Sony's Tretton describes console war with food analogies
The PS2 is "your favorite burger restaurant," and as for the rest? The Wii is "a lollipop, and I'm too old for lollipops," he said. "The other one [Xbox 360] I get sick from once in a while because the cook isn't always reliable." Red ring of burn! That jab is sizzling! Okay ... we're done. Regardless of your fanboy affiliation, do phrases like this make you as hungry as they do to us?
[Via PS3 Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
RKN2K @ Jul 18th 2007 2:28PM
A little.
Fernando Rocker @ Jul 18th 2007 2:30PM
And the PS3 is the elegant expensive food of a fancy restaurant that come with little portions.
Matt B @ Jul 18th 2007 2:32PM
You mean where all the rich and beautiful people go.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:53PM
too bad there is a lot more poor ugly people like me in the world.
Shagittarius @ Jul 18th 2007 2:31PM
The Wii is the Fondue of the console world.
samfish @ Jul 18th 2007 2:42PM
You mean it's awesome and it makes you seem classy and gets you laid on dates?
Shagittarius @ Jul 18th 2007 2:43PM
Fondue only gets you laid with chicks that have pubic hair thick as shag carpeting.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:51PM
alton brown had an episode of good eats about fondue, and alton brown can do no wrong.
Wii is like Alton Brown: awesome and fun
PS3 is like Emeril Lagasse: loud and well known but annoying
360 is like Rachel Ray: was cool at first, but now played out
or something
faceless coward @ Jul 18th 2007 4:39PM
Hah, Jody, you described all of the popular Food Channel people perfectly. Alton Brown FTW (I try to use FTW sparingly)!
Matt B @ Jul 18th 2007 2:31PM
He was asked to do this if you read the article. It's not like he just said it for no reason.
Jonah Falcon @ Jul 18th 2007 2:32PM
Tretton says a LOT of things. He still owes a lot of people money, for one.
Jonah Falcon @ Jul 18th 2007 2:32PM
The words "No comment" exist, you know.
Sky_Shark @ Jul 18th 2007 2:33PM
"The other one [Xbox 360] I get sick from once in a while because the cook isn't always reliable."
Wow, thats hilarious. His analogies do work I guess, although I guess since lollipops sell way more than Surf n' Turf, the Wii will be the winner this generation?
MaX PL and the 360 r4pe Tr4iN @ Jul 18th 2007 2:34PM
PS3 is more like "it tastes good sometimes, but mostly tastes like shit".
What? @ Jul 18th 2007 2:40PM
opposed to getting e. coli from 1/3 of your visits to the unreliable cook
Phranctoast @ Jul 18th 2007 3:07PM
you eat shit for breakfast?????
Ezira @ Jul 18th 2007 2:36PM
I am just like Tretton. I hate lollipops. Lollipops are for little kids, You can't be mature and like lollipops. That's the same reason I only play games that have realistic graphics, big guns and blood.
RKN2K @ Jul 18th 2007 2:39PM
:sigh:
Vigi @ Jul 18th 2007 4:16PM
If you're truly mature, you don't need to worry about whether or not your food is grown-up or not.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:41PM
haha, +1 to you
absolute_nonsense @ Jul 18th 2007 3:05PM
Ezira,
By the very nature of you saying that it makes you seem like a lollipop yourself. Kids are allways trying to be more adult/mature. Blood and violence while certainly cool in some games, isn't a hall mark of maturity in and of itself. If anything it makes you seem like a small child trying to wear his dads shoes thinking hes grown, but not realizing his feet are still to small.
BIG Reub @ Jul 18th 2007 3:15PM
Sarcasm.
eelb @ Jul 18th 2007 3:20PM
absolute_nonsense, ezira's post was ironic.
WedgeTalon @ Jul 18th 2007 7:04PM
People, people, that's SATIRE, not sarcasm or irony.
Well played. *golf clap*
mccomber @ Jul 18th 2007 2:39PM
The PS3 is like steak at a restaurant you always remember as being good before, but now it has slow service and "market price" listed on the menu.
kennethrios @ Jul 18th 2007 2:41PM
Tretton is a lollipop.
Player1 @ Jul 18th 2007 2:42PM
Surf and turf? More like an overly expensive steak, with no seasoning or sides.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:42PM
anyone that says they don't like candy is a liar
samfish @ Jul 18th 2007 2:44PM
I hate candy.
...but I work for candy magazines, so I have a damn good reason for it.
