Wii Balance Board Beats $18,000 Medical Equipment
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Ah, but if they stopped making games, it wouldn't work.Freshman said:
All the people buying these things for silly 'games' is the reason they're cheap to begin with. XD...
That science benefits is just an indirect bonus that would go away if they stopped making games.
So... Help Cure Cancer! Buy more stupid Wii games. ;p
You win funniest post on the escapist for the day.More Fun To Compute said:
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You should work for the government, they spend $2000 on wastepaper bins there too.thiosk said:
The world+dog knows medical companies arn't above extortion
The great circle of game systems:
The Wii peripherals helps when you are born and sick
The PS3's raw power cracks cyphers on CPer's computers
The 360's Natal produces the people for the PS3 to catch
OT-This is interesting, and a little disturbing. Why do they charge 18k for something that can be made for 200?
The Wii peripherals helps when you are born and sick
The PS3's raw power cracks cyphers on CPer's computers
The 360's Natal produces the people for the PS3 to catch
OT-This is interesting, and a little disturbing. Why do they charge 18k for something that can be made for 200?
There gaming goes, pushing technological boundaries again.j0z said:
Mark my words, motion sensing controllers like WII and platforms like Natal will (if not already) be the basis of homebrew performance capture animation communities.
I think Joz, that those medical device sellers would've spent a couple million dollars in R&D. Then had to recoup that money in the specialist medical equipment market only selling to doctors/hospitals. Whereas Nintendo woulda spent those same $s in R&D, then recouped costs through the system it was bundled with, which could be sold to anyone with a TV.
Because its called "spending waste". Think of it like the "stimulus package" its just money being thrown around to beat off some chair jocky.j0z said:The great circle of game systems:
The Wii peripherals helps when you are born and sick
The PS3's raw power cracks cyphers on CPer's computers
The 360's Natal produces the people for the PS3 to catch
OT-This is interesting, and a little disturbing. Why do they charge 18k for something that can be made for 200?
Its just a money pit.
Used to be that the military got cool stuff that then become used for civilian things now Video game companies are coming up with cool stuff that is then used for civilian things.
Well done, now invent a flying car peripheral and we'll really be cooking.
Well done, now invent a flying car peripheral and we'll really be cooking.
that really sucks for the company that was making that $18,000 piece of equipment. I imagine many hospitals and doctor's offices are going to stop buying those until the price drops.
Hang on a second.
Console and peripherals come in a clinical white,
the game lineup sort of lacks if you want to play something with the Wii (compared to other consoles)
now the balance board used for this and
the vitality sensor next...
I guess Nintendo's market strategy just became apparent and it doesn't have a lot to do with gaming I suppose.
Console and peripherals come in a clinical white,
the game lineup sort of lacks if you want to play something with the Wii (compared to other consoles)
now the balance board used for this and
the vitality sensor next...
I guess Nintendo's market strategy just became apparent and it doesn't have a lot to do with gaming I suppose.
So big question is, what is the Xbox good for besides its singular purpose? XD Sony's got the brain, Nintendo has the gizmos, so...