Wii is "more of a novelty", says Sony

**MikeDX** · December 15th, 2006, 12:05

Originally Posted by PSPFR3AK

sorry but i see the "wii" controller like...a wireless light gun and i have one

I see all kinds of people playing the wii from young to old, boys and girls

the only people I see playing ps2 and ps3 are young boys...

***Darksaviour69*** · December 15th, 2006, 12:12

i was surprised how small the wiimote was....

**shadowprophet** · December 15th, 2006, 12:20

They have dug thereselves into a hole they cant get out of.

#1 the massive rejection of the psp fan base because of sonys lack of careing.

#2 there less the noble add campaigns, where sony was cought in bold faced lies.

#3 sonys arrogant attitude has alienated there entire fan base to some degree, product brand and loyalty go hand in hand. without fan base loyalty. a product will fail. period.

#4 you cant just up the antee and the general assumption of what is an acceptible price for a console by adding features no one asked for and most dont even need, and expect that to be a popular console.

Sony has really droped the ball this time. and i hope nintendo picks it up..

**irongiant** · December 15th, 2006, 12:55

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

They have dug thereselves into a hole they cant get out of.

That's it jump on the bandwagon and over exagerate.

So are you an expert in how joe public perceives the Playstation brand as they're the people that really matter.

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

#1 the massive rejection of the psp fan base because of sonys lack of careing.

What massive rejection? Sony have every right to protect their product, the only rejection is from people who think homebrew is a god given right and those who'd rather play ISO's than actually spend money.

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

#2 there less the noble add campaigns, where sony was cought in bold faced lies.

Big deal, they've obviously hired crap marketing agencies.

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

#3 sonys arrogant attitude has alienated there entire fan base to some degree, product brand and loyalty go hand in hand. without fan base loyalty. a product will fail. period.

Their entire fanbase? Get real, the biggest percentage of the Playstation fanbase are those that don't read sites like this and couldn't care less what rubbish Sony execs spout. All they care about is buying games like FIFA and Need4Speed.

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

#4 you cant just up the antee and the general assumption of what is an acceptible price for a console by adding features no one asked for and most dont even need, and expect that to be a popular console.

The price is high now, it will come down over time. If you can't afford it then don't buy one, simple economics. Where is it written that a console can't be more than £300?

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

Sony has really droped the ball this time. and i hope nintendo picks it up..

Nintendo will do well regardless of Sony and Microsoft. The only company that may pick up the ball is Microsoft.

**shadowprophet** · December 15th, 2006, 13:18

Originally Posted by irongiant

That's it jump on the bandwagon and over exagerate.

So are you an expert in how joe public perceives the Playstation brand as they're the people that really matter.

What massive rejection? Sony have every right to protect their product, the only rejection is from people who think homebrew is a god given right and those who'd rather play ISO's than actually spend money.

Big deal, they've obviously hired crap marketing agencies.

Their entire fanbase? Get real, the biggest percentage of the Playstation fanbase are those that don't read sites like this and couldn't care less what rubbish Sony execs spout. All they care about is buying games like FIFA and Need4Speed.

The price is high now, it will come down over time. If you can't afford it then don't buy one, simple economics. Where is it written that a console can't be more than £300?

Nintendo will do well regardless of Sony and Microsoft. The only company that may pick up the ball is Microsoft.

Calm peaceful meadows,
pretty butterflys with purple spots.
orange slushys..

nope its not working, your attidite is just irritating man. take a chill pill .

**ElRazur** · December 15th, 2006, 14:05

Why do every debate turn into a "oh my god sony sucks"....? This is getting boring now.

**irongiant** · December 15th, 2006, 16:09

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

Calm peaceful meadows,
pretty butterflys with purple spots.
orange slushys..

nope its not working, your attidite is just irritating man. take a chill pill .

I'm totally chilled 'man' .. what irritates me is people talking crap and jumping on the let's slate Sony bandwagon in every thread possible, as you tend to do so well. I agree Sony have been complete pillocks lately but people like you can't resist going way over the top.

Oh and people who can't even spell. Oh and don't get me started on your picture

**shadowprophet** · December 15th, 2006, 16:17

Originally Posted by irongiant

I'm totally chilled 'man' .. what irritates me is people talking crap and jumping on the let's slate Sony bandwagon in every thread possible, as you tend to do so well. I agree Sony have been complete pillocks lately but people like you can't resist going way over the top.

Oh and people who can't even spell. Oh and don't get me started on your picture

I used to be a huge supporter of sony too.
Its really not like a bangwagon im jumping on.

I come from the same place you do. i was a huge sony fan, But the lack of great third pary support for the psp really dissapointed me

And there where a few articles before the launch of any next gen systems from sony, that so much directly said. the fans will pay whatever we ask of them because we are sony.

i dont know how that made everyone else feel, but to me it felt like being stabbed by a friend.

I realize sony has a right to be $#@!y. But its just not a healthy buisness pratice.

I feel. let down by them, its not about the price or the consoles power, its about there attitude tword us fans. and sonys lack od support for homebrew had little bearing on my opinion tword them. but it did play a part.

i just dont feel that sony is the same sony that brought us the psx and the ps2. they have changed somehow..

**MattZani** · December 15th, 2006, 17:29

The wii is a novelty, like one of those Mcdonalds games, you play with it for a while, thinking WOW! then they run out of idea's, and people put away the toy's, and get to a real system.

I had one of the limited edition DS's which were only available via an amount of Nintendo Stars. but as soon as the PSP came out, its been sat under the bed in abox, slowly gaining value because its limited to 3000.

The only reason i won't do this with the wii, is because the PS3 costs lots of money, not like £100-£200. It'll probably be around £550 by the time i've added a HDMI Cable, 2 games, and maybe an extra controller.

Matt

**gunntims0103** · December 15th, 2006, 19:50

i tell it like it is

Sony's getting OWNED!!!

its like sony dropped the soad and now wii is giving it to them with full force.

look at the statistics on nextgen it clearly shows the wii owning the ps3 period........

and grant it im a die hard sony fan, but untill they step there "game" up. I won't be getting anything from sony.