Sony: Nintendo Handhelds Aren't for Self-Respecting Adults

[Lokithrsourcerer]

not so sure about his thoughts on the DS but ps3 will start to dominate the consoles market now as
wii and xbox are basically antiques in technology terms now (I have all 3 though so what ever happens i'll be ok )

 

[Digikid]

Cue Nintendo vs. Sony fanboy skirmish...

More like every gamer vs. one dick.

Not every gamer is a Nintendo fanboy.

Oh, wait wait wait! Ahem...

TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY-NINE US DOLLERS!

God, I've been waiting to do that for years.

and yet you misspelled DOLLARS. LOL!!

Sony....if this is what you resort to then you are an even BIGGER bunch of morons than I ever expected.

 

[Fappy]

In all honesty kids are a more profitable demographic than adults... so by his logic his company is voluntarily making less money than it could.

 

[BrunDeign]

You know what I just remembered? Marcus. For the latest PSP commercials. You know, the pre-teen? That's selling a handheld? Made by Sony?

 

[lockeslylcrit]

Sony: Nintendo Handhelds Aren't for Self-Respecting Adults

Maybe Sony would like to tell us all about how the PSP is nothing more than a glorified portable movie player.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw their handhelds.

 

[ronald1840]

 

[Shadu]

Gotta say that, while I own both the PSP and DS, I play my DS way more. Oh, and you know what? I'm a self-respecting twenty-something. And I'll play my DS whereever I please. I don't care if other people see me doing it. What does it matter to then what I play? The people "judging me" probably don't care either way, and most likely, don't know the difference or care to know either way.

 

[FoolKiller]

Wow. I've never seen anyone so effectively convince me not to buy a product. Congratulations Mr. Treton. I will never buy the NGP thanks to your attitude.

Really?... seems like a fairly dumb reason not to buy what could be a very good console.

Really? I don't appreciate being insulted by someone without merit. That is exactly what he did. Also seems like a fairly dumb assumption to think I would miss out just because I said I will never buy the NGP.

 

[Plucky]

One thing i question about Sony in general, does the PSP have anything thats substancial as a first title besides relying on sales to pick up purely for the usual Final Fantasy/GTA/Madden/Kingdom Hearts/MH? it just feels that the PSP was generally unknown in terms of titles as time went by, i doubt people who has played the first LBP would want to play the handheld one....

Also the NGP is UMD-less, so its basically the Go with alot more bells and whistles an actual media (some weird memory card-esque thing). is their PSN is even that good? (all i got from there is Prinny, FF7 and Crash Bandicoot: Warped)


Just look at nintendo, it has alot of 1st title series and they usually stay fresh even after loads of years (Star Fox decayed though, and Mario Party is just annoying) even their handhelds kept some form of reverse compatibility, GBA/GBC/GB DS/GBA 3DS/DS, though my only flak i have with them is....

1) They have no system to tye systems together to get back downloads for free, usually at best they would allow you to transfer DSiWare to the 3DS..
2) Friend Codes are too problematic, its basically wearing a blindfold, ballgag and your only ways of communicating is holding up pre-written signs.
3) Allthough most of the titles are original, their Wii Market and DSiWare selections are really stale, just this week they had some Pelvic floor training game, its gotten to the state where the PSN looks more superior just because people won't think "hmm, there isnt an advanced month teller, updates must suck this month"



But meh, all 3 sides has their ups and downs. :x

 

[Tom Phoenix]

This seems awfully familiar somehow...

I think obviously our competition, the handheld devices from Nintendo and specifically in the case of the DS, we really feel like they're appealing to the same audience that Game Boy has always appealed to. And if you look at the adoption rate of the DS over the first 17 months, not only does it trail the PSP but it also trails their other platforms... They're potentially losing some of their core audience and they're not really expanding beyond that and we think we're expanding into a completely new audience as we did with PlayStation. And we'll do just what we did on PlayStation; we'll dip down to the younger consumer eventually and we'll ultimately appeal to that vastly Earth wide audience we carved out with the original PlayStation.

Source: GameDaily [http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/interview-sceas-jack-tretton-part-1/69465/?biz=1]

Also...

 

[luckycharms8282]

I agree with this guy. Nintendo games are definitely made for and geared towards kids. Thats not to say a lot of young adults dont play pokemon and mario and all that.

 

[D Moness]

1) They have no system to tye systems together to get back downloads for free, usually at best they would allow you to transfer DSiWare to the 3DS..
2) Friend Codes are too problematic, its basically wearing a blindfold, ballgag and your only ways of communicating is holding up pre-written signs.
3) Allthough most of the titles are original, their Wii Market and DSiWare selections are really stale, just this week they had some Pelvic floor training game, its gotten to the state where the PSN looks more superior just because people won't think "hmm, there isnt an advanced month teller, updates must suck this month"

1 ) yep you can transfer DSi ware to the 3ds
2 ) At least the 3ds uses 1 friendscode per system no more 1 per system and 1 for each game you are playing(at least that is the intention)
3 ) agree with that.


Best way to get gamers to buy your handheld is to insult the userbase(very very smart marketing).

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

I'm a self-respecting 20-something, and he's got it right. Isn't most of Nintendo's adult audience in it for the nostalgia anyway? If they want something worthwhile they go to the PS3/360, something that feels like its made for them.

Of course they're in it for the nostalgia. Because that alone convinces you to buy a $40 game, right?

They couldn't possibly be having fun, after all the 360/PS3 was made for them, with their masses of angry twelve-year olds.

 

[Gabe Hodge]

"no self-respecting twenty-something is going to be sitting on an airplane with one of those. He's too old for that."
OBVIOUSLY this guy is oblivious to the vast number of "twenty-somethings" who play pokemon.

 

[Ghengis John]

In the current economic climate, Nintendo releasing what will essentially become the "Virtual Boy II" is going to cripple them significantly, not only because the 3DS' failure opened the door for competitors, but it also tainted the Game Boy name which was a bullet Nintendo dodged with the VB.

Why are you operating on the assumption that the 3DS has already failed? I have yet to see one and yet two people I know who have will not shut up about the thing.

 

[blarghblarghhhhh]

his comments seriously offended me. As A dedicated handheld gamer I will be buying a 3ds in a few months and will have no shame wherever I play it and his comments about it being a kiddie system make him sound just as dumb as the fanboys you see over at ign.

 

[Gearran]

I do believe I've just been insulted...

I own both a PSP and a DSi (and am 26 years old), and the Nintendo product gets three times as much play as the Sony, at least! Even weirder? I have adults (adults!!) come up and ask me what I'm playing, then tell me how far they've gotten in the same game. The only comment I've gotten while playing the PSP? "Have you considered getting it modded?" (For the record, the answer is "hell no").

 

[gamer_parent]

This just in, douchebag executive thinks attitude trumps substance in product branding, alienates potential demographic in process

Am I the only one who thinks this guy is being just a massive hypocrite?