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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 04:12:51 PM

Title: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 04:12:51 PM
i massively regret the $400 i have squandered, although my daughter is enjoying endless ocean. stupid shortages!

note that i find my wii purchase more disappointing than the following distinguished mentally-challenged purchases i have made

-- the 3do
-- the savage s2000 video card
-- the hp/compaq pocket pc
-- the 37" crt hdtv with gross geometry errors
-- the sega cd
-- the growlanser games
-- shenmue

why did i not learn from eel o'brian's example :'(
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TVC15 on May 01, 2008, 04:17:16 PM
No way it was a worse buy than that Savage card.  Was that card even good for anything outside of original UT?
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 01, 2008, 04:17:51 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: demi on May 01, 2008, 04:18:01 PM
$400? Where did you buy it, eBay?
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TVC15 on May 01, 2008, 04:20:14 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(

WTF were you thinking?  Was there some reason for this?  Didn't they require their own external PSUs?
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Hollywood on May 01, 2008, 04:25:15 PM
Look on the bright side, you just earned $400 worth of message board bitching credits that will keep you going for months.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 01, 2008, 04:26:21 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(

WTF were you thinking?  Was there some reason for this?  Didn't they require their own external PSUs?

I was young and in college and needed the pixels
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Rman on May 01, 2008, 04:32:28 PM
Wow.  You bought a 3do?  I hope you didn't pay launch price on that sucka.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: T234 on May 01, 2008, 04:35:39 PM
i massively regret the $400 i have squandered, although my daughter is enjoying endless ocean. stupid shortages!

note that i find my wii purchase more disappointing than the following distinguished mentally-challenged purchases i have made

-- the 3do
-- the savage s2000 video card
-- the hp/compaq pocket pc
-- the 37" crt hdtv with gross geometry errors
-- the sega cd
-- the growlanser games
-- shenmue

why did i not learn from eel o'brian's example :'(
Does it do 720P, and do you still have it?
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TVC15 on May 01, 2008, 04:36:29 PM
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-- the hp/compaq pocket pc

Prole actually gave this to me when I bought him lunch one day.  And it is indeed useless. 
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 01, 2008, 06:37:54 PM
That's too bad. After seeing all the commercials and articles about senior citizens enjoying the Wii, I figured it'd be right up Prole's alley.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 01, 2008, 06:41:23 PM
it does suck, but I love the shortages.  I was able to buy one at retail, play the must-play games, then sell it off for more than I paid.

Now that Brawl's out, there isn't a single other game that interests me coming out for the system.  Besides maybe Fatal Frame 4. 
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 01, 2008, 06:44:38 PM
they keep pumping out light gun shooters and i'll probably pick up another one when they hit $99

or maybe they'll port all that stuff to the 360 xaggle stick and i'll save that $99
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Bildi on May 01, 2008, 07:26:48 PM
Now that Brawl's out, there isn't a single other game that interests me coming out for the system.  Besides maybe Fatal Frame 4. 

I always forget about Fatal Frame 4, and I love it when someone reminds me.

:heartbeat Fatal Frame :heartbeat
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Fragamemnon on May 01, 2008, 08:08:55 PM
the saddest thing is that it isn't a geek purchase  :'(

Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Trent Dole on May 01, 2008, 09:26:44 PM
the saddest thing is that it isn't a geek purchase  :'(
Does it count if it was bought at launch?  :-*
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 01, 2008, 09:46:22 PM
they keep pumping out light gun shooters and i'll probably pick up another one when they hit $99

or maybe they'll port all that stuff to the 360 xaggle stick and i'll save that $99

House of the Dead is pretty good mayne. Don't get why they didn't put number 1 in there.

Next up : Virtua Cop please.

Would have taken effort.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 01, 2008, 10:02:40 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(

WTF were you thinking?  Was there some reason for this?  Didn't they require their own external PSUs?

I had a Voodoo 5 for several months.  The Voodoo 5 was the same as the Voodoo 4, except the Voodoo 5 had 2 chips instead of 1. 

It was actually a much better card than reviewers give it credit for. 

Nvidia did a great job of marketing the Geforce 1's Hardwae T&L even though it was a basically useless feature. 

After a few months with the Geforce 1, I replaced it with the Voodoo 5, which was the first card to support full scene anti-aliasing. 

