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PS3 = 1337

Us PS3 owners are elite gamers and sorry to the others who do not have the money to be able to afford a PS3. You all wanted a PS3 for Xmas but your parents bought you either a Wii or X360. A gaming console is a gaming console. One console is better than no console.



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Grampy said:

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.

Huh. I learned something today. I thought you had to be 65 to be considered a senior citizen. I guess that's my mistake.

(EDIT 2: Ha. I just realized why. I was told by my grandparents that they weren't senior citizens until 65 to make them seem younger to me. Never questioned it.)

But, don't you think your response was a bit of an over-reaction? I mean, I don't complain whenever Nintendo does go after the target audience I'm in. 

 EDIT: Alright, I've now read some of the newer posts of the thread as I had left this window and now I've come back. What's the point of "reporting" the interview to a magazine? Do you feel better? I understand you can feel insulted over a what someone says, but come on it all seems like an over-the-top reaction.



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Stats87 said:
shams said:
BMaker11 said:
Even though he didn't call the Wii a fad, I honestly believe there's an ounce of truth in it. I mean, what reason are people buying it? It can't be for the games...and don't say something like Mario or Zelda as reasons, because otherwise, the Gamecube would have beat everyone last gen. Excite Truck and NinjaBreadMan aren't whats making people buy this system, it's the novelty of swinging that remote.......

...which is why, I sit at home randomly swinging a TV remote in emulation of a Wiimote.

Because I don't need games... I just like to swing something around!

Heck, maybe I should go take up cricket :P

 

 

Let's just put it this way, if the Wii didn't have motion controls and all the same games, would it be selling as well?

Obviously not

Now if they didn't have motion controls I'm sure they would have made an HD system (I would hope anyway) and gone a different way. But BMaker11 was just making the point that it is the motion controls in conjunction with playing the games that drives the Wii. He just replaced the 2nd part with "........"

So the Wii is selling because it is like the Wii, brillant analysis Sherlock! It's selling more because they decided they weren't lemming and didn't follow the other two dumbass down the cliff. The brain dead teengager weren't as smart and decided to follow and now they are whinning and crying it's the Wii fault.

 



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steven787 said:
shams said:
BMaker11 said:
Even though he didn't call the Wii a fad, I honestly believe there's an ounce of truth in it. I mean, what reason are people buying it? It can't be for the games...and don't say something like Mario or Zelda as reasons, because otherwise, the Gamecube would have beat everyone last gen. Excite Truck and NinjaBreadMan aren't whats making people buy this system, it's the novelty of swinging that remote.......

...which is why, I sit at home randomly swinging a TV remote in emulation of a Wiimote.

Because I don't need games... I just like to swing something around!

Heck, maybe I should go take up cricket :P

 

 

I thought people were only buying the Wii because it was the cheapest.

 

 

No, the other Sony Rep said the Wii is expensive.



I_own_a_PS3 said:

PS3 = 1337

Us PS3 owners are elite gamers and sorry to the others who do not have the money to be able to afford a PS3. You all wanted a PS3 for Xmas but your parents bought you either a Wii or X360. A gaming console is a gaming console. One console is better than no console.

You might want to stay on the thread topic, and not just post meaningless drivel that has nothing to do with what is being discussed. Consider this your warning.

 



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Stats87 said:

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Let's just put it this way, if the Wii didn't have motion controls and all the same games, would it be selling as well?

Obviously not

Now if they didn't have motion controls I'm sure they would have made an HD system (I would hope anyway) and gone a different way. But BMaker11 was just making the point that it is the motion controls in conjunction with playing the games that drives the Wii. He just replaced the 2nd part with "........"

You seem to be missing the point completely. The games on the Wii are unique because of the controls. Take away the controls, and you take away the Wii itself.

What are you really saying? That the Wii is cheaper, and less powerful than the other consoles? Yeah - we know that.

Its a disruptive device, which means that it plays by its own rules. Change these rules back to the "conventional" rules, and sure it won't stack up - its not supposed to.

...

BMaker11 said that we were NOT playing the Wii for the games - rather for the controls. This is completely wrong. We play Wii for the unique games on the Wii which require these controls.

If you take away the software, the Wii is nothing.



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Oh c'mon you two PS3 supporters (I'm taking a guess here, not trying to offend anyone), leave the guy alone. It's like being told from the second you were born that you were not wanted in this world!

That Sony PR dude just got himself in deep shit by saying that. I wouldn't be surprised to see another PR dude say the opposite because of this error...



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SHMUPGurus said:
Oh c'mon you two PS3 supporters (I'm taking a guess here, not trying to offend anyone), leave the guy alone. It's like being told from the second you were born that you were not wanted in this world

That Sony PR dude just got himself in deep shit by saying that. I wouldn't be surprised to see another PR dude say the opposite because of this error...

 

No just from the second you turn 55/65.

 

OT: It's just another example of bad PR, they have the (edit: arguably) best system on the market and they can't sell it because they have a bunch of dumb goons running the marketing division.



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steven787 said:
SHMUPGurus said:
Oh c'mon you two PS3 supporters (I'm taking a guess here, not trying to offend anyone), leave the guy alone. It's like being told from the second you were born that you were not wanted in this world

That Sony PR dude just got himself in deep shit by saying that. I wouldn't be surprised to see another PR dude say the opposite because of this error...

 

No just from the second you turn 55/65.

 

OT: It's just another example of bad PR, they have the (edit: arguably) best system on the market and they can't sell it because they have a bunch of dumb goons running the marketing division.

Ah, so is it 55 or 65?

 



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Lol saying you don't >want