We're getting a Wii, anyone want an XBox?
 

I'm getting the deal of the century thanks to CP's brother's fickle ways. He's decided that the Wii fails to meet his gaming needs (i.e., sitting at home alone playing with no one or playing on line) and wants an XBox 360 instead. So he's selling us the Wii with two controllers/nunchucks and something like 6 games...for $350. The games alone would cost nearly $300!

As such, to offset the cost, we'll be selling our XBox. It mostly gathers dust these days anyway. I will sorely miss the Burnout series but it will be well worth it as I expect to get far more game play out of the Wii. I'll ebay it, but thought I'd give the LoT first crack. If you're interested send me an offer.

I believe I've got 9 games. Off the top of my head:
Top Spin (came w/system)
NCAA Football ('06 I believe, also came w/system)
Burnout 3: Takedown (freaking awesome)
Burnout Revenge (freaking awesome...with revenge)
Jet Set Radio
Sega GT 2002 (Jet Set and this are on the same disc)
Fable
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Far Cry Instincts Evolution

I'll confirm that list when I get home (I do have all that are listed, don't know if I'm missing any). And no, I didn't forget to list Halo, never owned it (I'm not a 1st person shooter type).

Something else to confirm when I get home, I THINK I have 4 controllers. I know I've go the one that came with the system plus one wireless. And unless I'm crazy (entirely plausible) I got 2 additional wired controllers.

If you're interested, drop me a PM and we'll see if we can agree on a price.

OMG, I'm so excited about the Wii.

Why can't you have both?

The games can be completely different.

I understand offsetting the cost of the Wii but perhaps he'll accept payments {so not such a big purchase at once} so you can keep them both.

In our house {in an undisclosed location;) } we have pretty much all systems. Some games just aren't available for some systems.

And me, I have a DSLite. Love it. Bought it for one game. It's all I play. So far.

Good luck on your selling it if you don't change your mind....

I'm with Mouswife- if you can keep it, do.

In our living room we have a 360, Wii and PS2 hooked up. Too many games are still released on different platforms-

What game on DS MW? My family is currently hooked on Animal Crossing Wild World- mom, dad, me, my SO, and my daughter! We also love Nintendogs- we have other games but AC:WW and Dogs are the most played.

Like I said, the XBox pretty much collects dust. The two versions of Burnout have provided many many hours of entertainment and were worth the price of the system alone. But I've played them to death and overall, much as my brother in law is getting rid of the Wii because the types of games available on Wii don't really fit what he wants from a console, the same goes for me and XBox.

For the most part, each system excels at certain types of gaming, and no matter how much comparing of specs and graphics quality and other point-by-point comparisons, it all comes down to what kind of gamer you are.

XBox - Online gaming. It's king in this arena. XBox Live is a huge hit and the bulk of the game development energy goes into the XBox Live play. What this results in is few games that work well as single player, and even fewer that work well as multiplayer-in-person (i.e., have a bunch of friends over and play). It's been pretty consistent over the last few console generations.

Playstation - Involved single player, RPG type games. The Final Fantasies, the Resident Evils. If you're looking for something to eat up hours at home, this is your system. Secondarily, there are a handful of good multiplayer games.

Nintendo - Party games. Games like Mario Kart where a bunch of people can come over, pick up a controller and have a blast, no matter their skill level. Sprinkle a couple consistently good single-player options (some incarnation of Mario and, of course, Zelda) and voila.

For me, Nintendo's model continues to strike the right chord. I mostly want games I can play with friends in person, occasionally getting lost in an epic like Zelda. The XBox completely failed to deliver that for me. Once I burned out on Burnout, I have yet to find another game that's captured me, and have never found one that works well with two or more people.

So I'm not really going to miss it. The financial offset will definitely be a greater asset to me than having the system.

Oh, and I remembered that I also have Soul Calibur 2 (admittedly my favorite fighting game ever), so that makes 10 games.

Plus, if I ever need a change of pace we still have Dreamcast with one of the greatest games of all time (San Francisco Rush 2049, battle mode). AND Soul Calibur.

I got hooked on 'Club House Games'. It has all sorts of games on it, Chinese Checkers, Checkers, Spit {Speed to me}, Memory {concentration}, Darts, Bowling, Billiards, and a bunch of others.

It has settings to play the games against the computer or others as well as Missions {to beat levels in certain times/ways, really hard some of them}as well as Stamp where you earn stamps according to how well you play that level.

Wel, GD, if you won't miss it. I guess we just really are addicts. :p

I have a SEGA as well as the older Nintendo systems in boxes that we pull out when we want to.

But, the kids like to trade/sell off games. I don't.

Oh, I'm an addict, XBox just doesn't satisfy my fix. I've still got my NES and the Dreamcast. I just never found enough XBox games to get particularly attached to it. I really wanted to like the system, it's technically stellar. I'm just clearly not the target audience for XBox game developers.

Hey GD- remember that Soul Caliber 2 also has a Nintendo incarnation.

I totally understand where you are coming from now that you explained it-I bought an XBox for the guys in the house and I have yet to play it. Not interested- at all. For me it's the Wii, DS and PS2.

Congrats on your Wii-do you know what games you are getting? So far we have Wii Sports, Wii Play, Elebits, Wario Ware Smooth Moves and Rayman Ravin Rabbids. I highly recommend those last 3 especially!

We just bought God of War 2 for the PS2 so I am sure that will be the latest addiction in the house-

Wii Sports of course, Zelda, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Madden, I think Call of Duty. Not sure what others.

Oooh, just saw that Square's going to put out a Final Fantasy for Wii!! And there's supposedly going to be a Guitar Hero within the year. :happy dance:

When will they have the three player game where one person plays the Guitar Hero guitar for that part of the band, another is on the drum simulator controller, and the third is a back up dancer on the DDR mat?

I have heard the Wii has taken over the market.

Now there are some rumblings going on in the house about the XBox being changed????

Anywho, yeah, I haven't actually played any of the newer systems. Bomber Man, Pac Man, those older games are my type.

Cool they are having Guitar Hero for it!

I wish {and tell me if they do!} they had a way you could upload your favorite songs.

I think there need to be more Soundgarden songs. :cool: And RHCP ....:snap: