Wii is "more of a novelty", says Sony

[wraggster]

Not uncommon for the company, Sony has once again talked down the competition this morning, calling Nintendo's Wii a "novelty".

The comments come from SCEA's senior director of corporate communications Dave Karraker, who in an interview with the Wall Street Journal said "We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3. If they do pick up a Wii, it's as more of a novelty."

Of course back at this year's E3 show (RIP) in May, Sony was praising Nintendo for its console's bold new direction, but we're sure the phenomenal European launch numbers has forced the company to change its tune.

The PlayStation 3 is officially penned for launch in Europe in March 2007.
via cvg

[PSPFR3AK]

whats novelty?

[steve-b]

I do agree with that. Only reason I'm thinking about a Wii is 'cause the damn ps3 aint out yet. The Wii does seem like the ultimate eye toy

[dejkirkby]

Sheer arrogance. Sony must believe the consumers will take anything they say as fact. Jackasses!

[ExcruciationX]

A novelty? Their just mad, because PS3 isn't selling.

[irongiant]

Sheer arrogance. Sony must believe the consumers will take anything they say as fact. Jackasses!

Well i think they're partly right, the new controller is a novelty as it's a way of playing the same old games in a different way. What the Wii needs to stop it being just a novelty is top quality games like Zelda that have plenty of depth and where the controller is integrated nicely into the game and not just the only reason to play the game.

[ElRazur]

whats novelty?

Something you get for the sake of it and wont last long....For example all those singing fluffy toys you get on a trip to another country with built in batteries etc. Once you are done with them you get rid of it - it has ran it's course.....

That's my understanding anyway.

As for Sony, i think they might have a point but time will tell.

[PSPFR3AK]

Something you get for the sake of it and wont last long....For example all those singing fluffy toys you get on a trip to another country with built in batteries etc. Once you are done with them you get rid of it - it has ran it's course.....

That's my understanding anyway.

As for Sony, i think they might have a point but time will tell.

:rofl: true , true

i mean people buy wii mainly for zelda
last zelda i played was OOT and i finished it once and i tryed to finish it again but i got bored
and zelda TP is not better than OOT
so yeah
i expect a lot of wii's reselled back to stores
nintendo failed with wii harder and faster than they did with GC

[dejkirkby]

Well i think they're partly right, the new controller is a novelty as it's a way of playing the same old games in a different way. What the Wii needs to stop it being just a novelty is top quality games like Zelda that have plenty of depth and where the controller is integrated nicely into the game and not just the only reason to play the game.

But what if this controller is less of novelty, and more of a revolutionary way to play games.

[SSaxdude]

Lets see: the DS is outselling the PSP, and the Wii is outselling the PS3.
I guess people like noveltys.