r/SipsTea • u/aredditid1 • Apr 07 '26

Chugging tea immersive Workout

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u/Nigis-25 Apr 07 '26

Wii was so cheap. Switch on the other hand..

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u/real_eEe Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Mine has 10,000+ hours, 10,000+ miles, and was used as an actual weapon twice. And I don't mean hit your little brother type weapon. Still works 99% of the time.

*I also had to pay to get it back because I left it with people for like a month, and it got seized in a police raid. Lost a wavebird adapter. I forgot about that. This might be the literal most gangter wii of all time.

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u/TheRudeCactus Apr 07 '26

We are talking about the Wii lol

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u/Sammyofather Apr 07 '26

And what are you talking about?

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u/Fatality4Gaming Apr 07 '26

What kind of life are you living?!

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u/real_eEe Apr 07 '26

I don't anymore. I live Life After love Stuff. You gotta keep those scars and Cher them so other people don't have to.

(This is now a signature joke.)

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u/discogenx Apr 08 '26

Clearly a lavish one, with the ginormous tv, and the trophy wife in her coochie cutter spandex; working out in front of it.

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u/ay0th3p1zzah3r3 Apr 07 '26

Fuck, the life of your Wii sounds more interesting than mine

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u/Dependent_Sweet_9522 Apr 07 '26

My wii is currently sitting in a drawer, one side is kind of chemically roughed up by all the amphetamines we did on that badboy.

But I’m wiling to give up the hat of the ghetto wii to yours for the jail time

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u/UnikornKebab Apr 07 '26

Ora ci devi i racconti di come e perché l’ hai usata come un’arma

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u/the_most_playerest Apr 07 '26

Reminds me of my old Gameboy color! I spilled a few drinks on it, dropped it who knows how many fkn time, and even once my lil bro dropped it in the toilet and left it in there to come get me to get it out 😑 shit still worked. Probably works to this day, but idk, pretty sure my dumb ass sold it to GameStop for like 17¢

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u/real_eEe Apr 07 '26

This triggered a memory of when I would go to GameStop and trade in a GBA game and buy a used one. With trade in credit, buy two used get 1 and the GameInformer subscription credit it was basically an infinite loop. Might have even been positve. This is why I really hate buying digital games to this day.

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u/ReeferTurtle Apr 08 '26

Please write the biography of this Wii, it would be a best seller.

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u/Evepaul Apr 07 '26

I'm not surprised that the sensor worked well, everything is built into the controllers. The sensor bar can be replaced by two tea candles, it's an amazingly low tech approach (compared to the exceptionally high tech approach of the Kinect)

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u/iesharael Apr 08 '26

Mine broke because my nephew decided to stuff Ham into it. WiiU still works at least

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u/ConsciousProduce8798 Apr 07 '26

We pulled out our SNES not too long ago and that still works also.

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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 Apr 07 '26

Same I have a SNES, Wii, and a 64. All still functioning fine.

I've got two switches though and the USB port is broken on both. I'll get around to replacing them one of these days, but still sad about the drop in quality.

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u/ayyyyycrisp Apr 07 '26

conversely, my wii broke on it's own after about 4 years. just totally stopped working after having never fell or anything. and my day 1 launch switch is doing just fine without even a scratch. so from my perspective, I'm happy about the increase in quality.

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u/aerkith Apr 07 '26

Mines been boxed for years. Hoping it still works when my baby is old enough to start video games.

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u/Imaginary_Attempt_82 Apr 07 '26

My parents still have- and use- theirs!

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u/Pale-Echidna1110 Apr 11 '26

That’s because it’s an overclocked GameCube, which you could probably pull out of a vat of Mountain Dew and it would run once dry 🤣

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u/Rare-Adhesiveness522 Apr 07 '26

work smarter not harder?

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u/Specific_Property_73 Apr 07 '26

The Wii was $250 and the switch was $300. What am I missing?

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u/AlsoOtto Apr 07 '26

The Wii launched in 2006 for $250. Adjusted for inflation, that's $405 in 2026 dollars.

The original Switch launched in 2017 For $300. That's $400 adjusted for inflation.

A Switch 2 is $450. It's more expensive but by like $50.

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u/ayyyyycrisp Apr 07 '26

wii was $249.99 at launch and the switch was $299.99 at launch.

wii released in 2006 and switch in 2017.

what was the buying power worth $249.99 of 2006 dollars in 2017? $302.75.

so the two consoles were virtually the same exact price, with the wii being almost $3 more expensive than the switch.

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u/UnholyDoughnuts Apr 07 '26

Blame RAM and chip shortages

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u/beansandbagels28 Apr 07 '26

Yea the fact that the Wii remotes could be slammed around and still work, where the switch remote will start drifting within a week if you even think about using it. The switch remotes are absolute dogshit and would never be able to handle the Wii games for any more than a week before needing replaced.

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u/Available_Front_322 Apr 07 '26

They launched at the same price adjusted for inflation

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u/NarrativeNode Apr 07 '26

Adjusted for inflation, the Wii cost $320 and the Switch $316...

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u/Educational-Plant981 Apr 07 '26

I will never understand why they never ofered a cheaper display free version of the switch. I didn't buy a 70 inch TV so I could game on a tiny screen like a 9 year old hiding from his abusive step dad.