With FSAA turned on, the image quality was simply stunning. 
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: pilonv1 on May 01, 2008, 10:05:51 PM
I have an Apple Newton and it's still more interesting than my Wii
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 10:51:15 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(

was there a voodoo 4? i bought a voodoo 5 5500. :(

edit: oh, the voodoo 4 was the low-end of the voodoo 4/5 product line. lol u!
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 10:54:46 PM
i massively regret the $400 i have squandered, although my daughter is enjoying endless ocean. stupid shortages!

note that i find my wii purchase more disappointing than the following distinguished mentally-challenged purchases i have made

-- the 37" crt hdtv with gross geometry errors

Does it do 720P, and do you still have it?

yes, and i gave it to my parents
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 01, 2008, 10:54:57 PM
I bought a Voodoo 4. :'(

was there a voodoo 4? i bought a voodoo 5. :(

Why didn't you like Voodoo 5?

Like  I mentioned in the previous post, Voodoo 4&5 actually shared the same GPU but V4 only had 1 chip while V5 had 2.  
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 11:09:11 PM
i was fine with my voodoo 5, but i only had it for six months before i switched to a 64mb geforce 2
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Fragamemnon on May 01, 2008, 11:17:09 PM
I had a voodoo5 too, but I traded it up for a gf2 not too long afterwards. It wasn't a bad card, but not a chunk of greatness like my Voodoo3.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 11:28:07 PM
voodoo 3 was so so so awesome
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 01, 2008, 11:29:59 PM
:bow Wii :bow2
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 01, 2008, 11:48:32 PM

:bow Wii :bow2

what DOES one play on the wii
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 02, 2008, 12:01:41 AM
I had a voodoo5 too, but I traded it up for a gf2 not too long afterwards. It wasn't a bad card, but not a chunk of greatness like my Voodoo3.

Me three.  Got my Geforce 2 about 6 mohths later also.  Voodoo 5 still had better image quality but the Geforce 2 was way faster.

I skipped the Voodoo 3 though.  I used a TNT 2 ultra and had 2 Voodoo 2s in SLI for 3DFX compatibility.   
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 02, 2008, 12:16:41 AM
Segata is disappointed in you. :'(
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 02, 2008, 12:24:28 AM
Who cares, he's a junior member LOL
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 02, 2008, 12:28:34 AM
Can't you still make good money off the Wii on Ebay?  I haven't seen one in LA for a year. 
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: pilonv1 on May 02, 2008, 12:29:53 AM
Who cares, he's a junior member LOL

but he's segata :bow2
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 02, 2008, 12:34:07 AM
Who cares, he's a junior member LOL

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/1249444672_9afc7f8123_o.jpg)

"SAY THAT TO MY FACE!"
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 02, 2008, 12:47:54 AM
Hey, I'm an ninthing *shrugs*

I fuckin' like Nintendo games.  I'm stupid.  Oh well, I don't regret my purchase.  I play my Wii and 360 about equally.  In all honesty, I just haven't played a lot of games lately.  I think I'm growing out of it.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 02, 2008, 03:39:18 AM
I still can't believe you bought one, man.  Look, there are those of us that got suckered in by hype and false promises at launch and are now making the best of it, but you actually bought one knowing full-well in advance what a shitpile the software situation is.

That is some poor judgment on your part, and you don't seem like the sort to usually make that kind of mistake.  Then again, looking at your list of shame, maybe there is a pattern.

in all honesty, i bought it for my daughter, who LOVED endless ocean when i rented it whilst borrowing tvc's wii. it's really not my thing, and i knew it -- i just jumped on an opportunity to get one when i had the impulse money.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 02, 2008, 04:00:24 AM
i am not being honest, i also bought it to bitch about its terrible library on the internet

seriously, 10M+ units sold in a year-and-a-half and all they have to show for it is super mario galaxy? has there been a shittier console library EVER? fuck, i could find at least *3* decent 3DO games in the same timeframe
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 02, 2008, 04:08:33 AM
No matter how anyone tries to deflect it, the Wii is a Gamecube with worse third-party support. 

Which is funny, because the GameCube was an N64 with worst third-party support.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 02, 2008, 04:15:22 AM
I think this generation is sucking ass so far. 
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: TVC15 on May 02, 2008, 04:19:50 AM
I think this generation is sucking ass so far. 

Just wait until next gen, when Sony and MS try to jump on the cheap console/casual gamers bandwagon.  You thought one Wii was bad, wait until there are three.  Nintendo has finally killed gaming, after decades of trying.
Title: Re: the wii is probably my stupidest geek purchase
Post by: Trent Dole on May 02, 2008, 04:50:28 PM
I think this generation is sucking ass so far. 

Just wait until next gen, when Sony and MS try to jump on the cheap console/casual gamers bandwagon.  You thought one fWii was bad, wait until there are three.  Nintendo has finally killed gaming, after decades of trying.
Eh but if they use this gen's tech then that's just PS3 and 360 again which isn't that terrible really. Nintendo will (read: better) go 1080p next round so how that'll end up is anybody's guess.