Zlejedi said:
Grampy said:
THEATER OF THE MIND
Mr. & Mrs Parent, who are dubious about video games and uneasy about high technology, let me introduce the PS3. It's a big black monolith with technologies you don't understand and it wants to take over your children AND your entire living room. They'll be playing mostly violent games like Grand Theft Auto -yes, you've heard of that haven't you. Oh and by the by it costs about 2-3 times more than you've ever had to pay for something like this.
Or we have this little innocious white box with a pretty blue light. It' called the Wii and it just wants to play with your children and won't let them get tangled up with bad people on the internet. They'll be playing with Zelda and rescuing Princess Peach and Mario. Oh yes you remeber playing Mario yourself. And by the by, it only costs half as much.
Well I'll leave you to make a decision .... already, you've already decided, well then which will it be?
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So you are admitting that Wii has almost no mature games and is good only as a toy for children? :D
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Not at all. I'm just saying that the design and marketing with very aggresive violence oriented commercials was designed to appeal to a very narrow demographic, 16-30 yr old males, who probably needed no encouragement anyway. But it was very repellent to other groups, especially parents. You may recall several of the ads were actually recalled. The PS3 has a fine complete range of games but the marketing didn't show it.
It was one of the worst designed campaigns ever. I know of a least two University that used it as an example of how not to do it. If you'd rather take that as an excuse for some cheap shots as the Wii, that's your choice.
