wii60 the real thing (As in all in one)

[DBloke]

A bit strange the things that get made -
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From the depths of internet chatter, a physical Wii60 is born from Se2 Labs. However, it's really called the ITC One and it's more than just two consoles shoved in a box. The home theater in a rectangular prism includes an iPod dock, HD personal video recorder, ICEpower amplifiers and Bryon Digital Surround Processor. All the technology put into the unit brings the price to $25,000 or about 41 separate Wii60s* ($250 for a Wii and $350 for an Xbox 360 Premium). That pretty much puts the device out of the price range for the average household.


Surely, at that price range they could have thrown a PlayStation 3 as a Blu-ray disc player instead. I asked the CEO of Se2 Labs, Michael Pyle, why not. “The PlayStation 3 is not as user friendly and it doesn’t have access to a Windows Media Center.” Ah, got it. The next question in my mind was would Se2 Labs ever make an all-in-one entertainment pack with a PS3 and he responded with, “probably not.” But, why add the Wii? “It fit in there so we figured, why not?” I suppose that is a fair answer. Unfortunately, anyone who drops 25 grand on the ITC One won’t be able to play Gamecube games or DDR: Hottest Party since there is no way to remove the Wii and expose the Gamecube ports. I was also told people who bought the system didn’t really care about the loss of backwards compatibility anyways.

25 grand
Then you get the rrod

 

[Dubb's Wii]

Wow, That thing looks like one big hunk of plastic. No thanks! Where the hell would you put that thing. I like consoles cause they are compact. That things a monster.

 

[stumac1985]

Repost....

 

[T3kNi9e]

Only people who would buy that trash is very rich people who dont give a ****.

 

[smyth]

how pissed would you be if that thing got RRD!!!!! :lol::lol:

 

[T3kNi9e]

Chances are it would. Hell even the Wii would probably screw up because it doesnt look like its ventilated.

 

[FR.]

Wow, $25,000 for a media setup...seems like a lot, even for what you are getting. I don't think it looks very well made either, but that's just my 2 cents.

 

[smyth]

like someone else posted on that site, for 25 g's, it could've been a lot cooler, for crying out loud you could've added a brand new KIA to the thing and still profitted at that price tag...

 

[Budo]

So they built a shelving unit, and basically glued the components to it?

I'm assuming all of the rich people that bought this eyesore inherited their money, lol.

 

[smyth]

was it a cool idea? yeah, i guess.
was it done well? no, not overly.
is the price even close to what it should be? no, not even anywhere near the realm of a decent price.
i know it took some man hours to develop and make, but seriously, there's maybe $1500 worth of electronics, maybe $500 in material. so at lets say $75 per hour for labor, that means they're charging for over 300 hours of labor. if it took someone that long to make that then they're horrible fabricators...


the prices i mentioned are probably overkill actually but i didn't do a real calculation, just an educated guess, so i gave them the benefit of the doubt for the amount it cost in materials and labor per hour.

 

[T3kNi9e]

yeah, no person who actually cares for his moeny would buy that. You would have to be some snot nosed rich fukker.

 

[smyth]

someone give me $25,000 and i promise to make you something way sweeter than that!!!

i'm not even kidding

 

[SensesFail]

LOL wow, what a pricetag for a bunch of electronics thrown in an ugly-ass box.

 

[stumac1985]

For $25k I will personally custom build a superior setup into the wall of your house! So the only things on display will be the disc slots, a few controls and the TV

 

[surfinrach90]

Man, it doesn't even look good ¬_¬

Thanks for the post though.