We were certain -- absolutely certain -- that the epidemic of fractured television screens which cropped up with the release of the Wii had passed. Everyone's heard the horror stories, seen the blackened eyes and witnessed the ruined electronics, we thought. Everyone now knows the methods of avoiding Wiimote accidents during their exuberant Wii Sports bouts, we thought. The Home Shopping Network recently proved the inaccuracy of this observation.
The hilarity unfolds in the video after the jump. While some might grimace at the fate of the poor television featured in the video, remember that they're charging $330 for a Wii and 15 completely unnecessary controller attachments. Call it an accident, if you'd like -- we call it Karma in action.
actually, there is a double fail to his explanation. not only does the sensor bar not do the actual sensing, but the ir cameras are not at all used to track the motion used in the tennis game. That particular action is tracked by the accelerometers.
there's also the fact that he used the word "need" to describe the level of importance the various attachments have to your playing experience, but it's not like he gets to decide what crappy products he has to push so blatant bullshit is understandable.
What a god awful deal. You can buy that accessories pack for dirt cheap at damn near anywhere for $10; they're charging $130?! And it sold out?! I looked at the price and expected at least three big-name titles to come in the package as well, but no...my mind is boggled.
Not to mention that those accessories are the most useless hunks of plastic ever. The TV wouldn't have broken if he hadn't had that fat shit on the remote. There's a reason why you don't play real tennis in the living room, and this illustrates it.
i like that noone acknowledges that the tv has been broken by those stupid accessories. in fact, that moron actually claims he didn't have the racket thing attached all the way. he lies RIGHT TO THEIR FACES, and yet, people keep buying. beautiful. "Oh, live tv, there's nothing like it... i hate my life..."
Happened to my niece minus a broken TV, plus a black eye. I'm glad to see this happen on TV. Maybe parents will stop being retards and realizes a piece of plastic doesn't NOTHING.
He stands in front of the damaged TV and they pretend nothing happened to the TV, lol. They know this will hurt sales. So then the lady makes sure to emphasize, "This is DEFINITELY going to be selling out. I WISH WE HAD 2000 OF THESE. BECAUSE THEY WOULD ALL GO." Yeah right lady. They sell these at the Dollar store.
You don't know marketing and how people fall for it. :P
Trust me, they'd have 5000 of those and they'd still be able to sell of them. That is the power of TV marketing........ and the weakness of the masses.
Joystiq has some kind of censoring system. If your comment contains a word that Joystiq deems 'bad' then your comment won't appear. That's the only explanation I see. Anyone care to had anything else?
For example, you can't write the word x-bot (without the -).
Even if you don't wear the cover for the wiimote; you still got the strap.
That and the complaint about the weakness of TVs these days. You could drop an tube TV out a window and STILL be able to watch three's company in my day. Damned wippersnappers and their sissy "liquid" tvs
I always wanted to know what an image on an hdtv with a cracked screen would look like. Now I can check that off of my list of things to see before I die.
The purpose of the Wiimote was to AVOID ACCESSORIES!
It was designed so that people could imagine that they were swinging a racket or golf club. The accessories add nothing of value to the actual motions.
I love how it's still selling even after he broke the TV, and how it 'sells out' right before the program ends even though it's nowhere near 500 beforehand. Something like 480?
Looks to me like they're faking the sales to get you to buy it because it'll look like you'd miss out.
