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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
So Nintendo has released an ad that considers the differences between the Wii & the PS3.

By turning them into women.

I think I'll still take the PS3, thanks.
 
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
But will you still be interested in video games in the 28th century?
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I'm confused. Nintendo's plan is to market their product as having limited uses, but nice packaging?
 
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
Actually, it's a joke & not a real ad...but for all purposes...yes.
 
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
Got a link that DOESN'T require registration?
 
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
Doesn't the PS3 cost like $600 american? What is Sony thinking? Do they believe people are going to want to pay that much for a frickin console? Especially when a PC is so much better.

Each console is marketed to a different consumer base. Nintendo for younger kids. Xbox for teens and young adults. Sony for people who have too much money.
 
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Da_bang, my nephew and a few of his friends are die hard console gamers and would, probably will, may have already, buy the dang thing. 8 or 10 units will be sold to just that group, and out of 100+ population I would imagine that there are more. At 50 units per 100,000 that is almost 15,000 units, as a low end estimate, for the states. .05% is a small market share. ~$8.9 million.

Add the new games, replacement controlers, etc. to it and they will do okay.

Also, people with too few brain cells.
 
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
I just want to play Katamari & DDR again. Not happening anymore since my girlfriend dropped me for a marine arthropod.
 
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
 
What about people like me? I have a Sega Genesis, an old NES, an Atari Jaguar (just so I can play the best AvP game evar), a PS2, an Xbox (just so I can play the Xbox version of Onimusha), and a Gamecube (Zelda Legacy, yo... and Kingdom Hearts). But all used, mind you. Except the PS2.

--Jonah
 
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
 
Wow, I'm neither straight or lesbian so the Wii or PS3 don't appeal to me.
 
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Look at the bright side, you can design a console for your niche market.
 
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
There's the Gamecube. It's pretty frooty looking, unless of course you get the silver edition like my lil' sis.

I personally like nintendo having grown up with an NES and N64. They're surprisingly tough. Both consoles have endured numerous jolts and drops with never a problem. The only problem I had with the N64 was playing Harvest Moon64 for 36 hours. The memory "jumper" pak melted on me. So I went to get an expanded memory pak for Perfect Dark.

The gamecubes pretty resilient as well. There's a movie on the net where some guy chucked on off a 1 story building and it still worked.

However if I were to buy a console today I'd probly stick with the Xbox since it has a good library of games. Maybe I'll wait a year or two and get a 360 when the game selection broadens up a bit. Especially Halo 3 which will be out in late '07 I believe.
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
I just bought a PS2.

Yeah.

I'm hip.

(I've got Lego Star Wars and Risk to play on it.)
 
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
Ha! Lego Star Wars is interesting. But the infinite lives thing makes it kind of boring. I've only played a very few games for PS2 but I recommend the Battlefront games if you like that kind of game, They did a pretty good job with the console version of both games. But I feel that BF1 is still better than Battlefront 2, even with the space battles and Jedi heroes.
 


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