Poll of the Day > What the fuck is up with the Wii U being so goddamn expensive?!

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adjl
08/31/21 2:18:43 PM
#51:


lihlih posted...
You do know that mentality like this is why poor people stay poor, right?

There's a world of difference between saying "it's only a small percentage of my income, I might as well buy it" so many times that your income is eaten up by those small purchases, and saying "I'm spending this small percentage of my income this one time after considering whether or not it's worthwhile and how that fits into my overall financial plan." Letting yourself treat some of your income as disposable won't doom you to poverty forever, you just have to be sensible about it and set reasonable limits for your discretionary spending. If you're well-off, spending $200 on this one thing you want isn't going to change that.

Now, saying "I've already bought a couple other expensive things lately, so I can't justify this one" is perfectly reasonable. Going straight to "that's why poor people stay poor," though, is just silly.

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Far-Queue
08/31/21 2:30:35 PM
#52:


lihlih posted...
You sound so smart
That makes one of us

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JixHedgehog
08/31/21 4:21:17 PM
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I got mine off craigslist for a little under $200 just before Smash Wii U came out

I thought for sure that game would be a system seller

I dont regret it, I play it more than my Switch due to Splatoon being so addictive

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Far-Queue
08/31/21 4:49:34 PM
#54:


JixHedgehog posted...
I got mine off craigslist for a little under $200 just before Smash Wii U came out
Good thing you earn more than some broke ass cement mixer driver or else you could never afford one

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lihlih
08/31/21 5:03:24 PM
#55:


adjl posted...


There's a world of difference between saying "it's only a small percentage of my income, I might as well buy it" so many times that your income is eaten up by those small purchases, and saying "I'm spending this small percentage of my income this one time after considering whether or not it's worthwhile and how that fits into my overall financial plan." Letting yourself treat some of your income as disposable won't doom you to poverty forever, you just have to be sensible about it and set reasonable limits for your discretionary spending. If you're well-off, spending $200 on this one thing you want isn't going to change that.

Now, saying "I've already bought a couple other expensive things lately, so I can't justify this one" is perfectly reasonable. Going straight to "that's why poor people stay poor," though, is just silly.


Except the dude is saying that I shouldn't care about how much it costs because what I make. I see that a lot around here. Dumbasses spending all their money because they make pretty good money off of the oil field.

Far-Queue posted...

Good thing you earn more than some broke ass cement mixer driver or else you could never afford one


Lol, big talk from someone that makes less than me and doesn't even know the difference between cement and concrete.
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lihlih
08/31/21 5:05:27 PM
#56:


Bulbasaur posted...
first things first

do you know what national average means


Of course, it's you people that don't know what national average means. You people think I make that little because the "national average" is so low. You people also don't understand what OT is either, so what's the point you're trying to make here?
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Far-Queue
08/31/21 5:19:22 PM
#57:


lihlih posted...
big talk from someone that makes less than me
1 - You don't know what I make.
B. You're lying about what you make so

lihlih posted...
doesn't even know the difference between cement and concrete.
But I do know how to be a loving and decent father who doesn't abuse his kids by making them believe they ate a puppy


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Mead
08/31/21 5:32:11 PM
#58:


lihlih posted...
Of course, it's you people that don't know what national average means. You people think I make that little because the "national average" is so low. You people also don't understand what OT is either, so what's the point you're trying to make here?

why do you even make topics, you act like this is every one of them

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Jen0125
08/31/21 5:32:39 PM
#59:


Far-Queue posted...
But I do know how to be a loving and decent father who doesn't abuse his kids by making them believe they ate a puppy

Or thinking they're freaks for playing with age appropriate toys

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lihlih
08/31/21 5:59:25 PM
#60:


Far-Queue posted...

1 - You don't know what I make.
B. You're lying about what you make so

But I do know how to be a loving and decent father who doesn't abuse his kids by making them believe they ate a puppy



You already admitted that you make less than me, and anyone with half a brain should know what OT is. Also, if you don't have a degree in psych, you literally know less than my friend with a Psych degree.
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streamofthesky
08/31/21 5:59:34 PM
#61:


Still have my Wii U. Refused to rebuy Bayonetta 2, BotW, Smash Bros, Guacamelee, Shantae & The Pirate's Curse (so bogus that I can't transfer the last two to Switch since they're digital...). Did end up rebuying Hyrule Warriors for all the improvements/additions...
It's mostly there to play Xenoblade X again if I feel like it.
I worry about what happens when the Gamepad goes. Apparently it's got some custom battery that you can't easily replace and it won't function even plugged in w/o it. And I'm sure the screen will go at some point. It never got official spares for individual sale and the console died so fast that no 3rd parties bothered making knock offs.
Some games are unplayable w/o it and I recall needing to use it for a lot of system management stuff (as in forced to; there was no legit reason to force me onto that screen and yet it did).
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Metalsonic66
08/31/21 6:05:57 PM
#62:


You know why they call it a Wii U?

Because when you see it, you Make a U-Turn and walk away!

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lihlih
08/31/21 6:11:42 PM
#63:


streamofthesky posted...
Still have my Wii U. Refused to rebuy Bayonetta 2, BotW, Smash Bros, Guacamelee, Shantae & The Pirate's Curse (so bogus that I can't transfer the last two to Switch since they're digital...). Did end up rebuying Hyrule Warriors for all the improvements/additions...
It's mostly there to play Xenoblade X again if I feel like it.
I worry about what happens when the Gamepad goes. Apparently it's got some custom battery that you can't easily replace and it won't function even plugged in w/o it. And I'm sure the screen will go at some point. It never got official spares for individual sale and the console died so fast that no 3rd parties bothered making knock offs.
Some games are unplayable w/o it and I recall needing to use it for a lot of system management stuff (as in forced to; there was no legit reason to force me onto that screen and yet it did).


