Chris Kohler, Game|Life:
Waiting for the Miyamoto keynote to start, I’m sitting three rows from the front. Close enough to see Nintendo’s resident BMOC, Reggie Fils-Aime at the front of the crowd, working it with his trademark smile and good will. He poses for pictures, he signs Wiimotes, he presses the flesh with a good natured ease that would make even the most seasoned politician weep with envy.“Kick his ass and take his name!†someone shouted from a few rows behind me.
“Who?†answered Reggie in mid-autograph.
“Phil Harrison, front row!†Sure enough, there was Phil Harrison, seated dead center, front row. Looks like he could show up on time for Nintendo’s keynote, but not Sony’s.
With a grin and a chuckle, Reggie replies, “Some would say we’ve already done that.â€
Touchdown. The crowd goes wild.
Truth hurts. But it’s damn funny.
shmahat, dude who are you!? what comment did you post earlier!? Own up to your comments so that people can properly insult your dumbass (need more LOGIC?)
How many articles do you want to prove that NINTENDO owns? Go to digg.com , google, anything, and search for “nintendo sales.” Matter of fact find an article stating that Sony PS3 sales have surpassed any console or that they have met their expectation, (please do, I’d love to see that).
lol you people are ridiculous
excellent points, Dustin
So a 4 year old named Dustin comes on to a Nintendo fansite calling everyone names and expects a good response?
30 more years and you’ll understand why you die alone and broke.
i put the comment about how you guys are a bunch of coporate owned dicks!
i happen to spend my money and judge hardware based on, surprise, the hardware, not on how well it sold or social pressure!! when watching videos of wii(jesus man, its called wii!!) i just find them laughable, i actually laugh out loud as to how awful they look! i ain’t buying that, if you guys wanna keep playing as some gay plumber in red dungarees for the next 50 years go ahead, but seriously you should stop trying to prove your points with personal insults it really really aint changing my mind on the wii. pphhh huh hah ha ha ha wee ha ha ha ha you know like the urine pa ha ha ha
oh and reggie has souless dead cold eyes.
I would like to take a moment to thank all of the trolls for ranking this story higher so that more people read the comments you’re complaining about.
I hear Sony’s PR department is hiring. Maybe you could link them to your work here.
shmahat, dude, look in the mirror, you called everybody who bought a wii what?
Dude if you care so much about hardware buy a Gaming PC with real specs. You leave your comments in a Nintendo fansite expecting what? With the amount of money that nintedo’s making, don’t you think that it won’t be long until the specs change. For one thing, they’ve already proven one thing with the DS and the Wii, Innovation is the groundwork for success.
errr i’m looking in the mirror and reading over what i wrote. i don’t see your point? i didn’t call wii,snicker, owners anything, i may have implied something about weird fanboys. back, i mean way back in the day, when i first saw the gameboy i could’t believe people bought that and ever since nintendo pump out weak limp crap and people lap it up. you’ll notice i’m not making personal references to other commentators here, i’m trying to argue the point about being objective to the consoles and not having some weird sudo religious loylalty to a company.
its just a bit creepy.
oh and saying better specs will come in the future, isn’t actually arguing the point for the present console is it?
I went to bestbuy today, and inside that cage thing at the front of the store, i saw exactly 12 60 gb ps3′s. I went up to the guy and asked. do you have any… and the guy didnt even let me finish. He said Nope no wii’s here. When i asked about the ps3′s he said “Yea no one wants those things, people just come look at them, snicker and leave.” OWNED!
lmao burn.
gotta feel bad for sony’s employees though.
Dustin,
The fact the Sony is losing money on every PS3 sale, they sure as sh&t care about the number of total sales considering they will only make a profit if they sell enough systems. Having a 90% sale rate means nothing and will tell you nothing about the demand when you only have a tiny amount of PS3 to sell. Wow, you sold 90% out of a non existent supply, congrats. Try selling 90% once you can actually make more than 10 PS3 at a time.
Go back to school fanboy.
thats funny, how come nintendos sales have dropped 28% and Sonys has risen 108%
We bought a Wii. I have 2 kids… this is a GREAT console for them and for their grandparents. This is perfect for the front room. We own a PS/2 but only my 13yr old and myself have any interest in it… and if it wasn’t for God of War I wouldn’t play it except with her. All these “console people” talking about next gen… wow… next gen is easy…it’s called a PC. I think Nintendo is spot on here… I’ll play on the Wii because it’s a CHANGE in gaming. I’ll laugh at ps3/xbox360 owners… they should have bought a computer and a Wii.
