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Topic: Wii Component Cables not in stores (Read 22511 times)
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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The complete system contains a set of component (but not HDMI/DVI) cables in the box, tho it's mated to a set of composite (RCA) cables with a ginormous switched dongle.
This is pretty much how the Xbox one works, I believe. It's a big box on one end, with the RCA plugs and optical port in there. I could check but I don't look back there too much. |
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Jain Zar
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Well, when you have hobbies like Warhammer, which are arguably more of a money sink than black tar heroin, $250 on a console seems OK.
When your bread and butter hobby is games, $250 for a souped up Gamecube with an unproven paradigm shift in controls is goddamn extortion.
I'm still using the same painted Chaos Marines and Eldar Guardians I bought in 1994-95 to this day. Minis gaming is only a money sink in the short term, or if you gleefully play edition whore with every new rules revision, codex, BOOK OF STUPID FEATS VOLUME 8, ect, and insist on buying it, or rebuying an army when it gets a new sculpt or something. You can even play the collectible minis cheap provided your play venue doesn't listen to the silly retired sets TYPE 2 crap Magic pulls. (Collectible Minis games generally stop selling once they do that. Witness the end of Mage Knight, that Baseball game, and how irrelevant Mechwarrior Dark Age became. Hell, the latter ended up unretiring because it was gonna kill the game.)My friend's army for Star Wars Minis are all commons/uncommons (my figures but he uses them. Meaning he passes on the money figs!!) and its a steaming pile of evil I FEAR to play because I know I will have a fight and a half on my hands. I've pretty much dropped buying Heroclix and my teams are still pretty solid compared to the guys who buy cases. Hell, I won the last tourney and beat the best player we have! (I usually place 2nd or 3rd. Most of my pieces were 1-2 dollar singles bought off online. Meaning mostly commons/uncommons outside of the last 3 sets.) But ahem. I don't think the Wii is a bad deal, and if you really do want to count a second controller that just means the 360 and PS3 cost 40-70 more as well! (Play and Charge kits, wireless controllers, extra battery packs, XBox Live...) |
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tazelbain
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Come on, Schild. You buy collector editions of games just for the art. $250 is nothing for you.
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Strazos
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Seriously. You buy games just for the sake of buying games. You had an Atari Jaguar. Come off it.
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schild
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The Jaguar had Cannon Fodder, Flashback, Tempest 2000, and Alien vs. Predator.
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Triforcer
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I admire Schild for his Kramer-like ability to spend money on many many games and yet seemingly have no occupation other than posting here  Are the various moneysacks from devs that bribe you to mole for them really that big? |
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WindupAtheist
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SOE agreed to pay him by the number of posts in the resultant SWG thread if he would only give the NGE a thumbs-up.
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OcellotJenkins
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Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing and corporate affairs, says the component cable WILL be in retail stores at launch.
GI: Will component cables be available on day one?
Kaplan: Yes, at retail and online. Best Buy, GameStop, Circuit City, etc… and Nintendo.com. |
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« Last Edit: November 04, 2006, 08:46:41 AM by OcellotJenkins »
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Strazos
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We got in the Wii demo unit earlier this week, but we can't use it. We don't have the wiimote/nunchuck yet, or anything. Apparently, the rep needs to come out and activate it.
Also, apparently at Gamestop, they will be holding your CC while you demo the unit. I guess this should cut down on the number of dumbass kids using it.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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I remember Perrin Kaplan was the one that said, or maybe just implied, the Wii would be region-free. Not only does it use regions, the VC uses regions. I don't plan on believing anyone at this point, even Iwata himself. However, there are already Wii accessories on display at Target, namely the dogtags and Wiimote gloves plus other junk, so maybe someone at Nintendo bothered to wander outside recently.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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OcellotJenkins
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LOL Nintendo Online Store:Due to high demand, our initial allotment of the Wii Component Video Cables has been depleted. We expect to begin shipping again the week of November 28, 2006.
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Strazos
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GameStop should have the 3rd-party version of these cables on release day.
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Fear the Backstab!
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