I plan to buy the system for my son. My son is twelve, and he doesn’t have a portable game system yet. He has the Xbox, but he doesn’t have one that he can take with him when we go out of town. I thought about getting him one of the portable ones for Christmas last [...]
Continue reading...30. March 2008
What is WiiWare? It is simply Nintendo’s downloadable content service for the Wii. It is basically XBOX Live Marketplace, but for the Wii. When Will it be Released? WiiWare is set to debut in mid-may. There is still no news on the exact pricing plan Nintendo will have. But we will not have to wait very long [...]
Continue reading...23. February 2008
There are some video games that get released for the XBOX 360, PS3, or both but don’t get released on the Wii. There are a couple of these games that I think would be really fun on the Nintendo Wii, and because of the great control scheme, would be a blast. Lets start with Fable. Not [...]
Continue reading...23. January 2008
Nintendo is winning the war for the best video game company and video game systems. Before you start arguing with me, lets take a look at the sales statistics shall we? Wii Sales Statistics Japan: 4.94 Million | America: 8.71 Million | Others: 6.38 Million | 20.03 Million DS Sales Statistics Japan: 21.76 Million [...]
Continue reading...29. December 2007
The figures are in and it’s official, the Nintendo Wii is the #1 Customer’s choice in next generation gaming consoles. Not only is it the number one console, but it also one Customer’s choice for games. The award for best games titles also went to the Wii, scoring 8.08 out of ten, with the Xbox 360 [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2007
Look back at the amazing race the Nintendo Wii has had with it’s competitors the Play Station 3 and Xbox 360. No question Nintendo played the game on their terms, differentiating themselves from other next gen consoles by being the ‘other’ system. However, as time has worn on it looks like Nintendo is ‘THE’ system [...]
Continue reading...27. December 2007
The Wii’s were selling like hot cakes this year, which is no news to anyone, but the rate at which they were coming off the virtual shelves was dizzying. Amazon.com, a popular online store (which buy-wii.net affiliates for) reported selling 17 Wii’s per second. Take another look at that, it’s not 1 Wii every 17 [...]
Continue reading...26. December 2007
Christmas 2007 has came and went, were any of you lucky enough to receive a Nintendo Wii under your tree? Luckily, I received one last year when they came out, so I was not one of millions fighting over one in the local Wal-mart, but I did receive a few goodies Wii related. I received Star [...]
Continue reading...19. December 2007
Popular gaming store GameStop has announced that they will be offering rain checks on Friday, which will guarantee you a Wii for $250 before January 25, 08. Be warned, this is a Friday only promotion and there WILL BE a limited supply of the rain checks. But, if you are looking for a brick’n mortar [...]
Continue reading...17. December 2007
Alright, I know it’s a little early in the Wii’s life to start talking about the next generation Wii, especially considering there is still a shortage. However, Absolute Gadget is a web site that has decided to start speculating on the next console to follow the Wii and what it means for the quirky and [...]
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26. November 2008
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