Should I trade my Wii in for a 360?

[Cowabunga Carl]

I am trying to figure out if it would be worth trading in my Wii for a 360. After looking through the recent Gameinformer I realized that the games I want to play aren't coming out for Wii. But the question is do I trade my Wii in and get a 360 now or save up and get one later?

[Roseangelo]

Don't trade in your Wii. Sell it on eBay for what you paid. Buy 360. Maybe buy Wii again later if you want to.

[xChri5x]

Why would you sell your Wii when Sam & Max Season One and Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People are out/coming out?

[Ninjinister]

I suggest you do neither. Keep the Wii, save up for a 360.

[Hannah]

Why would you want a 360?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Meh, the 360 has seen it's best days in my opinion. The old "everybody in the pool!" console cycle died this generation. The 360 will probably get another good year before Microsoft begins the draw down period. PS3 is barely getting started, and the Wii is just going through a dry period after Nintendo shot their load all at once last year. Things will pick up.

Don't sell your Wii. That's my advice. But if you are going to sell it, don't trade it. You're basically letting GameStop screw you out of $120+ on a sh*tty trade in deal. Sell if on Ebay for what you paid for it or more ($250 or up).

[Ninjinister]

To be precise, I whole-heartedly agree with ThirdMarioBro. My advice earlier merely reflected the fact that the lad seems dead set on getting a 360.

But bottom line is, whatever you do, keep your Wii. I've never disposed of a console in my life; I've accumulated almost 20 home consoles and handheld systems. If I ever got rid of any of them, I'd regret it. You wouldn't believe how many times I'd actually gone on a Psycho Fox binge in the last year.

[Ecto Jedi]

I will admit the current Wii gaming scene is a sad state of affairs. Basically, only The Force Unleashed and Madworld have me interested in any significant way.

[Mecha Cow]

The Wii is sucking hard at the moment, but I doubt whatever you'll get for it in a trade will be worth the trouble. I suggest you just keep it and save up for a 360, they're not too expensive these days.

[Spitfire]

From personal experience I view all three consoles like this.

Wii - Great for kids, especially those with ADD. It's also good for stoners and adults who want to be "hip". I don't know anyone my age, or in my area anyways, that has a Wii and plays it. Everyone I know who has one bought it because of all the hype and they never play it. This ones really just for kids and "hipster" adults. It'll be like the Gamecube, 5 games for adults and 500 for kids.

PS3 - For the serious Cheeto munchers. I don't know anyone who has a PS3 and the only people I see talking about them I can smell from about 50 feet away and are avoided. I go to a college with a gaming major so there's a lot of that actually. I usually assume these are the people who like games that punish you constantly and take 90 hours to complete. Yay for stereotypes right? This ones for hardcore gamers.

360 - More widely owned, much like the PS2 was. Everyone I know that plays games has one. It had the advantage of coming out first but the disadvantage of being built like ****. I've had three of these ****ers already. I put decals on my newest one and it's a testament to me never getting another one. I don't play games much and neither do a lot of my friends so I'd say it's for the more casual gamer, who like me doesn't have much time to play. I noticed this also contributes to why games are getting easier now of days.

[Mecha Cow]

Hooray for anecdotal evidence.

[Ninjinister]

The thing that deters me right now about the 360, is, much like the original Xbox, there isn't enough exclusive games that I actually care about. I bought my Xbox literally one day before Microsoft announced that no more commercial games would be developed for it. Right now, I own about 20 games for it, and maybe six of those were not released on any other console.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the PlayStation 3 is the same way. But then again, as ThirdMarioBro indicated, it's just getting started. Like the PSP, it came out of the gate slow, but is beginning to pick up speed.

Even though I supported the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 over the Nintendo 64 and Gamecube (Hell... I still support PS2), I spend a LOT of quality time with my Wii. Of all of the consoles I own, I pretty much spend equal time with it and the PS2.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

Hooray for anecdotal evidence.

Yes I lack avid gamer street cred. I don't live in a basement, I am social with people in real life, I don't use internet lingo in person, I shower, and the females I talk to aren't fan girl anime loving stereotypes.

[Mecha Cow]

You completely misunderstood me - I was referring to how your statements about the Wii being 'for kids', PS3 'for hardcores' and the 360 'for casuals' are solely based on 'everyone you know': anecdotal evidence. In any case I was just messing with you, so cool it with the insults or whatever that was supposed to be.

[Peanut]

I leave for a little while to buy some milk, and I come back to threads like this?

[Mecha Cow]

Nothing good ever came from milk.

[poiuytre]

You forgot chocolate milk YET AGAIN.

Anyway no, I'd keep your Wii if I were you. Line-up might look pretty thin at the moment, but it can only improve.

[Mecha Cow]

I forgot nothing.

[Brodie]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Yes I lack avid gamer street cred. I don't live in a basement, I am social with people in real life, I don't use internet lingo in person, I shower, and the females I talk to aren't fan girl anime loving stereotypes.

You're so retarded.


That's like one half of the population. All you're doing is describing Ai.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

You completely misunderstood me - I was referring to how your statements about the Wii being 'for kids', PS3 'for hardcores' and the 360 'for casuals' are solely based on 'everyone you know': anecdotal evidence. In any case I was just messing with you, so cool it with the insults or whatever that was supposed to be.

No I understood ya just fine. I was just messing with you as well. That's the problem with the internet you can't dictate tone. I wasn't insulting you just making jokes.

Originally Posted by Brodie

You're so retarded.


That's like one half of the population. All you're doing is describing Ai.

That's the point of a joke it's an exaggeration of the truth. If anyone actually exists that meets every requirement I listed I feel sorry for them.