I wondered why I found my Wii so funny and don't really mind it being around all the time - same thing with gay people. Does that make me prejudice? maybe but atleast its not prejudice in a hateful way just - demeaning :)

OT seriously though this is a great response from Nintendo, straight facts, no name calling or other things that could lead to escalation and they got to put sony in their play.

PS - yes I know I said "straight facts" and no that isn't a pun I wrote it without thinking about it - so no your not that clever.

it came out of nowhere, huh.

See my comment.

The whole statement was beyond stupid to begin. One look at the software sales tells you that if Nintendo does in fact own the closet, it doesn't really matter, the fans are still buying games to put in their closet with their Wii.

Well, I guess we could go with the stupid answer.

Or we could realize that this is"the official translation of Mr Iwata's introduction to the May 1st launch of the Wii-no-ma video service in Japan."

I reckon that, in trying to get new media on your new video service, it might help to point out to media studios that the Wii stays connected, is used by 3.4 people per household, and that the userbase is very diverse. That would jive with the quote "As those TVs has spread much enough, many people gained reason to stay in the living room in order to enjoy watching TV which is better than those in their personal rooms. It also gave a chance to Wii to change the living room into a playfield with quite a new style." Especially when the rest of the talk emphasizes how the Wii can be used alongside said television programming.

But, y'know, maybe I'm wrong, and Iwata's decided to sling dirt with some Sony exec from lord-knows-where.

Edit: On a re-read, this post came off more harsh than intended. I wasn't insinuating that your original statement was idiotic, only that your response was specious, and tried to make my post look stupid.

Can it be both? He obviously was refering to Sony when speaking about being " out of the closet" while responding to their new vod product.

Sony should have just said that everyone's Wiis are covered in dust.

It's possible (by the by, I edited in a clarification, sorry for not putting it in the first time). The problem is that Iwata never said "out of the closet," or even anything close to it. Read the full official translation if you don't believe me.

That phrase is the article's author's own submission, i.e. how he interpreted Iwata's statement that "According to our internal research, 87% of Wii consoles are connected to the largest TV screen in the household, which is set in the centre of the living room."

"male-female ratio is nearly equal" scares me.

couldn't have said it better