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Lastgengamer on 01 May 2009

Last week, Sony made a comment that the Wii owns the closet. Now Satoru Iwata has responded to that statement. The following was said by Iwata on a Wii no ma (video service) info video. “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. Our consoles are not only out of the closet, they are also in the middle of the house. This shows what kind of our customers are playing Wii, as of January this year. As you can see, Wii is played by people in a wide range of ages, and male-female ratio is nearly equal. As I have mentioned, Wii has spread with nearly equal male-to-female ratio and is played by people of broad range of ages. Nearly 90% of the consoles are connected to the largest TV screen of the household in the living room. As for consoles which are already connected to the internet, video streaming or payment system has established through our videogame businesses.” http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=15314 I'm glad to see Nintendo will defend it's self from such claims.



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Killzowned on 01 May 2009

Sony said that? Haha.

Although it is true of several of my friends. They bought the Wii, got bored of it and moved on to either the 306 or PS3, only playing Wii during parties, etc...



Lastgengamer on 01 May 2009

Yeah, I know that's true for some people about the Wii but still I wish Sony or any of the three wouldn't sling mud at one another. I guess that's what company's do. As much as I like them all.



1337 Gamer on 01 May 2009
Lastgengamer said:
Yeah, I know that's true for some people about the Wii but still I wish Sony or any of the three wouldn't sling mud at one another. I guess that's what company's do. As much as I like them all.

 

 Agreed 100% with everything in this post



Long Live SHIO!

Lastgengamer on 01 May 2009

Thanks fellow gamer. I just noticed I posted this thread too late could a Mod lock it?



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dark_gh0st_b0y on 01 May 2009
Lastgengamer said:
Last week, Sony made a comment that the Wii owns the closet. Now Satoru Iwata has responded to that statement. The following was said by Iwata on a Wii no ma (video service) info video. “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. Our consoles are not only out of the closet, they are also in the middle of the house. This shows what kind of our customers are playing Wii, as of January this year. As you can see, Wii is played by people in a wide range of ages, and male-female ratio is nearly equal. As I have mentioned, Wii has spread with nearly equal male-to-female ratio and is played by people of broad range of ages. Nearly 90% of the consoles are connected to the largest TV screen of the household in the living room. As for consoles which are already connected to the internet, video streaming or payment system has established through our videogame businesses.” http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=15314 I'm glad to see Nintendo will defend it's self from such claims.

LoL, what an answer!

don't mess up with Iwata! : P



don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^

megaman79 on 01 May 2009

That survey also said that 360's are played by 1.5 people in a household. ie.360 players are lonely



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.