Just when I was starting to get a little bored. Sony public relations came to brighten my day. I think it has been said often enough that the best public relations policy for Sony is to keep their public relations staff locked up behind thick walls. Then have those walls watched constantly by deaf mutes.

What they say isn't what matters it is how they say it. They throw out innuendos, half statements, buzz words, and noncommittal gibberish in an attempt to flabbergast the interviewer. In an inane attempt to cover up their gross incompetence on the subject at hand. Basically instead of having a comprehensive philosophy Sony instead allows for its public relations staff to fend for itself. I sometime suspect that they use persons who have no interest or experience with gaming. A marketing diploma is not a sufficient substitute you must be versed in the subject at hand.

Since their statements are gibberish, but are composed in what appears to be a logical if unorthodox manner. The reader can and will perceive them to mean any number of things. Given the verbal masturbation however its likely to be taken in a very negative context. You can always count on Sony public relations to spout bat shit crazy bull shit. Sony really needs to fix this problem, and if they are not going to hire assets knowledgeable about gaming. Then they should educate the ones they have they are sending them at pillboxes with an olive fork. How can they not get mowed down.

Being honest I think they would do better hiring some pot head gamer to talk up their console then these pompous windbags you couldn't tell the difference between a analog stick and a directional pad. Oh and one more thing this guy somehow forgot about last years memo. The PS3 is a game console first and a movie player second. Saying it the other way around pissed off third party developers. You know the people you need on your side. You really want those people to forget that millions of your consoles were only sold for movie viewing purposes, and that those people do not buy games.

See my point Rol? Even if the Wii and all Wii based products are fads they can be insanely popular. Meaning calling the wii a fad isnt a bad thing at all.

I agree with you. I always believed that a song like YMCA is more recognizable than songs of Michael Jackson or even The Beatles.

OT: Am I the only one to notice that he only mentioned Rockband and Guitar Hero for third-party casual games? Of course he couldn't mention Dance Dance Revolution that is coming to every platform except PS3. I'm going to get DDR X later this year for my PS2. I can see why people are casual players are choosing PS2 over PS3.

While it's technically true that the word fad could be applied without it being a bad thing I really don't think that's the case here.  The reason Wii fans get upset at the word "fad" is because whenever somebody brings it up they are using it with an underlying negative connotation. 

When the Wii launched the word "fad" was thrown around as people predicted that Wii sales would crash hard and crash soon.  Over a year and a half has passed and that has proven not to be the case.  It's fine to consider the Wii a "fad" if you are doing it without assuming that the Wii will fall to sub 200k sales WW before year's end but that's not the mentality of many posters/bloggers.

Sony leads in taking other ideas and trying to make them better, though I don't agree with that idea in any way, it's what they do best, and they make some good things like the PSP but rarely do they do anything to make it unique.

OK Fine Sony! You win. I'm a senior citizen at 62. I've owned a PS2, much Sony electronic equipment at home and as a purchasing advisor at work. I''m even typing this on a Sony All in One neat but overpriced computers. I was considering possibly picking up a PS3 to compliment my Wii.

WELL I KNOW WHEN I'M NOT WELCOME. SONY DOESN'T WANT SENIORS ... THEY GOT IT.

I NOT ONLY WILL NEVER BUY A PS3, I SWARE I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER F**KING THING FROM THOSE ARROGANT SOBS. 

It may not mean much to a big corporation but between home and my purchasing authority they just added another 10 -20 Grand or so to their PS3 mountain of debt

AND SONY CAN KISS MY SENIOR CITIZEN ASS.