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Never heard of this site. Came across the article in a different forum. Hope it's true, but if it sounds too good to be true.......

Interesting, but I'm calling a "no". Free system with the purchase of a few games? Not in this lifetime.

If this were true, I'd be instantly in on the 3 games and a 2nd controller deal.

Sadly, I doubt this will come to pass.

EDIT: RF, you think a deal will at least come with a pair of scissors to cut off one's balls when buying the Wii?

It would be nice, but I doubt it as well. How has nintendo gamecube attach rate at launch. The only way I see the story coming true, is if they try to get as many games in the hands of gamers to have them like the system/control scheme. If they have had previous problems with attach rate at launch, this could help.

Nah.

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lol this is funny that anyone would believe this. Odds are the Wii games will cost $40-50 (60 TOPS but i highly doubt it). So if you bought 4 games that would cost you either $160 or $200. Why would they even offer the system for $199.99 when you could get the system and 4 games for a penny more?

I can see them offering a freebie game, maybe a basic Mario game to illustrate the use of the controller, or this Wario Ware game discussed in the other thread, but not a pack of 3 or 4. They shouldnt need a deal as ridiculous as that to sell through the initial shipments.

buy 4 games get a free system.. only if the games cost 100 each.

there hasnt ever been a system pack in with a game before (has there)

so why would this system


Stand alone system 249 watch and see

If anything, something like this could be a backup plan, on the off chance that NO ONE wants to buy a Wii. This would basically force people with any sort of sense to get one, and then they can back it off from there. Because for this console to be successful, word of mouth will have to be there. Traditional advertising just isn't gonna work.

I'm still pretty confident this won't launch for anything over $200. Anymore and a $100 360 price drop would eliminate a lot of the "Hey, it's a ridiculous amount cheaper!" sales.

Originally Posted by daroga EDIT: RF, you think a deal will at least come with a pair of scissors to cut off one's balls when buying the Wii?

Actually, cutting off your balls is a pre-req to getting one. The clerks at Gamestop check them at the door.

Originally Posted by slidecage there hasnt ever been a system pack in with a game before (has there)

NES, SNES, SMS....

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Originally Posted by slidecage
there hasnt ever been a system pack in with a game before (has there)








I seem to remember Sega and I think it was AOL offering a free dreamcast if you subscribed to their online service for2 years.

Of course that was when the DC was on the decline and not at launch.

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Not sure the big N would do that. Stranger things have happened, but this sounds to far fetched.

Infendo.com is a great site. Sure this may still be a rumor, but I find them to be quite a credible site. joystiq has used them sometimes.

Check it, it could be true. Do we know they aren't charging 75-100 Bills for a game at launch? It's far off but with Nintendo ANYTHING could happen.

Originally Posted by Strell NES, SNES, SMS....

i didnt know a game came packed in with the snes or sega master system.

As did the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Genesis, Game Gear and GameBoy...