Who would have thought that the Wii would appreciate in value in this way.
Nowadays, society and colleges and universities have begun to pay more and more attention to students' mental health problems, and many schools also have their own counseling rooms, psychologists and corresponding counseling instruments, from the basic common psychological sand table, to the "intelligent interactive emotional catharsis instrument" that is very cyber just by listening to the name, and products at different prices are emerging in the market one after another.
Just search for "catharsis" on Taobao and you'll find a plethora of devices at different price points
But how this so-called "intelligent catharsis" plays a role in channeling psychology is obviously a topic that few people have noticed.
Recently, a video rumored to be the "Emotional Catharsis Room of Guangzhou Tieyi Middle School" circulated on the Internet, in which a so-called "intelligent interactive catharsis device" was actually activated but it was found to be Nintendo's home game console Wii launched in 2006.
This 18-year-old game console was priced at about 2,000 yuan when it was first launched, and by 2024, the Wii console has long been discontinued, and although it can be purchased on some second-hand goods trading platforms, the average price has dropped to about 200 yuan.
However, according to the itemized quotation for equipment procurement rumored to have leaked from the school, the Wii host with a "smart interactive catharsis device" was a "high-end device" purchased at a cost of more than 40,000 yuan.
It can be seen that in addition to the "intelligent interactive catharsis instrument", the school has also purchased a large number of other interactive equipment, such as "intelligent shouting catharsis instrument", "intelligent hitting catharsis instrument", "psychological self-help instrument" and so on, and the purchase price ranges from 40,000 to 100,000 yuan.
According to the LOGO in the upper left corner of the instrument, you can find out that the manufacturer of the equipment is Beijing Otairig Technology Co., Ltd., according to the information provided by Tianyancha, the company's main business was founded in 2007 for the promotion and application of science and technology services, and has cooperated with a number of domestic universities.
This incident quickly attracted the attention of various domestic media, and they all called the Tieyi Middle School involved for verification, and the reply was unanimously "The information is not true, and the school has not purchased the instrument." ”
As for the other party involved, that is, Beijing Otairig Technology Co., Ltd., according to the information verified by China News Weekly, the company's employees said that the equipment in the video was a product developed by it ten years ago, which has been eliminated, and is different from the product actually provided to the school.
Employees said that the video had a public opinion impact on the society and the company, and the police have been reported to deal with it, and there is no further information about the incident at present, and both the relevant schools and equipment manufacturers insist that the matter has nothing to do with them, and it seems that the two sides insist on "Rashomon".
Regardless, in the videos circulating on social media, there is indeed an 18-year-old console that has been used as an "advanced psychotherapy device" — an almost anecdotal incident that clearly needs a more serious ending.