Yay! It's nearly Christmas!

[Demolition Man]

Wii U
On the subject of the Wii U, various responses I've had to repeat many many times.
Yes it has better graphics.
Yes! it has hardcore games! 0_0 much to your shock and awe!
No. You cannot turn your wii into a wii u.
Please don't punch our display because you're stuck on the NES and can't bear the thought of another nintendo system.
Yes, there will be fewer and fewer wii games now.
no. you cannot play wii u games on your wii.

What's funny is the question I get asked the most about the Wii U is how does one buy a second/third/fourth controller for it (the new touch screen one that is). Of course I have to explain over and over and over that only the first player can use the new controller while everyone else uses the Wii remote/nunchuck. Now yes there are inevitable plans for there to be games that can use two of the touch screen controllers down the road but not for now as Nintendo can barely keep the production of the new controllers up with the demand with the system. Also Nintendo has some amazing foresight on not having the controllers available for sale on their own due to people thinking that if they buy just the new controller they can use it with their Wii system.

And god... that "cannot play wii u games on your wii"... replace Wii U with 3DS and Blu-Ray and Wii with DS and DVD... and you got what I've been asked WAY too much lately.

[lordlundar]

I actually sympathize with the hard drive guy. I haven't bought or played games since my PS2 and I've never owned an XBox or Wii. So I'd have looked at you and said, "Expansion packs?"

I understand what a hard drive is, I just don't know what it has to do with a gaming system. Sounds like an updated memory card to keep up with current technology.

So you do know then.

[depechemodefan]

I would have told the 2 year old (yes, I know she is an "adult" but really, only a two year old would not know any better than expect free presents and have a tantrum when not given any) the 2nd time she asked the time that it was 9:40 so she would get the fuck out. Unless she then says, "oh, well, previews last a long time, I'll go at 10."

[An Haddock]

I don't understand how a person in 2012 wouldn't know what a hard-drive is, unless they're from a country or region where computers aren't everywhere.

You'd be surprised. I still get customers that come in and refer to their tower as their "modem".

[Geek King]

You'd be surprised. I still get customers that come in and refer to their tower as their "modem".

Still better than those who, when asked to reboot their computer, promptly turn the monitor off and on.

[An Haddock]

Still better than those who, when asked to reboot their computer, promptly turn the monitor off and on.

"You mean the computer isn't inside the monitor? I thought the box on the floor was the power supply."

(actual quote from a customer)