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Wii U Launch
palmer6strings:
--- Quote from: amarthar on December 04, 2012, 04:49:22 AM ---On another note, the European launch was on November 30th. Poland, as always, gets a giant, spiky, metal pole up our buttholes by getting a later launch (December 10th) and much higher prices. The basic set will be 1399.99 PLN (~450 USD) and the premium set will be 1699.99 PLN (~540 USD).
I really want to like Nintendo, but the way they treat Poland really isn't helping...
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Oh wow, that's outrageous!! I would not be buying it for that price.
It better have gold on the PCB for that price.
amarthar:
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That's how it is when there is no Nintendo Poland. There is Microsoft Poland, and there is Sony Poland. So why the hell not Nintendo? There's at least an official distributor - Stadlbauer (a freakin' Austrian toy company) - which is better than in the 80s and 90s, when there was none.
Also here's a fun little excerpt (translated) from the Wii FAQ on the "official" Polish site:
--- Quote ---The Nintendo Wii can be connected to the internet via a wireless router or a special Wii LAN adapter. It is recommended to change your location to Ireland.
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So they're basically saying "f*ck you, but here's a clean condom".
And another fun fact: No Wii, DS or 3DS comes with a Polish language option (as opposed to the Xbox or PS3). As well as no games on Nintendo consoles have a Polish language option (as opposed to the Xbox, PS3). Well, no I lied - there was exactly 1 (one) game (that I remember) on the GBA that had a Polish language option - Hugo: The Evil Mirror. So yeah, Nintendo likes to f*ck Poland with a giant, spiky, metal pole every chance they get.
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Sorry for the rant, and thank you for listening, just had to get it off my chest...
tbonesteak4dinner:
I don't want to make excuses for Nintendo and be "that guy" but you have to remember Microsoft and Sony are MUCH bigger corporations than Nintendo as a company. Video game consoles are only one of the many, many things that Microsoft and Sony do, while it's virtually the only thing that Nintendo does.
If Nintendo were a large multi-industry company like the other two, I'm sure there'd be a Nintendo of Poland, but being as it is, they have to focus their resources and sales on the countries where they'll most likely turn the biggest profit based solely on video games. If Nintendo made a computer operating system, laptops, TV's, licensed MP3 players, and was a major music publishing conglomerate, then I'm sure they'd have a national headquarters in Poland and then you'd have access to that stuff. ;)
I always find it hilarious when people call Nintendo the "Big N" like they're some big bad corporation when they're the smallest of the big three by far. :D I now that doesn't make the prices suck any less for you, but I think that at least gives a reason, haha.
palmer6strings:
I'm actually surprised that Nintendo hasn't tried to partner with Apple/Mac. I think that would help them out sooooo much with sales and future promotions.
I'm not to sure what Sony has in these terms, but I know Microsoft/XBox has thier media player, (which has some awesome home network settings if you get it all figured out correctly.), and on top of that Zune...
Of coarse they all have Netflix, but that's no real big deal since you can now watch Netflix on your kitchen fridge now a days.
wiggy:
--- Quote from: amarthar on December 04, 2012, 04:49:22 AM ---On another note, the European launch was on November 30th. Poland, as always, gets a giant, spiky, metal pole up our buttholes by getting a later launch (December 10th) and much higher prices. The basic set will be 1399.99 PLN (~450 USD) and the premium set will be 1699.99 PLN (~540 USD).
I really want to like Nintendo, but the way they treat Poland really isn't helping...
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Like Tbone said, not to be that guy, but it prolly has little to do with Nintendo themselves and more to do with distribution costs and whatnot that are out of their hands. There's no reason for them to artificially inflate prices for you guys. Not that it makes the situation any better, but I REALLY doubt Nintendo is really jacking up prices for no reason.
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on December 04, 2012, 02:09:43 PM ---Of coarse they all have Netflix, but that's no real big deal since you can now watch Netflix on your kitchen fridge now a days.
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LOL, sigworthy!
I'm about to go patent a Netflix/Redbox fridge, be right back...