Sony: Nintendo Handhelds Aren't for Self-Respecting Adults
- Thread starter Tom Goldman
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I am a self-respecting 22 year old who recently took a plane ride while playing Pokemon Black on my Nintendo DS.
Go fuck yourself Sony.
Go fuck yourself Sony.
Tom Goldman said:
Want a bet. I'm a self respecting twenty-something, and you know what I did on a 12 hour flight to South Africa? I played Pokemon Diamond on my DS for most of the flight, and did the same on the way back!
Also got a 3DS on release day and I'm loving it.
Sounds like he's just trying to incite another console war. (Then again I can't blame him, he does work for Sony)
Nintendo: We don't want to say anything that could be interpreted as dickish about the NGP.
Sony: UR PLATFURM SUCKS 0L0L0L0L0L0L0L0 GO PLAY WITH UR TOYS
Stay classy, Jack Tretton.
Sony: UR PLATFURM SUCKS 0L0L0L0L0L0L0L0 GO PLAY WITH UR TOYS
Stay classy, Jack Tretton.
Just for kids Sony?
I believe several people would like to have several words with you... With one of them being
[HEADING=1]Objection![/HEADING]
I believe several people would like to have several words with you... With one of them being
[HEADING=1]Objection![/HEADING]
Ouch, someone seems a bit bitter that they're handheld lost in the war, and will most likely lose in the next one.
Seriously, that seems like a pretty desperate sounding attack. Having nothing else to say, they're reduced to the same strategy that kids on Xbox Live use when bashing games that aren't rated M.
Seriously, that seems like a pretty desperate sounding attack. Having nothing else to say, they're reduced to the same strategy that kids on Xbox Live use when bashing games that aren't rated M.
Isn't he conflating the device and its games? Both devices are similar and preform similar functions in many ways. In addition there really isn't any discernible item that affects maturity in the hardware. You can make the arguments that the games lack maturity but the thing about games is that they are fluid in the argument here since different games can be produced and quickly change the climate of the market while hardware is more slow to change and more age-neutral.
Unless Sony has some killer feature in the NGP or a must-have title, they're not going to dent the Nintendo juggernaut, no matter how overpriced and arbitrary the 3DS is. I'd call it the second coming of the Virtual Boy but it actually performs like it's supposed to.
Besides, when has bashing the competition ever helped sell something in the history of the industry? Not often, that's for sure. The mid/late-90s Sega Saturn commercials come to mind... they dropped a PSX off a building, "Fly PlayThing, fly." And there was one of riflemen launching a Nintendo 64 into the air and shooting it. Hell go further back. "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" anyone? They weren't doing too well with that until the original Sonic came out.
Lump Phillips, the original Atari, 3DO, and Neo-Geo into that group with Sega and you should have a prime understanding of what NOT to do with your products.
Besides, when has bashing the competition ever helped sell something in the history of the industry? Not often, that's for sure. The mid/late-90s Sega Saturn commercials come to mind... they dropped a PSX off a building, "Fly PlayThing, fly." And there was one of riflemen launching a Nintendo 64 into the air and shooting it. Hell go further back. "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" anyone? They weren't doing too well with that until the original Sonic came out.
Lump Phillips, the original Atari, 3DO, and Neo-Geo into that group with Sega and you should have a prime understanding of what NOT to do with your products.
You mean, an executive in a gaming company saying inflammatory things against their competitors and praising their own product?
Get the hell out!
Now you're gonna tell me you can see 3D without glasses.
MADNESS I TELL YOU!!!
Get the hell out!
Now you're gonna tell me you can see 3D without glasses.
MADNESS I TELL YOU!!!
You know what Sony? Fuck you. I love my DS, and I get some amazing gaming experiences out of it. I'm a self-respecting adult, and I would and have busted out my DS on the plane, on the bus, wherever. Don't tell me it's just for kids. You're insulting your prime customer base.
I'm a self-respecting adult who plays the 3DS. Yes, I know the killer apps are months away, but I know they'll be worth it.
On a side note: Wow, people have been making fun of Nintendo for years now. Why is that ever since the 90s, hating Nintendo makes you "Cool"? And the worse part? Instead of that notion going away, ever since the Wii came out, it's pretty much gone from "Hating Nintendo makes you cool" to "NOT Hating Nintendo means you're hurting the industry".
On a side note: Wow, people have been making fun of Nintendo for years now. Why is that ever since the 90s, hating Nintendo makes you "Cool"? And the worse part? Instead of that notion going away, ever since the Wii came out, it's pretty much gone from "Hating Nintendo makes you cool" to "NOT Hating Nintendo means you're hurting the industry".
Soooo.
My 50 year old father who regularly enjoys playing on his 360 [He's currently slogging through Red Dead Redemption, he loves Westerns haha], doesn't respect himself as an adult because he also likes to play a bit of Proffesor Layton, and likes to do puzzles on his DS?
Get bent Sony. You are proving yourselves to be the least mature games marketeers out of the lot of them. Nothing but constant mudslinging, and its beginning to wear thin. Try getting a different style of press that doesn't involve you pulling down your trousers and trying to urinate on the competition. You 5 year olds.
My 50 year old father who regularly enjoys playing on his 360 [He's currently slogging through Red Dead Redemption, he loves Westerns haha], doesn't respect himself as an adult because he also likes to play a bit of Proffesor Layton, and likes to do puzzles on his DS?
Get bent Sony. You are proving yourselves to be the least mature games marketeers out of the lot of them. Nothing but constant mudslinging, and its beginning to wear thin. Try getting a different style of press that doesn't involve you pulling down your trousers and trying to urinate on the competition. You 5 year olds.