Thoughts on my Mind

It is official, I am not addicted to Nintendo Wii. Even though I have only actually played one once, all it takes is one try. Here is an article on the sale of the Xbox360 and the Nintendo Wii. The article is Wii Hits Xbox at the Tills, written by Asher Mosses. Here is the link to the original article.

“It took the Nintendo Wii just three weeks to surpass the Xbox 360’s sales in Australia for the entire fourth quarter of 2006, figures from market watcher GfK show. The quarterly figures, released by games analyst Daniel Morse, show Nintendo sold 51,744 Wiis, whereas Microsoft sold 45,036 Xbox 360s. However, since the Wii only went on sale from December 8, its figures relate only to the three weeks to December 31, whereas the Xbox 360 numbers pertain to the entire three-month quarter. But the aging PlayStation 2, which has been on sale for seven years, remains the console king with 122,639 units sold. The figures are not surprising when one considers the differing price points. PS2, nearing the end of its life cycle, can be had for $199, while the Xbox 360 and Wii sell for about $600 and $399 respectively. Microsoft is quick to argue that, despite its lower sales figure, the higher price of the Xbox 360 means that it doesn’t have to sell as many units to derive the same revenue. But most retailers interviewed said the Wii was selling as fast as Nintendo could supply them. Steve Wilson, managing director of EB Games, said: “Every retailer just sold what they had. “The Wii was constrained by inventory. We couldn’t get all the stock we wanted,” he said. But the Wii’s results were not totally unexpected, he said. “The product only launched on [midnight] December 7, so it’s not unusual for there to be quite large demand for a new console at launch, and you add to that that it was Christmas.” A Nintendo spokesman, Vispi Bhopti, said the Wii shortage occurred because Nintendo insisted on a simultaneous global launch, and it produced as many consoles as possible before the launch date. “We made a commitment to our fans that we would release this within a short, global timeframe,” he said. “Had there been more stock available to us we certainly would have been able to fulfil more of the demand. “But, regardless, we see this as a long-term product and we don’t measure our success entirely on day one, week one, month one.” Sony’s next console, the PlayStation 3, has been available overseas for some time, but its Australian launch is scheduled for March. Recent reports suggest that it could be delayed even further, and its price of close to $1000 – largely the result of the included Blu-ray disc drive – is expected to initially limit its installation base.“

I am not surprised that the Wii and the Xbox360 out sold the Playstation 3. However, I must say that I am shocked at how much the Wii out sold the Xbox360, about 5,000. However, the article does point out that the Wii’s release date was closer to the holiday season than that of the Xbox360. Sure the $399 for a Wii is almost half that for the other systems but that is still a lot of money. Setting a global release date was a original idea on Nintendo’s part, but they severely underestimated the demand for their product. Sure the graphics are not as life like as those of the PS3, but I personally find it more enjoyable to play. It seems that Ms.Cao has done her part and convinced everyone to purchase a Nintendo Wii. Well I am off to save my money so that I may join the party, I shall return $399 plus tax later.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with music from Pirates of the Caribbean.

“Winning isn’t all that matters.” Now not to sound like a jerk but I think the reason we play the game is to find a winner. I think the quote should be, “Winning isn’t all that matters. How much you win by also counts.” Well now that I have gotten that out of the way it is time to talk about the issues.
41-14. Some of you might look at that and think “That was the score of the BCS national championship game”. However, what I see is a palindrome, I mean no matter how you look at it you get the same result, Florida kicking Ohio State’s ass. Well that game was a great way to start the semester. The day after my History of Jazz class got canceled. I was actually looking forward to this class because I have only heard good things about the teacher. My other classes seem alright so far. Differential equations looks easy, I already know all the material up to solving linear equations and have some understanding of how to use the method of unknown coefficients. Numbers and Polynomials is going to be some what challenging, but I am going to enjoy every moment of this so called suffering. Introduction to Financial Accounting is without a doubt my hardest class. In lectures he flies through the material. If I don’t read either the text pages or online power point I can see myself getting lost. However, there is a positive side to all of this. I have the class on Monday and Wednesday with Jon.
Now I feel that if I mention one more thing about school something horrendous will happen. Well I finally got my new phone. got a Razr. At first this wasn’t what I wanted but I just could not wait for the store to restock. Would you believe that the Razr with the design and all the same functions as the one with no external design, cost twenty dollars more. I know crazy, luckily for me I have had the same mobile plan for over two years so I got a discount and in the end both phones cost the same amount. Sadly some of my stored numbers were not transfered because I had saved them to my old phone and not the SIM card (ask me and I will explain the SIM card concept if you do not know how it works). Also I have been reading the sequel to my most treasured book. For those of you that have not figured it out or would just not understand, the two books I am referring to are The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality.

Boondocks:

Happy WINTER-EEN-MAS

Past few days have been quite entertaining. I know that I should recap my entire winter break but these were just so hilarious that I would rather talk about them. The day started like many, I logged into Xanga and read Wendy’s most recent post. It was about the war along with some other thoughts. Well some idiot, who doesn’t seem like the kind of person Wendy would know, left some comment about how the US was fully justified to be in Iraq. What I did next is something that I would not normally do but for some reason I left a comment on his site about how he is wrong and needs to think for himself. Well as you figured this started a comment war that has been going on for a few days now. I don’t plan to stop until the war in Iraq is “won” or “lost”, I only hope that he is just as dedicated. If he’s not in it for the long haul then he needs to shut the fuck up, sit in a corner, and evaluate his life.
This break was awesome. I got to spend time with Ann, Xixi, Milan, J.Katz, Roland, Kevin, and others. Think I saw a total of two movies and an unknown amount of football. Watched FSU beat UCLA with Ann and others. I must admit that I was really expecting FSU to lose that game. Christmas was alright, nothing extra special but it was nice to spend some time with my brothers and sister. I can’t stand T-Mobile! They don’t sell the phone that I want in stores and when I tried to order it online it was told that they were sold out. Well I guess that you can’t always get what you want.

Now you must decide, do you want a PS3 or a Wii.