Sony's Harrison recommends the Wii [Archive]

skarmachild

13-05-2006, 11:57 PM

I think Peter Moore is exactly right. I think Nintendo will be the second system consumers purchase after PlayStation 3."

"I haven't had a chance to check out the Wii myself, but Nintendo has a great history of innovation and has always done great things for gaming and long may they do so. But as it relates to our strategy they are very much in a different market.

Im not sure why he thinks Moore said that but okay.

In short: Whatever you get, get a Wii too.

Hellfire

14-05-2006, 01:11 AM

So, Moore recommends Wii, Harrison recommends Wii. XBOX360 owner buy Wii as second console so do PS3 owners and so do intelligent people and Nintendo fans. Plus non-gamers. I foresee success.

Sooj

14-05-2006, 01:21 AM

Good to know :)

Zero Seven

14-05-2006, 01:24 AM

Sony obviously saw the message that peter moore gave out "dont buy a PS3, Buy a Wii and 360 for the price of one PS3" and Sony generally just gave out a shittier version of what MS said for the fact that what peter moore said made sense in terms of price comparisons "Wii and 360 for the price of 1 PS3"

Nards

14-05-2006, 01:42 AM

LOL!
This is too funny now. Wii is soo going to be a success :yay: :bowdown:
Nintendo has to be laughing at this :heart:

Mundi

14-05-2006, 02:23 AM

*clears throat* heres a little message to Sony and Microsoft

http://d3sp.c58.ru/thumbs/bad-taste-bear-fuck-off-2.jpg

This is a stupid strategy!

guarana

14-05-2006, 02:36 AM

sonys press conference was SADDDDDDDDDDDD ........ sadness should be on ps3 not wii (it shouldnt really .. i just wanted to say that cus im a moron)..

microsoft , in my opinion de-throned sony at its own game ....

i see the market shares for the next gen consoles like this -
wii= 45%
360= 30%
p$3= 25%

Gaijin von Snikbah

14-05-2006, 02:37 AM

Of course they are right. The Wii is something so different from Xbox and Playstation, that it warrants a purchase.

Kryss864

14-05-2006, 05:21 AM

.....for people who just happen to have the desire to spend about $850 for two consoles....

:indeed:

mario_jr

14-05-2006, 06:15 AM

Smiter

14-05-2006, 07:56 AM

Wow. I would never have thought they would say that.

But, as everyone else said, it makes less sense than Microsoft's. The point of Moore's statement was to illustrate how ridiculously overpriced PS3 was.

Nintendo's PR dept must be laughing! Imagine if they took Sony and Microsoft at their words and printed huge movie-style posters:

A picture of the Wii, with two short quotes from MS and Sony bigging-up the Wii. (Maybe with a "Beware of expensive imitations" tagline too)

shade

14-05-2006, 08:38 AM

So Sony and Microsoft are using the Wii in their war of words lol.

Sixfold01

14-05-2006, 08:44 AM

MS and Sony have just both realized how delicious Wii is, so they're trying to be nice to Nintendo! BwahAhAHaHa I SAY!!! I prefer 360 at this point however... i could get a Wii and 360 for ONE ps3! Yay, Nintendo rocks my socks off!

Looky my new sig!!! BwaHAhAha, ahhhh i'm so bored....

DiemetriX

14-05-2006, 09:25 AM

So they basicly stole what MS said, and said it as their own words. Hmm:hmm: sounds like $ony to me.

haha :yay: That's sony :)

Cube

14-05-2006, 09:55 AM

Hopefully, they'll see some point putting some games on the Wii then. (to spark interest in games on their own consoles)..

I can almost see Microsoft saying: "Rare, make some crazy Wii game"

mario114

14-05-2006, 09:57 AM

Stupid or not, the wii can only gain.

EchoDesiato

14-05-2006, 10:01 AM

In short: whatever you do, get a Wii. The competition recommending Wii can only be a good thing.

DiemetriX

14-05-2006, 10:11 AM

Lets hope MS and Sonys plan backfires.MS lets Rare make something for Wii.
And even sony makes somthing for Wii in hope to steal MS customers. In the end every one buys a Wii.

conzer16

14-05-2006, 10:13 AM

Nintendo must be laughing themselves stupid at the moment! This is only good news for the Big N!

Only thing i'll say is that people WILL NOT buy botha ps3 and a Wii. How can they? It would cost over €1000 including games etc. If Sony fans (not fanboys) see a Sony exec praising the Wii, I can see them buying a Wii over a PS3 cause of the sheer expense of the PS3.

(Look at this! Just discovered a typo!!

Look what happens if you mistype PS3........PS£!!!!! Hee hee!!!)

mario114

14-05-2006, 10:20 AM

Nintendo must be laughing themselves stupid at the moment! This is only good news for the Big N!

They must, great free advertising, their competitors are telling people to buy their console, it even fits into nintnedo strtergie, were they said, that there console makes a great second consoles. All this equals more sales.

kellett03

14-05-2006, 10:21 AM

"buy a wii (lol) oh and dont forget our motion sensoring in our controllers its just as good"

AshMat

14-05-2006, 10:27 AM

Yes.. Moore said that the Wii would be second to the ps3...

conzer16

14-05-2006, 10:44 AM

They must, great free advertising, their competitors are telling people to buy their console, it even fits into nintnedo strtergie, were they said, that there console makes a great second consoles. All this equals more sales.

