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Raistline on 24 March 2010
theprof00 said:
d21lewis said:
I still say Nintendo, even when I mean Xbox or Playstation. I've seen it the other way around, though. Even the President said, "Turn off the Xbox."

I assumed he was talking to me so, I turned off the Xbox. I later turned it back on.

you must be a republican.

Actually, wouldn't that make him a Democrat. As the current president is a Democrat and all his legions of followers believe and do everything he says?



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Gilgamesh on 24 March 2010

Depends when you got into video games, my friends first console was a Xbox and then he got a X360 yet he still refers to video games as "Playstation". When he asks me to play his X360 he says wanna go play playstation? 

But IMO I think both names associate with video games, Nintendo is video games, and so is Playstation.



theprof00 on 24 March 2010
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
d21lewis said:
I still say Nintendo, even when I mean Xbox or Playstation. I've seen it the other way around, though. Even the President said, "Turn off the Xbox."

I assumed he was talking to me so, I turned off the Xbox. I later turned it back on.

you must be a republican.

Actually, wouldn't that make him a Democrat. As the current president is a Democrat and all his legions of followers believe and do everything he says?

Well, I highlighted how he turned it back on....he went against the president for his own personal gain. Sounds republican to me!



caz604 on 24 March 2010

I'm not sure.

It depends on which generational time period you and those around you got into gaming. Around my circle, its always been Nintendo for the more life experienced individuals I know.

For the youngins its been Playstation or XBox or DS. Guess its more about generational brand recognition.



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I'm a videogamer, not a fanboy, but have a special place for Nintendo.

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Previous Game Consoles:  PS3/Xbox360/Wii/DSL/Pretty much every one thats been released since the Atari 2600.

theprof00 on 24 March 2010

well, my mom still calls all videogames 9-10-DOHs (she's french and has an accent.)



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Raistline on 24 March 2010
theprof00 said:
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
d21lewis said:
I still say Nintendo, even when I mean Xbox or Playstation. I've seen it the other way around, though. Even the President said, "Turn off the Xbox."

I assumed he was talking to me so, I turned off the Xbox. I later turned it back on.

you must be a republican.

Actually, wouldn't that make him a Democrat. As the current president is a Democrat and all his legions of followers believe and do everything he says?

Well, I highlighted how he turned it back on....he went against the president for his own personal gain. Sounds republican to me!

Then that makes him a turncoat or a BlueDog Democrat. So, if he were Republican he would not have listened at all and would never have turned it on.



Kenryoku_Maxis on 24 March 2010
Hammertime said:

For years the word Playstation meant videogames, when poeple thought of videogames they thought of the words Playstation and Sony. Do you think Nintendo are now the name most people associate with videogames? Remember i'm not talking about only gamers, I mean the whole public. In other words, if you randomly picked 100 people and said what company represents videogames, would the most popular answer now be Nintendo?

Uh.....before Playstation came around, an entire generation just called video games 'Nintendo' or 'Game Boy'.  And before that it was 'Atari' or 'Pac Man'.  I can't tell you how many people I know who will still mistake a handheld device like an iphone or a DS for a 'game boy'.  Yet I've never heard anyone who's called video games 'Playstation' or referred to Playstation alone when speaking about video games as a whole.  The people who actually know the distinction between a system enough to know the brand names 'Playstation' and 'Sony' are regular gamers.

So to answer your question, if you took a poll of a random assortment of people, in all age groups, I think you'd find Nintendo easily came out as the most identifiable brand in gaming.  Some people don't even know Sony or Microsoft is tied to gaming.  Nearly everyone has heard of Mario and Nintendo.



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theprof00 on 24 March 2010
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
d21lewis said:
I still say Nintendo, even when I mean Xbox or Playstation. I've seen it the other way around, though. Even the President said, "Turn off the Xbox."

I assumed he was talking to me so, I turned off the Xbox. I later turned it back on.

you must be a republican.

Actually, wouldn't that make him a Democrat. As the current president is a Democrat and all his legions of followers believe and do everything he says?

Well, I highlighted how he turned it back on....he went against the president for his own personal gain. Sounds republican to me!

Then that makes him a turncoat or a BlueDog Democrat. So, if he were Republican he would not have listened at all and would never have turned it on.

I defer to you, raistline. Bluedog does seem to be a more appropriate title.



Raistline on 24 March 2010
theprof00 said:
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
Raistline said:
theprof00 said:
d21lewis said:
I still say Nintendo, even when I mean Xbox or Playstation. I've seen it the other way around, though. Even the President said, "Turn off the Xbox."

I assumed he was talking to me so, I turned off the Xbox. I later turned it back on.

you must be a republican.

Actually, wouldn't that make him a Democrat. As the current president is a Democrat and all his legions of followers believe and do everything he says?

Well, I highlighted how he turned it back on....he went against the president for his own personal gain. Sounds republican to me!

Then that makes him a turncoat or a BlueDog Democrat. So, if he were Republican he would not have listened at all and would never have turned it on.

I defer to you, raistline. Bluedog does seem to be a more appropriate title.

If I were having this discussion 1.5 years ago, I would not even know about Bluedog Dem's. It is scary how fast one can get wrapped up in politcs. But I digress, let's get back on topic.

Nintendo always has and always will be the primary video game association phrase since NES firs spawned and became popular.



BMaker11 on 24 March 2010

Has Obama told parents to "Turn off the Nintendo"? He did it for Playstation and Xbox