Wii Strap Recall

Glad that Nintendo is admitting up to this and replacing them.
 
Lol, sorry this made me chuckle. Nintendo recalls something, and it's, "Glad to see they are admitting to it." Sony recalls something and its, "YOU ****ING STUPID MOTHER ****ERS! GET IT RIGHT!"

Sorry, I found it funneh.

Damned straps
 
CyberPitz said:
Lol, sorry this made me chuckle. Nintendo recalls something, and it's, "Glad to see they are admitting to it." Sony recalls something and its, "YOU ****ING STUPID MOTHER ****ERS! GET IT RIGHT!"
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QFT

The double standards are really annoying.
 
The article said:
Players should keep at least three feet/ one meter from their televisions and dry their hands if they become sweaty or wet for any other reason.
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For some odd reason, I imagined a sex game where you have to jerk-motion the Wiimote to come in a hooker's mouth, while aiming the Wiimote correctly so it goes right down the middle. :|
 
The Brick said:
Sounds like a lot of fun :D
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I was thinking that myself :D

Commercial: "BUKAKKE MASTER 5000, OUT NOW."

Japanese: "YEEEEEEEEEY!"

Commercial: "Includes panty-sniffing extras!"

Japanese: "YEEEEEEEEEY!"
 
Wow, how can people have such a bad grip on the controllers?
My hands never get sweaty when playing regular console games.
 
It's all a publicity stunt, boys; the handset straps were deliberately made poorly. Of course, the recall is not a point against Nintendo. It's a point in their favor because it sends the message that people "get too excited" playing games on the Wii.
 
CyberPitz said:
Lol, sorry this made me chuckle. Nintendo recalls something, and it's, "Glad to see they are admitting to it." Sony recalls something and its, "YOU ****ING STUPID MOTHER ****ERS! GET IT RIGHT!"
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I think it's just people getting really frustrated with all the stupid things Sony has been doing for so long.

Nintendo, by and large, rarely ever makes a generally stupid decision (cartridges on the 64, lack of online integration, etc), but Sony has made a mountain of mistakes and asinine decisions.

It's like the levels of frustration you get tutoring people in math. Tutoring someone who "gets it" very often and rarely makes a dumb mistake is fine, but you want to tear out your eyes when you have to spend three hours teaching a fourteen year old the difference between '>' and '<' (true story).
 
Beerdude26 said:
I was thinking that myself :D

Commercial: "BUKAKKE MASTER 5000, OUT NOW."

Japanese: "YEEEEEEEEEY!"

Commercial: "Includes panty-sniffing extras!"

Japanese: "YEEEEEEEEEY!"
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I've already got my own wii-controller for that :D (megapun!)
 
if i had a camara you guys would love to see my arm after getting a 2inch gash wound from a glass table =) 2inch deep about 5 inches long hurt like hell alot of blood losts and many stiches
 
Cost of a new strap: 10 cents
Number of recalled straps: 3,000,000
Percentage of owners who will ask for a new strap: 75%, give or take.

Recall cost: $225,000

Cost of a publicity campaign: MILLIONS
Cost of this publicity campaign: $225,000
 
when the biggest problem your product has is a broken strap you know you made a damn good and popular product.
 
I think the whole wrist strap thing is kind of rediculous. Imagine if the controller didn't have a wrist strap. That means you have complete spazzes out there who are throwing controllers into their TVs. Add the wrist strap into the equation, and you get spazzes who throw their controllers into their TVs with enough force to tear through a small cord. When the wrist strap was revealed, I remember most people thinking it was gay and saying they would refuse to play with it on. Now we're getting people who are angry because they can't even grip a remote without having it slip out of their sweaty hands which are moving close to the speed of sound.

I'm not going to ask for a new wrist strap, simply because I know I'm not a spaz like that.
 
LOL, didn't see that coming after the issues with people wrecking TV screens.

No sarcasm strangely.
 
It isn't a recall! lol
They are simply offering you a better strap if you own a Wii and fill out that form. The current straps work fine under normal conditions. It's awesome that Nintendo is doing this though.
 
CyberPitz said:
Sony recalls something and its, "YOU ****ING STUPID MOTHER ****ERS! GET IT RIGHT!"
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*doesent remember ever saying that or even a time when Sony recalled anything relating to video games*

:sleep:

But yeah, that would be a bit of a double standard.
 
Thing is, this is questionable that Nintendo are at any fault at all. I'm sure sue happy america has already got eh stupidy wheel in full motion already. This is more a PR job.

I mean how many people would get refunds for flinging their remote control at the TV cause they were in a hurry to change the channel due to X factor being on? I
 
Nintendo are awesome with customer service though. Some people had problems with their Wii after the updates. They phoned up Nintendo and got a replacement a week or so later even when the Wii's were selling out all over the place.
 
Stigmata said:
I think it's just people getting really frustrated with all the stupid things Sony has been doing for so long.

Nintendo, by and large, rarely ever makes a generally stupid decision (cartridges on the 64 ...
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That was a good one. Maybe not money wise, but in terms of quality, the N64 on CD would have sucked ass.
 
Warbie said:
That was a good one. Maybe not money wise, but in terms of quality, the N64 on CD would have sucked ass.
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loading times suck big time. I personally wish all console games came in cartridges
 
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