I wonder how many people are going to try and steal them?

yeah if you can find one!

"we're sorry sir we're all out of wiis today since the program is free and the item is very popular, I hope you understand. Would you like a free manager's cookie instead for the inconvenience?"

Man I can't beleive you guys report that wrong...Westin is giving away free rentals of wii...not price gouging. Now the game for the wii is still 99.99 per hour.

@JustJake:
cash deposit will be $1000 or they'll just charge your credit card if you stole it.

As long as they don't change their name to Wiisten... I like it.

How many wii's do you think they have per hotel...probably one.

oh, when i first saw the $120 price tag i thought it meant the wii and room and board... i was right...

April Fools!

So.. do you get it in your room, or only for use in the public exercise area?

Where the hell are all these Wiis coming from? I've still never seen one on a store shelf.

@mind in rewind: If you haven't seen a Wii on a store shelf by now, you're not looking for one.

I was just at a Westin a few weeks ago, and had a wonderful stay. They rent out a lot of things at the front desk, you need to have a credit card on file so they can charge bunches if you don't return something.

Plus, the Westin I was at had bigscreen HDTV in the rooms, so hooking up a console to that would be awesome.

@BenKenobi88: oh man, beat me to it, april fool's indeed

Chalk up another one to negative publicity :\

Yes, free to rent a Wii.

But to use the Nintendo 64/SNES installed into the TV will still cost $20/hour.

So the real reason for the American Wii shortage is Westin hotels.
If this isnt an April Fool's joke that is.

Ugh, I don't know how many times I posted yesterday that the story was wrong ... anyway, they won't be "renting" games for the system -- that was what was cool about the announcement. The Wii's for the Westin chain will come pre-loaded with games ... ready to go!

I'd buy that for a dollar.

So people will now play the Wii, thinking it's free 'cause Kotaku said so.

APRIL FOOLS!

That'll be 1500 dollars sir.

@Channing:
It certainly seems like a legitimate post. I mean, joking about Wii rental prices at Westin seems a bit pointless to me.

If it's part of "WestinWORKOUT", does that mean it'll come with Wii Fit?

@KaneRobot: I look every time I'm in a store that would stock one. And, that's quite often. Maybe it's because I'm in a big city?

so that's where all the wii's are going, BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!