I was talking to my new flatmate about online gaming and how Microsoft did it differently from Nintendo and then he says:

Him: "But I suppose it's easier for Microsoft because you're doing it with an actual computer as opposed to a TV."

Me: "What do you mean?"

Him: "Well Microsoft is a PC thing isn't it?"

Me "But there's the Xbox too, that's not a PC."

Him: "Do Microsoft make the Xbox??"

Me: "Of course! Who did you think made it?"

Him: "Oh, I thought it was Nintendo. I thought they did the Wii and the Xbox...."

So, it seems like one or the other of these companies' advertising campaigns is missing a trick! Or maybe my flatmate's just a bit slow...

eewwww Nintendo and XBOX...dont go together

damn thats why i dont have marrio vs master chief

To be fair if someone didn't own the consoles or frequent t'internet and just seen ads on tv or played on a friends there would be no reason for them to know the xbox or 360 was a microsoft machine.

i had a friend telling me that i am wrong to think Sega made the dreamcast and it was nintendo.
he said Nintendo owns Sega and they made the dreamcast i was "no just no" he said "Yes you dont know crap"

Things like this happen in the real world.
Most people know Nintendo is a video games company and Microsoft is a PC thing company.

Lol, I guess this is prabably quite common among "lay people" then. I've been gaming for so long that it's hard to remember sometimes that most people probably know very little about the sector.

My stepbrother thought that the Turbo-grafx 16 was made by Nintendo. He thought Nec stood for Nintendo Entertainment Center. Good times.

Lot's of people I knew used to think that "Nintendo" was what gaming system's were called. Even when I got a PS1, they'd say, let's go play Nintendo.