In the red corner, wearing aquamarine and white, the Wii.
In the blue corner, wearing black and.. uh, sometimes silver or occasionally white... and horfing down fistfulls of sour grapes, the PS3.
Actually, the fight is already over. Gaming site Spong noted this afternoon that the Wii has officially become the UK's fastest selling gaming console in history, with 100,000 units finding new homes over launch weekend.
This beats out the previous record holder, Microsoft, which sold 70,000 XBox 360 in its debut last year. And Sony with the amazing, phenominal, earth-shattering, mind-blowing, all-powerful PS3?
(Cue: The sound of crickets)
But why is this fight between Wii and the PS3?
Because despite the fact that the Wii is handing Sony a can of retail whoop-ass by selling nearly two times as many consoles in Europe than Sony, that Wiis are actually increasing in price on EBay, and that some PS3 owners on Craigslist saying they'll gladly trade their unopened PS3s for Wiis, Sony execs say they're not worried about Nintendo.
Why? Because the Wii -- according to Sony spokesman Dave Karraker -- is not a serious gaming console.
"We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3...If they do pick up a Wii, it's as more of a novelty."
Wow. Does Sony provide the wheelbarrows necessary for its spokespeople to carry around their massive balls or do they have to buy their own?
Normally, if a huge, multi-national electronics firm offered such a passive-agressive statement about a smaller competing firm, I might consider it a sign of confidence.
But fact is -- Sony's getting its ass handed to them by this "novelty." Which means that isn't confidence that's talking: It's either abject fear or supreme ignorance.
Is Sony trying to act like the fat chick in that Apple spoof video or is it just a weird coincidence?
I'm not sure.
What do you think?
The trouble is most people use the most moronic of logic i remember last time people bought the pathetic PS2 over Xbox, anyone who did this had some very thick reasons for doing so i remember 1 being the xbox was big.
If use this theory of consumer stupidity in the next gen war we will again get some very silly reasons for the choices people make.
I can`t comment on PS3 games i have not seen anything other than fmv all i know anyone buying a PS3 when they can own a WII and 360 for the same price is either rich and can afford to waste money or foolish indeed.
The PS2 had a core market of what we call chavs in England look on chavscum.com if u r American these retards will have to mug a lot of people to afford the new PS3 all i know is expect a crime wave when the PS3 is released
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