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WiiBox3 on 17 July 2008

CE-Oh no he didn't! Part LVII: Howard Stringer says the Wii is not 'a competitor'

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 15th 2008 at 9:54AM

Further confirming his utter disconnect from reality, Sony head Howard Stringer referred to Nintendo's market-dominating Wii as an "expensive niche game device." Previous to making that statement, Stringer bafflingly said, "I've played a Nintendo Wii, I don't see it as a competitor." Now look -- we're not saying you're in some kind of CEO super-denial, but all signs point to the possibility that you should probably consider the Wii a competitor (since it is... well... a competing system and platform), and perhaps recognize that "niche" is typically not synonymous with "best selling." Of course, you're the guy running Sony, we're just watching the crackup from the sidelines.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/15/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-lvii-howard-stringer-says-the-wii-is-n/

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Hahahahahahha..... What do you think?? Do you agree??

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Torillian on 17 July 2008

old and posted already. Thanks anyway

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11ht11 on 17 July 2008

yeah its been posted, but good thing they got FF13 taken away from them lol jk

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alfredofroylan2 on 17 July 2008

Old... next please.

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Imthelegend on 17 July 2008

Still good for a laugh though. Stringer isn't on planet Earth. LOL.

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HappySqurriel on 17 July 2008

In related news, Sony announced today that the iPod was an expensive niche device and it wasn't in competition with their Mini-disc players.

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WiiBox3 on 18 July 2008

@HappySqurriel: Nice one!!

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deathcape on 18 July 2008

lol..isn't niche: something really small..only for the nerds/extremists?

sounds like PS360 to me

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