A pc will always be more expensive than a console, come with less variety, and in the end not be worth it for people who are mainly focused on gaming. When it comes to games, pc’s aren’t completely superior, but for all the good that they have it’s worthless when there isn’t enough varied quality content. FPS #354, RTS #98, and Small Niche Title that doesn’t live up to its’ potential 3 aren’t enpugh for true gamers.
Dustin, stfu. The rest of you, enjoy life, its unnecessary to argue all the time with people who are wrong factually or simply against your opinion.
last time i checked, the PS# didnt even launch world wide yet…. so maybe the numbers might be a slightly better for the 2 others that are…..im just sick of people bashing a system that only came out 5 months ago…
Hey anon, this is just an example, but when company A is selling 0 units of its product, and then it sells 2 units, what % have they increased sales?
Back to Econ 101 for you, my son.
3 words:
Home and LittleBigWorld
getting cocky are we?
Speaking objectively, it only makes sense that nintendo will try to accomodate the percentage of people who are into detail like (inevitable evolution) my friend shmahat because it it has made a considerable amount of profit, oh what’s that SONY you mean you’re profit margin is HOW MUCH for early technology that’s too expensive??!! MEANWHILE,it is apparrent that the majority have purchased the wii because its new, a blast and gives customers PLAYING EXPERIENCE. Cry all you want little emos I am corpororate owned, CAUSE I HAVE A JOB.
OOOOO that’s gotta hurt! I really wish I was there to see how both of them reacted after that. Sony guy was probably like, “Who’s doing what now?”
thats amazing!!!
Well Dustin is wrong that they are selling equally well. He is luck to find a Wii on the shelf where I have seen multiple PS3′s sitting there, and they are newer! Anyways, the real example of how well they are doing is ebay. Just look at them both on ebay, it’s the perfect example of supply and demand. Wii’s are still going for almost $100 over retail price and PS3 are selling for LESS then retail. So there you have it. PS3 just doesn’t have any good games. Oh, and it’s $350 more then a Wii, lol.
Metroid Prime 3 > Everything.
Thus, Wii > PS3.
Everyone forgets here especially dustin you have no clue about sales. Sales work this way. You make an object and sell this object for gain. Sony themselves state they are selling every ps3 at a loss and nintendo says there making money out the door. Most companys loose in the Beginning and make up later down the road as the product gets cheaper. So nintendo is in the green all the way. Now i don’t know what bass ackwards part of the world you live in but in the greater los angeles riverside and san bernadino areas you can not buy a wii off the shelves now ps3′s are in abundance and have been since launch I did not know of one store with out one. As for being a fan boy I don’t own a console and if I could would buy all 3 but right now give me my puter and the up coming gears of war pc.
Dustin, after reading all of your comments, especially your first one:
“Pretty immature of a full-grown man to say that, especially when the statement isn’t true (it wouldn’t be if either side said it) and it’s too early to make a jugdement anyways, especially since neither system has a very good lineup nor are their features that great at this point (though sony appears to be ahead.) Both sold out all of their units when they needed to, both are selling study enough now.”
Okay look, i’m pretty sure that when Reggie said “Some would say we’ve already done that”, I think he only said that due to the obvious facts stated throughout the numerous reports from the internet and tv, that the Wii is selling alot better than the PS3 right now worldwide. If you’re now thinking,”Oh, well that’s only because Sony had shipped a limited supply of PS3′s since it’s launch back in November, yadda yadda yadda”, well, as a company Sony should have thought about that wayyy before the launch date of the PS3, and as we all hear “Oh, it’s too much money to develop a PS3″, well that’s Sony’s problem, being a company as big as Sony shouldn’t have a problem like that, especially when it comes to money problems with PS3′s to be developed, if they can develop huge plasma tv’s, computers, blu-ray players, mp3 player, computers,and everything else they make, then why is it such a problem to get a good amount of Playstation 3′s out on the shelves of stores? Nintendo did it, Microsoft did it, right? It’s not our problem that all of Sony’s products suck and/or don’t sell, I do have to admit the only Sony products i ever liked were the Playstation 1, PS2, and yes, i am also looking forward to purchasing a PS3 in time, just not right now.
