I’d love it if the author of these articles would post costs and problems of the 360 and the PS3 while they’re at it.
@RyRy hardcore games to a player like you would be violence, sexuality and drug use, i’m sure. The only thing necessary sometimes is violence, but not extremely unecessary violence, which most wii games do lack, which is why WII has a larger audience than ol 360 and PS3, which is why it makes more money, and which is why PS3 and 360 fanboys are flaming it. Besides, the only advantage PS3 and 360 have over wii is power and graphics, and while both play a role in the likability of games, it doesn’t hinder the likability of nintendo games.
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Are you forgetting that every system needs batteries, controllers, and electricity? And you’d have to be an idiot to brake anything with the Wiimote, and besides, it’s your own fault if you don’t wear the strap.
This list is correct. It would cost that much for gas because if you own a Wii you would have to drive around for a good bridge to jump off of.
Manan and Chatham, you guys are complete dumbasses.
McDonald’s DOES make make you fat, and Nintendo DOES suck
in every way. Get out and look around, idiots.
@dave The Wii IS a real system. This truly is not bitch.com,but F**KINGWHINERFAGGOTS.com Get over it. Wii is better,and all you PS3 and 360-fags know it.
Biitergamer1886 the Wii is not worth the money. All the games on it are lame and hardly has any replay vaule. Fuck Mario games they were good in the past but now we want something new.
I would be the first to admit that the Nintendo Wii has some problems, but this has to be a joke, these kind of arguments are ridiculous. I think we should look at things objectively, and not simply bash a system because we don’t like it.
First on batteries: You can get the battery chargers very cheaply that would simply solve the problem. If the Wii is being criticized because its controllers use batteries, shouldn’t all the other consoles as well? Batteries is a “problem” that is plaguing the other systems and the Wii is no different here.
Gasoline: Seriously?! You can walk to your neighborhood store if you choose to. Or simply buy the recharger and not bother with the gasoline costs. Even so, if you are stuck with any of the 3 consoles you will have the same cost. Please show me your calculations on gasoline cost and how you concluded that $200.00 is a fair assessment.
Electricity: You could hardly blame an electronic device for using electricity. Out of the three consoles the Wii is the one who consumes less, even with its standby “problem”. Even if the standby “problem” is causing one to raise the gas bill, one can simply choose to unplug it.
Injuries: A normal use of the Wii-mote should not cause an injury. An irresponsible use of one can. It is also possible to get injuries on the other consoles. Even if there is a greater risk of injury on the Wii, your argument commits the fallacy False Cause. Secondly, if we apply the same standards to a car, one is better off not buying one, since an injury in a car can lead to death.
Ahahah… Oh my the stupidity…. I HAVE PS3, I R HATE EVERYTHING THAT NO HAVE PS3 LABEL!!! DUMB XBOX, STUPID WII!! retarded arrogant words of your ps3 lover. LEts not forget xbox lovers, I R LOVE ONLINE PLAY, PS3 STUPID BLUE RAY!! DUMB IDIOT PRICE, haha, then your common wii lover, Why does everyone hate me? Ahh who the hell cares i have actual friends that exist in real time not online, so ill call them over and play against a person in the same room… Haha personal experience, i have friends, i followed all the retarded opinions, got a ps3 and apparently with its 4 controller compatability it forgot to make multiplayer games, xbox didnt go to far with this either, got an xbox n four controllers, and for what, well shit wheres the multiplayer, then i get the same answer over n over, play online by yourself! Holy shit i have real friends that i actually want to hang out with so no! I sold my ps3, kept the xbox for the occasional good game, which is rare, and play interactive games with my real friends, what a happy ending
This is the worst page on the internet.
It just makes no sense.
Wii is just another console and all of you are making a dick about it, that’s what i call a waste of time.