I'm surrounded by the crap all day.
samfish @ Jul 18th 2007 2:43PM
Oh Sony! It wasn't enough for you to rip off Nintendo anymore, was it?
Now you're ripping off Hideo Kojima's analogies!
For shame! FOR SHAME!!!
vidGuy @ Jul 18th 2007 2:45PM
Sure it's the surf n turf, but you have to wait two years to be served. If you go to that other restaurant and don't get sick, you get a better deal. And if you do get sick, they'll give you your next meal free. And everyone can enjoy a lollipop, just not those that are worried that having a lollipop makes you look uncool. Those people buy the steak to look rich, but secretly they want to go to the other restaurant AND to have a lollipop instead of being stuck looking for their waiter and their cold steak and shrimp.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:46PM
kojak looked cool with a lollipop
vidGuy @ Jul 18th 2007 2:50PM
Don't you forget it.
BulletToothTony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:56PM
man vidguy you're hilarious.. everytime there's something related to ps3 you're there... it cracks me up how someone can be so incredibly blind and stupid, and make the dumbest comments, and straight up lie on most threads..
why are you so angry at the ps3?? why are you so angry period??
last thread you said, "do you rather lock your shoulders and use the guncon like a real gun? or would you rather use the wiimote from the comfort of your lap?" LOL
are you serious? which one do you really think it's better.. just let it go man.. stop being such a jackass.. (which im not you're not) but you're honestly a joke dude.. you have contradicted yourself in most threads.. it's obvious that you just lie in order to make yourself feel better about your console..
save some money and buy a ps3 and get it over with.. it's time to say good buy to denial and face the truth jackass.. the ps3 has an awesome lineup, which starts in less than 3 weeks and that's the bottom line..
vidGuy @ Jul 18th 2007 3:04PM
Thanks, I'm trying to become a troll but it's a hard transformation to make. Maybe you have to be born into it...
NeverSage @ Jul 18th 2007 8:07PM
@vidGuy
That was an awesome response to Tretton. I applaud you sir.
colin @ Jul 18th 2007 11:54PM
agreed, but i think getting sick from the meal isn't even a good analogy. it would be like going to the nice restaurant, ordering a good meal, then the waiter drops your plate on the way to the table ... then he gives you a couple of free drinks and you get another meal a little while later. no harm, no foul.
Bugger @ Jul 18th 2007 2:46PM
..
The truth @ Jul 18th 2007 2:47PM
Nah... The more accurate analogy for Wii is:
"It's like that hip, stylish, affordable, new restaurant that EVERYONE wants to dine at, but is impossible to get a reservation at unless you reserve months in advance."
Matt B @ Jul 18th 2007 3:39PM
Only to be let down once you are inside.
Geist @ Jul 18th 2007 3:53PM
I think it's more like the place is awesome, but still under construction.
Also, despite the fact that there's a clown handing out fliers outside, there's still classy entertainment inside, if you know where to look.
Mr Khan @ Jul 18th 2007 4:03PM
the restaurant is so exclusive that the only way to get reservations is to create an alternate universe where you already have them
-Requisite Daily Futurama reference
Rask @ Jul 18th 2007 2:47PM
Theo nly thing that makes me sick occasionally, actually make that every time, is Tretton's analogy.
But hey, ay least his steak place will knock 20% off the price after the steak has been lying in the pantry getting stale for the last 8 months.
Myrpok @ Jul 18th 2007 2:50PM
stupid analogy is stupid
Gorf @ Jul 18th 2007 2:53PM
I would say the Wii is more like In-N-Out, cheap delicious food and a fairly limited menu selection. Man I sure could go for a double double about now.
micheal82 @ Jul 18th 2007 2:54PM
No wonder I don't have a PS3 I'm allergic to lobsters. thanks Jack Tretton for warning me before I get some thing that may hit my weak spot for massive damage.
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:54PM
this thread is delicious
JodyAnthony @ Jul 18th 2007 2:55PM
hahahaha SURF and turf
GIANT ENEMY CRAB
that tickles my netherregions
The Wicker Man @ Jul 18th 2007 2:57PM
is this really a story? slow day huh?
Adam @ Jul 18th 2007 2:58PM
Is anyone else getting tired of Jack Tretton? I understand it's his job to put a positive spin on Sony, but in every interview of his I read, he just displays himself as more and more of a fanboy, just like the ones that litter the internet.
I own all 3 new-gen systems, and in this gamer's opinion, Sony is falling behind. I play games for the games, and the PS3 is lacking in that department.
This food analogy just makes me sick of Tretton even more.