The whole purpose of my comment in the first place though was just to point out that Reggie at Nintendo simply said what he said due to the obvious facts that the Wii is selling alot better than the Playstation 3. BTW nobody at that GDC incident was thinking about how sells are going between the PS2 and the GameCube, that was last-gen, this is next-gen, and i’m pretty sure those guys don’t care as much either for their current sales.
Oh, and this is to Anonymous who posted:
“aaahhhhh ha ha ha!
you guys are loyal and lie for a corporate company! what the hell is wrong with you people, nintendo are a bunch of con men and you’ve all been conned. you know your selves wii is just a game cube with a new peripheral yet you buy it in droves??!! i think i understand who nintendo owns, you dicks!!”
Okay get this through your thick head, most people that went out and bought a Wii were immediately attracted by the low(er) price, compared to the PS3. Some people have 600 dollars to throw away, and some people don’t. I myself and many others happen to be a college student for example, that does not have 600 dollars to spend haphazardly. Another thing to point out is that many many people look at the Wii and Xbox360 as “something to play video games on”, that same group may also look at the PS3 as “something that does things my computer already does” (this is shooting towards the PS3 including things like a photo editor, music player, blu-ray movie player, etc. etc. etc.), and you call Nintendo a bunch of con men?? My friend, if you could see it any clearer than it already is, Sony should be called a bunch of con men, forcing consumers to end up buying something that includes things that would rarely be used (especially in this market, the VIDEO GAME market, people buy video game consoles so they can PLAY VIDEO GAMES). You now might be thinking, “well Microsoft put out a HD DVD player add-on for the 360, who’s gonna want that? yadda yadda yadda”, well if you think that was a stupid part on Microsofts side, then you are definately wrong. Microsoft was smart doing what they did. For example, if you look at it like this, you can see that maybe some people(most probably could care less) that bought an Xbox 360 then later found out that the PS3 was coming with a blu-ray player may have thought “aw man i want one of those, i don’t want to buy a PS3 though”, but now that Microsoft came out with an add-on HD DVD player, 360 owners now have the option of having something just as equal as a blu-ray player. As for the Wii, the Wii is just plain fun, and it’s something different. As a matter of fact I own one myself and I really like it, but I have to admit that I still play my PS2 every now and then too. You said “you know your selves wii is just a game cube with a new peripheral yet you buy it in droves??!!“, man have you ever took the time to play a bit of Zelda: Twilight Princess, or Sonic and the Secret Rings? As time goes by and games like these two for the Wii come out, you will see that graphics on the Wii are indeed slightly better than the GameCube, but most importantly they are definately fun.
I really find it amazing that people think/state that they’re so much smarter than everyone else, but then have to resort to childish namecalling. If this was pre-school, and we were all out at recess it might be acceptable, but its not. Grow up. Seriously.
let me start at the begining here for those of you who are “hateing” on the wii
a qucik comparison of gaming systems is simple
360 vs ps3 vs Wii
macroshaft… i mean microsoft’s 360 is luring new gamers… to an extent
the Wii is having DROVES of NEW GAMERS
and the ps3 is a paperweight
lets take a look at why this is happening why are the WII and the 360 pulling in new gamers while the ps3 is a paperweight?
the wii brought about a revolution in gaming because nintendo has EXPERIENCE in the field of gaming much more than say sony or microsoft because nintendo has been doing it longer so they know their consumer base they want GAMERS not people who want a media center like the ps3 or 360 GAMING systems are about GAMING not photos movies, internet access, what have you yes those things are nice but if i want that i have a perfectly good PC running linux and windows
now back to the revolutionary way gaming has been changed by the wii the wii offers an expereince that leaves one still having fun even if you arent a hardcore gamer ( I am a hard core gamer i have consoles going all the way back to the oddyssey to all 3 of the current gen systems i prefer the wii it gives me a work out) lets say your grandma/grandpa were offered a wii mote and all they have to do is simple motions or something thats easy and it offers bonding time with grandparents and kids
you offer them a 360 or a ps3 remote they just stare at it ( i know i tried) my mom who hates games loves the wii because it gives her something fun to do when shes bored at home ( i bought her one a few weeks ago) and yet shes never played a gaming console in her life yet she loves her wii i once tried to get her to play a ps2 and se said no sure when i’m overthere my little brothers and sisters are there and they adore the ps2 and 360 ( they hate the ps3 for obivous reasons) but my mom has fun with her kids and it allows her to bond with my younger sibs becasue its quality family time playing the wii hell my mom has lost almost 15 pounds playing wii sports against my little brother
now the 360 is pulling in some new gamers but the interface is nowehere near as intuitve as the wiimote is it’s great for those of us who want someting where you can go blow your friends brains out with a sniper rifle and walk away having released tension but beyond that i’ve yet to get any of the older generations in my family to play with it
the ps3 .. i’m sorry but it just is a paperweight it has little or no redememing vaule save as the paperweight on my desk that i use it as
Dustin = Troll + Too much time – no life
dustin must work for sony or he was recently raped by a wii controller
Did i really just read 84 comments?
