I remember that! I was just a boy, then.

-quote from Wikipedia: "Back in 1987, Miyamoto had an incredible idea. SUPER MARIO IN SPACE! Of course, he was years ahead of his time. Hundreds of families died as their houses blasted into orbit. It was considered Nintendo's darkest hour. Only the Virtual Boy proved to be a similar failure. Years later, Nintendo successfully brought Miyamoto's dream of "Space Mario" to life. The result: Super Mario Galaxy!"

Never forget the families that died so that we could have Mario Galaxy. Never forget.

Anyone else find it slightly disturbing that commercial says that your ears and eyes will be bleeding as you play?

No, the commercial is a lie because they leave out all the features the 40GB has; 2 USB ports, some SD slots or whatever, and Backwards Compatibility (you have to find that out for yourself either by checking online or looking at the box).

I never said I LIKE Nascar; I said you can watch Nascar on TV without having to play a racing game. Isn't that real enough than GT5? I also gave shooting games as an example because I'm against killing. I hate war and fighting. I can say the same thing about your Halos, your Resistances, your KillZones, your Hazes etc. because it's the same thing with a different coating of paint on it; you pick up a gun and shoot an opponent. Big whoop. So easy that Paris Hilton's dog, Tinkerbell, could've done it to itself.

I had Metroid before (a friend gave me it as a birthday present), but I sold it to the store for money. Why? I get motion sick. I'm not buying a video game and playing it on my HDTV, especially on an HD console. That's one reason I don't own an HD is because the clarity makes me motion sick. Even my GCN and Wii games make me motion sick at times because I own a component cable.

And the Wii is a console meant for fun and fun only. It's not to show off your money and make a pretty picture. The Wii was meant for interaction with the gamer, friends/family and the game. The Wii has Nintendo mascots on it, something that Sony nor Microsoft have at all. You go play your Resistance game and tell me when you lose some weight. Obviously that game requires you to sit on your ass and play. And if the Wii is a fad, then how is this fad creaming the competition and hasn't died down one bit? How is it that your company (Sony) is in the red and has stripped itself from what it once was? Why is it that Nintendo has surpassed Sony in gaining marketshare? You go tell yourself why you own a console that doesn't have any good games out on the market, let alone some delayed franchises and some people in the world don't have the slightest clue about because it doesn't appeal to them. Sony and Microsoft are a dying breed when it comes to their systems strengths; hell, my computer is more powerful than your PS3, so you fail.

300GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 4GB RAM and Windows Vista Ultimate >>>>>>> PS3

PS3's adds are horrible... every single one of them... Wii and Xbox 360 have decent ads

Wow... that commercial would probably get them in serious hot water today, as it's obviously aimed at people under 17 and features M-rated games.

A few questions for you Username2324:

1) How do you know how much a wii costs to produce?

2) Since when is a company ripping people off for actually making money? 

I simply do not understand why people think its normal for companies to loss lead.  The very vast majority of products are ALWAYS sold for a profit...unless they're doing so badly that they can't sell them for more than cost.  If you want to argue about other things regarding the Wii, fine, but this absolutely ridiculous argument that hardware vendors should give their products away below cost is insane.

I suppose you're the same type of person who complains that top oil companies are all posting record breaking profits.  Obviously they're ripping us all off and it has nothing at all to do with record breaking demand and lack of adequate supplies. 

Companies make money, thats what they do.  The only companies that have successfully loss lead products are those that have money to burn from other sources of income.  Nintendo makes video games, thats it.  Sony and microsoft could both quite easily make a profit if they decided to leave the video game sector tomorrow.

edit: PS, the thread was obviously a joke to start with so don't get so defensive.  Sony and 360 fans are always saying how sensitive Nintendo fans are, but I'm pretty sure they don't get all up in arms about obvious sarcasm.

 I think its more telling that the commercial says seeing is believing, when in fact as Nitnendo has stated, what you see is not what you always get (killzone 2 trailer), no Playing is believing. This illustrates a big difference in the two companies and why Wii is winning

The amount of hate on this thread is unreal.

But the ps3 has blu-ray!

I think this PS3 commercial is brilliant. It is one of the best TV ad I have seen recently and I like it a lot.

The song "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva was released in 2006, way before Sony launched this TV commercial.

"Ladies and gentlemen good evening
You’ve seen that seeing is believing
Your ears and your eyes will be bleeding
Please check to see if you’re still breathing"

Yes, some of the lyrics may be slightly disturbing to some people. But the main target of this TV commercial was young male adults and I don't think the lyrics is that unacceptable. Overall, I think this song was an excellent choice for this TV ad campaign for PS3.

Seems like a lot of you have never heard of this commercial. Is it true (then I am really surprised)? Or you just want to bash whatever related to Playstation?