When I was looking up the Wii U, I saw a spare gamepad for sale on Amazon. It was like a hundred bucks though, which is pretty fucking ridiculous.
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DeltaBladeX
08/31/21 6:27:55 PM
#64:


That spare would be from a broken system
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Mead
08/31/21 6:28:33 PM
#65:


lihlih posted...
You already admitted that you make less than me, and anyone with half a brain should know what OT is. Also, if you don't have a degree in psych, you literally know less than my friend with a Psych degree.

did you for real just stop developing at like age 16 or what? You sound like an insecure teenager

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Revelation34
08/31/21 6:33:24 PM
#66:


lihlih posted...


You already admitted that you make less than me, and anyone with half a brain should know what OT is. Also, if you don't have a degree in psych, you literally know less than my friend with a Psych degree.


"My friend has a psych degree so I know everything he does"
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lihlih
08/31/21 6:36:38 PM
#67:


Revelation34 posted...


"My friend has a psych degree so I know everything he does"


When the hell did I say this? All I said was that he said that the kids most likely wouldn't get the joke, and even if they did, it wouldn't traumatize them or anything. Jesus Christ, why don't you people do some thinking before leaving posts like this?
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Jen0125
08/31/21 6:46:59 PM
#68:


lihlih posted...
When the hell did I say this? All I said was that he said that the kids most likely wouldn't get the joke, and even if they did, it wouldn't traumatize them or anything. Jesus Christ, why don't you people do some thinking before leaving posts like this?

It can absolutely traumatize a child to make them feel they ate a dog

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DeltaBladeX
08/31/21 6:48:34 PM
#69:


Can we just talking about WiiU? The rest of this topic is uninteresting. I even hooked up my WiiU again because of this topic.
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Far-Queue
08/31/21 6:54:01 PM
#70:


Mead posted...
I dont get why lilih is so hell bent on being the least liked person on potd

When you have the personality of a dead moth and your sense of humor involves torturing your own children, making a heel turn for attention is a natural evolution in shitbaggery


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Mead
08/31/21 6:57:56 PM
#71:


Jen0125 posted...
It can absolutely traumatize a child to make them feel they ate a dog

Jen his friend has a psych degree

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Sarcasthma
08/31/21 7:05:54 PM
#72:


DeltaBladeX posted...
Can we just talking about WiiU? The rest of this topic is uninteresting.
Its much too late for that, Delta.

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SilentSeph
08/31/21 7:07:53 PM
#73:


JixHedgehog posted...
I dont regret it, I play it more than my Switch due to Splatoon being so addictive
I haven't played Splatoon 1, do you like it more than Splatoon 2 on the Switch?

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Bulbasaur
08/31/21 7:27:26 PM
#74:


Jen0125 posted...
It can absolutely traumatize a child to make them feel they ate a dog
to add to this, literally anything can traumatize a kid. their brains are still developing and learning.

to think telling them they ate a dog wouldn't traumatize them? it would fucking traumatize a goddamn adult, let alone a child.

lihly's friend with a "psyche degree", if they really exist and really have one, is a fucking moron who probably cheated to pass, because no psychologist would see that and go "yeah it's fine"

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streamofthesky
08/31/21 7:27:52 PM
#75:


lihlih posted...
When I was looking up the Wii U, I saw a spare gamepad for sale on Amazon. It was like a hundred bucks though, which is pretty fucking ridiculous.
If it's a reputable seller and the pad actually works, that might be reasonable.

I mean yeah, that's a crazy price. But IIRC Nintendo was charging $140 to repair a game pad, and that was during Wii U's actual lifespan.
The damn pad was so costly they never even dared to sell it on its own. Custom design, big touch screen, just...why?
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Blighboy
08/31/21 7:37:12 PM
#76:


When my daughter's puppy passed away unexpectedly I made sure to eat it myself to save her from the trauma.

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lihlih
08/31/21 8:12:09 PM
#77:


DeltaBladeX posted...
Can we just talking about WiiU? The rest of this topic is uninteresting. I even hooked up my WiiU again because of this topic.


Your wish is my command. You're like the most generous poster in the history of the internet, so I'll only post about the Wii U now.

BTW, us there even an exclusive for it worth playing other than Xenoblade Chronicles X?
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DeltaBladeX
08/31/21 8:50:41 PM
#79:


lihlih posted...
BTW, us there even an exclusive for it worth playing other than Xenoblade Chronicles X?

My library has no exclusives other than Nintendo Land, so no clue.

Wii exclusives are always available though. Like Zack & Wiki.
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adjl
08/31/21 9:05:44 PM
#80:


streamofthesky posted...
Apparently it's got some custom battery that you can't easily replace and it won't function even plugged in w/o it.

I didn't look too deep into it, but I'm pretty sure I saw Nintendo selling replacement batteries for like $20. I was looking into it myself because mine basically doesn't hold a charge anymore, but I haven't actually purchased it.

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DeltaBladeX
08/31/21 9:19:36 PM
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The Wii U Pro Controller uses the same battery as the 3DS. I got a spare one from a broken system just in case.
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JixHedgehog
09/01/21 3:00:25 AM
#82:


Far-Queue posted...
Good thing you earn more than some broke ass cement mixer driver or else you could never afford one

Hmmm *holding thumb and index finger close together* barely

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