It's true that Nintendo's getting plenty of free advertising. However I would really like to see a couple good, old-fashioned TV commercials for the Wii. Something elegant, so that the mass public can view the differences between Sony's strategy (demonic babies) and Ninteno's strategy (hey, let's make things fun and accessible to everyone).
We know about the Wii because we look for these kind of things. My parents know about the PS3 because of those horrid commercials. They still don't know about the Wii.
Anyone who claims "Joystiq is biased" or "Joystiq hates Sony" or whatever other defense mechanism they feel like using today without a shadow of a doubt, is a MORON.
This, along with many other things Sony has done in the past year, makes them deserve the bad press they get not just at Joystiq, but at pretty much any place that gives a crap about gaming or electronics.
If you didn't know what the product was and saw this commercial, would you A) be interested in the product and consider purchasing it or B) feel like some jackass who is making way too much money just belittled you as an intelligent human being?
If you chose A) then you're an idiot, If you chose B) then do everything you can to make sure you and everyone you know won't buy this product from this pretentious company.
Umm, yeah. That is a long time to load up to the start screen of the game. Technology is supposed to make things faster. It didn't even look like there was anything on the screen telling you it's loading! What's the point of a pretty interface it the thing looks like it's turned off when you actually select on of the options?!?
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Nov 13th 2006 4:25PM (Joystiq)YOU ROCK!!! Give JodyAnthony a star!!!
Reading that comment made my day!
Wii message board vs. Wii whiteboard
Nov 11th 2006 2:35PM (Joystiq)Wii wins Popular Science's "best of what's new"
Nov 8th 2006 10:59AM (Joystiq)We know about the Wii because we look for these kind of things. My parents know about the PS3 because of those horrid commercials. They still don't know about the Wii.
New World Series PS3 ad is weak sauce
Oct 27th 2006 1:39AM (Joystiq)This, along with many other things Sony has done in the past year, makes them deserve the bad press they get not just at Joystiq, but at pretty much any place that gives a crap about gaming or electronics.
If you didn't know what the product was and saw this commercial, would you A) be interested in the product and consider purchasing it or B) feel like some jackass who is making way too much money just belittled you as an intelligent human being?
If you chose A) then you're an idiot,
If you chose B) then do everything you can to make sure you and everyone you know won't buy this product from this pretentious company.
New World Series PS3 ad is weak sauce
Oct 27th 2006 1:14AM (Joystiq)That was an actual ad? That real people actually saw? People who were not Sony Fanboys?
Wow.
PS3 ads still peddling potentials
Oct 25th 2006 11:18AM (Joystiq)PlayStation 3 street cred tatz
Oct 6th 2006 1:22PM (Joystiq)what a douche.
PlayStation 3 Magazine hands-on video with ... PS3 [update 2]
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