Should I get a Wii?

[la79al]

It seems like we have a little bit extra in the Christmas account this year and I'm considering a game system (the most recent we have is a PS2). My stepson wants a PS3 because he wants the new COD game for it. He and my stepdaughter already have a PS3 and a Wii at their moms house (they are only here every other weekend right now). DSS plays the PS3 all the time but no one ever plays the Wii. I was thinking about getting a Wii for our house. DSD has brought the one from her moms house a few times and DD (3) likes playing what she can. My only concern is that even if I get really lucky and get the Wii console cheap, I will still have to buy extra controllers, etc, not to mention the games themselves. Should I even bother with a Wii, knowing that it will end up being a decent amount of money or should I just let the kids stick with board games (which they love), maybe until the little girls get a little bigger?

 

[Perditamarie]

I think you have plenty of time before the little ones will be ready to take "it up a notch" to electronics and it sounds like the older kids are all set at moms...perhaps consider a plug and play type of game the entire family may enjoy w/o all the investment a system requires (personally, I felt a bit taken by all the outlay required as far as games, controllers etc). I believe there are plug and play versions of Toy Story mania available for example.

 

[Pre]

I agree with PP I'd wait until your girls are a little older. I have a wii for myself and when I watched a neighbors daugters (5 &6) I thought they would love my princess and the frog game. They didn't and couldn't get figure out the wii controller. We played board games and that was a much better use of our time. Thankfully I didnt just buy the wii game for them