@Dustin:
Reality Check? I thought this was about video games.
Don’t bother, Dustin ran away.
KEEP ON TOPIC.
THIS IS A NINTENDO SITE, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
If you’re anti-Wii, GO TO A DAMN SONY SITE, ASSHOLES.
I only read about the first five comments; but I just really want to put this out there:
What Reggie said is true. The keyword is some. I would say that was a very tactful comment by Reggie. Some might disagree with me. But it is a fact that Reggie told the truth.
lol! This whole thing is made up fellas, Phil Harrison wasn’t in Miyamoto’s speech. I was sitting directly behind a journalist called Josh who made all of this up. I watched him type it in on his Apple laptop as I peeked over his shoulder. My friend and I were bemused as we were trying to see where Harrison was and he simply wasn’t there. Also we didn’t hear anyone shout out the words that are being reported and we were there before this Josh guy sat down. I don’t really understand the constant fighting between console fan-boys though, the world would be a duller place without even one of the big three console players.
Phil Harrison was indeed there, in the very front row in the center section. I was two rows behind Reggie. Reggie’s comment about Phil was absolutely HILARIOUS – including the look on his face as he said it! ALMOST got it on video, too. >.<
lol! This whole thing is made up fellas..
Sorry, buddy
I do believe you are blind and/or deaf!
Jesus, I wonder how long it’ll be before people see the stupidity of agueing with closed minded internet children…
There have go to be all of about 3 gaming sites where the conversation doesn’t devolve into this sort of titfortat idiocy.
At least it’s, somewhat, kept it’s coherancy and isn’t the usual full-caps, truncated words and complete grammar rape that goes down almost everywhere else.
–!! Just get the console(s) you want to play, End Of Thread. !!–
just weigh up the options and decide with your cash ffs. Owning one console over another doesn’t make you super tough/clever/desirable to the opposite sex.
No choice is really right or wrong since people have.. that’s right.. Different opinions on what they find fun.
You want a highgly underpowered, possibly short-lived gimmick. go with the bigN. You better be willing to wait, and wait, for those precious first party titles though, eh? and I hope yu don’t actually want to USE that hdtv of yours.
Want to pay for an expensive blu-ray dust-collector with a built in 3d-chatroom/pale second-life shadow? give your cash to sony. Sure makes your wallet easier to carry, huh?
or how about a boring line-treader that really adds nothing over its previous incarnation and has a decent online service riddled with the kind of dicks you see over at ign, only now they have microphones. Grab yourself an XtremeBox360 yoyo. I hope you like generic cookie-cutter spec ops fps games on a joypad.
I was actually there, sitting next to the guy who made the comment to Reggie in the first place. It was pretty damned funny. And this article has it all word for word.
I agree with voice_of_reason to an extent. There are definitely advantages to each system, but I don’t see the point of trying to convert other people to their systems. It’s not a religion. You can own more than one—or none at all—and have a perfectly satisfying life.
I was amazed as I read through some of these comments, there were posts literally around the clock. There were just as many comments made between the hours of 12 and 6 AM as there were between 12 and 6 PM. Furthermore, I was rather irritated by the complete lack/misuse of punctuation throughout the whole comments section; the anonymous post at 11:37 pm had 0 sentence-terminating periods in 511 words of text (no, “dot dot dot” doesn’t count). Although this isn’t something I’m amazingly passionate about, I think it is only doing a disservice to oneself. It leaves room for misunderstanding, and removes power from your writing. The more you practice power of speech in all it’s forms, the more you will gain from it and be able to persuade people.
I will personally buy a Wii eventually, and possibly an Xbox360, but at the moment I am happy with my pc and ps2. I have enjoyed the N64, the NES, and the Playstation original. With this having been said, I have no allegiance to any one company, as should be the case for any intelligent consumer. While I am not trying to influence anyone towards buying any certain console, I think there are certain things that should be noticed and thought on while trying to prove a point in any form of media.
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