Only thing is, Nintendo dont see Sony or MS as their competitors. The person that buys a ps3 or 360 is still Nintendo's terget audience, because everyone is their target audience.

You could almost compare it to the person who walks into a tech store and buys a 300 Watt Stereo - he's still going to want to have a TV isnt he? The TV manufacturers and the Stereo manufacturers are going after the same person but for a different reason. This is exactly what Nintendo are doing.
And the couple of days since the E3 press conferences have shown that Nintendo seem to have their strategy down to a fine art.

Nintendo aren't directly competing with MS and Sony, but they are going to sell a hell of a lot of video games consoles!:yay:

The fish

14-05-2006, 10:59 AM

Well I'll be damned! Sony stealing a MS quote now?
What else is there to steal? (In fact, I take that back...)
What would you rather do? Spend $600 on an Xbox 360 and a Wii, or spend $800 on a PS£ and a Wii?

I say this coming generation will split even between Nintendo and MS (about 40% each) and leave the PS£ in misserable last place where it deserves, with about 20%.

demonmike04

14-05-2006, 11:06 AM

Well put both of their statements together, what is the common fact?
Its buy the wii!

So in both of their views combined, wii gets 2 votes, ps3 and xbox 360 get one. Who's the console every ones excited for? Even the creators? (Although it may just be the obvious 'screw your rival' strategy)

ShadowV7

14-05-2006, 11:12 AM

Well this is a bit of a surprise.Good news though,people should get the point now,get a Wii.

Bogbas

14-05-2006, 12:11 PM

Well this is a bit of a surprise.Good news though,people should get the point now,get a Wii.
Well the ony way they'll get the point is that somebody tells them about wii.

I just showed the red steel trailer to a friend of mine. He's not a hardcore gamer but has a ps2 and xbox. His response was almost like : "OMFG! I have to get one. When it's available? Can I really wave the controller around like it's a sword?" If only one trailer is enough to convince someone you don't have to do much more.

Cubechris

14-05-2006, 12:35 PM

lamayo....

Mokong X-C

14-05-2006, 02:01 PM

The Lillster

14-05-2006, 02:47 PM

Peter Moore said buy a PS3 and Wii?

Ok, poort Phil must be stoned or something, trying to get over the lack of excitement the PS3 made at E3.

At least when Moore said buy and 360 and Wii it makes sense, and he justified it (price wise, cost of PS3 = cost of 360 +Wii).

But there isn't much justification for why people should buy a PS3 and Wii... assuming cost being the main deciding factor of course

Well he probably wants people to buy a PS3 FIRST! Then the customer won't be able to afford a Wii.

MunKy

14-05-2006, 03:14 PM

(Look at this! Just discovered a typo!!

Look what happens if you mistype PS3........PS£!!!!! Hee hee!!!)

I said that in E3 boards! You did a Sony! Kidding, I dont care and it is am amazing coincidence. All this shows just how bad Sony is crapping themselves. Even Nintendo didnt blunder this badly back in the day.

mario_jr

14-05-2006, 06:54 PM

Peter Moore said buy a PS3 and Wii?

Ok, poort Phil must be stoned or something, trying to get over the lack of excitement the PS3 made at E3.

At least when Moore said buy and 360 and Wii it makes sense, and he justified it (price wise, cost of PS3 = cost of 360 +Wii).

But there isn't much justification for why people should buy a PS3 and Wii... assuming cost being the main deciding factor of course
Must have been a funny interview.
"Why should consumers buy a Wii and a PS3 and not a 360?"
Phill:"Well thats easy..... umm...because..(starts to get nervous)..uhh..(starts sweating bullets)..,,you should buy PS3 because...(voice turns demonic)WE WILL EAT YOUR BABIES IF YOU DON'T!!! AARRRGGGHHHH

conzer16

14-05-2006, 06:58 PM

I said that in E3 boards! You did a Sony! Kidding, I dont care and it is am amazing coincidence. All this shows just how bad Sony is crapping themselves. Even Nintendo didnt blunder this badly back in the day.

PMSL!! I would apologise, but if Fony dont have to neither do i!!!

Hee hee!

skarmachild

14-05-2006, 07:03 PM

PMSL!! I would apologise, but if Fony dont have to neither do i!!!

Hee hee!

I've never seen this guy on the forums before but he is one of those fanboys?

mario_jr

14-05-2006, 07:05 PM

I've never seen this guy on the forums before but he is one of those fanboys?

a "Fanboy" in these forums, nooooo:nono:

MunKy

14-05-2006, 08:25 PM

I've never seen this guy on the forums before but he is one of those fanboys?
You talking about me or Conzer? Ive been here since R-E started and I floated around around on C-E for a while but under a diff name.

raven_blade2006

15-05-2006, 10:18 AM

Peter Moore (Microsoft) says buy a Wii
Phil Harrison (Sony) says buy a Wii

Thats fine with me. Either way it seems the Wii is the console that everyone should have.

conzer16

15-05-2006, 10:21 AM

I've never seen this guy on the forums before but he is one of those fanboys?

Oh.....!! I take offence!

Been here since R-E started (didnt post much), and C-E was my homepage for many years.

I am a nintendo Fan, not a fanboy, My post above was a feeble attempt at some humour.

Jeez.......some people!!:)

(Nice to meet you tho.....!)