Wii...Game System

I finally was able to get my hands on a "USED" Wii System for my 8 year old stepson. I know the target audience from what I have seen is for the younger group. I found the controllers to be ultra sensitive and annoying as HELL! The graphics are definitely old school, the gameplay is okay. We've rented Excite Truck racing, Sonic Rings and he is playing the Pokemon Battle Revolution. One cool thing that I liked was he was able to upload his Diamond/Pearl Pokemon into the Wii to play on the Pokemon Battle Revolution game. I also see him not using the Wii game system all that much. He much rather use his playstation 2 or my Xbox 360!

I know millions of people like the Wii but is it just a GIMMICK SYSTEM? I guess time will tell. I know everytime we go into a store they are always sold out of the Wii System. To me, it is priced right at a mere $249.00. Though I think the game prices are too expensive considering what it offers in terms of graphics and gameplay.


Posted by G35ff @ 12:09 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Xbox 360 and the Red RING OF DEATH!

I originally waited 1 full year to avoid the plague of the original launch - yet to my surprise I still fell victim to it. What I am talking about is the 3 Red Ring of Death. I bought my XBOX 360 in Dec. 2006. I worked flawlessly until the beginning of June, then I was playing online my machine froze - it never froze ever! I tried to turn it back on and got the 3 red ring of death. I spoke to a lot of people online apparently there still is a large problems with heat issues with the console. I called customer service 2 times until I finally received my empty shipping box to send my xbox 360 in for repairs. It took 10 days to receive the empty box, 3 days to ship it back to Allen, Tx, another 7 days to fix it and finally another 3 days to get it back. It should arrive TODAY! I am leary if they fixed my or gave me a refurb? I will let you all know.

In the meantime, I went out and purchased a core system and just attached my hard drive from the original premium console. I will probably keep the core system as a backup as I have heard people having to have their boxes repaired multiple times!

WHY doesn't Microsoft FIX THE PROBLEM??? It's not like they aren't making money!???



Posted by G35ff @ 12:00 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments