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According to Sony UK boss Fergal Gara, Sony respects Nintendo as a competitor and will watch what it is doing with Wii U very closely. Gara admits Wii U is an intriguing device but says he doesn’t exactly know how successful the new console will be.

“We respect Nintendo as a highly successful competitor. Of course we will watch what they’re doing with interest. It’s [Wii U is] a very interesting product they’re bringing to market. I don’t have a clear view on how successful it will be. And to a large extent it doesn’t matter what I think. It matters what the great British public think. So we will see.”

-Fergal Gara, Sony UK head

 

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/10/01/sony-of-course-well-watch-what-nintendo-is-doing-with-wii-u/



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lilbroex said:

“We respect Nintendo

Sony trolling us, surely.



Sony: "Yeah, were gonna copy"



Atto Suggests...:

Book - Malazan Book of the Fallen series 

Game - Metro Last Light

TV - Deadwood

Music - Forest Swords 

So in other words expect an (android based) tablet gamepad for PS4 in a 2014 if wii u is a mega success.



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Attoyou said:
Sony: "Yeah, were gonna copy"


Dude that was so funny.



Attoyou said:
Sony: "Yeah, were gonna copy"

Attoyou, meet rock.


Rock, meet Attoyou.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Apparently I'm supposed to add a completely different thread to this one because the same man was quoted even though its two 100% different articles about two different interviews covering two different subjects on two completely different sites. Go figure.

So are we supposed to truncate all threads now if a central person made quote comments in them?

I mean, I'm trying to preserve the integrity of the original article writers work and not distort it into something else. I guess that is required now, though. I guess articles are really chafing some of the "other" console fans.

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But Fergal Gara has "no doubt people will be interested" in Nintendo's new console

The managing director of PlayStation UK has said that while he has "no doubt that people will be interested in Wii U", he feels Nintendo's pitch for its next console lacks a clear focus.
PS3 Screenshot Speaking in an interview with CVG Fergal Gara said the PS3 - which is positioning itself to pick up a bigger casual market share this holiday season is not going to be in direct competition with Wii U.

"I don't think it'll be the same market," he said

Gara went on to say he feels confident the Wii U would generate interest at launch but said its software line-up makes it hard to identify a medium-term strategy.

"I think it's going to be interesting to see what market will pick it up. I have no doubt that people will be interested in the Wii U at launch. What the medium-term looks like, I don't think we know enough about what consumers will think.

"If you look at the spread of the software, I think it gives a very broad message, from Nintendo's own products to core current-gen games. But will Call of Duty fans want to play Call of Duty on the Wii U? I've no idea. It feels like a stretch from the market they've been in. So clearly Nintendo is going for a broad proposition."

With no obvious killer app and Nintendo casting a wide net, Gara admitted Sony was having a hard time nailing down Nintendo's strategy. As always, it is looking to consumers as its barometer.

"I've yet to meet someone who has picked out the killer experience. But it's the market that will decide so we'll watch it with interest.

"Even we find it hard to judge the potential of the Wii U. Clearly people like getting their hands on it, but I just don't have much info on how many people want to buy it in the medium-term."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/370819/its-hard-to-judge-the-potential-of-the-wii-u-says-playstation-exec/



Nothing he is saying is out of the ordinary... they all watch each other whether they say that publicly or not.



Attoyou said:
Sony: "Yeah, were gonna copy"


lol



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