@khuutra

it's more fun this way. Plus Bug isn't here, so we can't find out.

YEAH WELL

Yeah

I can't argue with that

Are you sure, because I can argue about it 'til DAWN!!! BAHAHAHAAHAHAH

man I'm really bored at work....

True dat!

Now, back to the topic, how do we know the guy already has a console at home? and if he does, then it is probably a PS2 or an xbox/xbox360, in which case, the Wii would be the better choice. The "unlikely" scenerio that I have in my head is very real. If my dad had the money when I was a kid, this is exactly what he would do because he knows nothing about gaming, and neither did I at the time. You must remeber that not all kids know a whole lot about gaming. And what little they may know, is just from hearing the name of a console a couple of times. 

That might be true for you, but by the time I was 13 I had already owned Snes, genesis, NES, PS1 and gameboy. 2 of them I bought with allowance money of 5$ a week.

By 14 I even knew about BluRay and the ps3. The only console that was ever bought for me without my knowledge or consent was the NES, on my 6th birthday. I still remember the smell.

Yes, I agree that they most likely have a ps2 although could have xbox or 360. However, I bet it's either ps2 or a combination of two of them. In which case, I'm sure the 13 year old knows about metal gear solid, like I did when I was 13. What I mean to say is that I'm sure they have gotten attached to the ps brand. The controller, the games. I'm not saying your theory isn't plausible, but I've chosen mine because it's at the very least, slightly more possible.

Even if mine is only 51% possible compared to 49%, he did out talk a sale, and base a selling point on what is collectively seen as a "stereotype" of wii games. Plus, ps3 has a lot of kid's and family friendly games, plus cheap psn games. So I reserve the right to judge him :P

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That may be true for you, but it is not the norm. Not everybody has that experiance, and this is the distinction you seem to be missing. You are assuming that all kids in the age bracket of this guy's kids have a knowlege of video games and have played them, this is simply not true.  This "steriotype" of Wii games is for the most part true. I implore you to talk to a Wii fan, there are some pretty hard core ones that are in the older age brackets who would disagree with you. The PS3 may have some kiddie games, but the Wii has the Wiimote, it has party games, it has Mario kart, it has a wide veriety of family oriented games. 

well i knew you guys would be mad, but thanks to the people who understood lol :P

just for clarification, his kids didn't ask for a ps3. the guy just came in and thought the ps3 was the best because it was the most expensive, and he wanted to surprise his kids who don't really play games (as mentioned, they don't care about graphics nor particular franchises). his kids didn't ask for anything. he was just, well, a good guy.

so... its not like i robbed them of anything really. i was so sure that the wii was the right console for this guy.

and as another note, he came in actually with roughly this line:

"i've been seeing this playstation 3 thing on tv and the black shiny design on it looks a lot better than the other machines.. well, i've been thinking of buying one for my kids...."

Blasphemy... You shall burn in the fires of holy hell!

Props to you then.

Maybe that would make you a bad fanboy, but it makes you a good person.