Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Wii are not amused

No ! Stupid freaking Sony has delayed the launch of the PS3 in all the PAL territories ! Though not in the flipping US of A or Japan. Fecking typical. Apparently it’s because they don’t have enough ‘blue laser diodes’, whatever the hell they are.

*Sigh*

Oh well – I guess it’s not like I could afford one really anyway. Hopefully it’ll mean there are more decent titles available when it does launch here in March.

I am vaguely tempted by the new Nintendo Wii. Even though it does have the WORST name for a video game system EVER. Cripes man – what the hell possessed them to name it “wii” ?? Okay okay – I’ve heard that it’s supposed to get across the idea of unity and ‘togetherness’ or something, which prompts me to think “Do Nintendo REALLY know they’re target demographic ?”. I can’t think that ideas of unity / togetherness are really all that important to gamers. Well – not that I know of anyway. They should have called it something like “Babe-Magnet 6000”. THAT would appeal to a great many gamers I think. Sure – it won’t WORK as a babe-magnet ( Sony have that whole sing-star thing sewn up … Nintendo aren’t getting in there ! ) but that doesn’t matter. Anything’s gotta be better than something that sounds like urine.

Had an odd take on the system’s name last week at my role-playing game group ( disclaimer - the following conversation has been modified to make things more funny. But it’s pretty much what happened )


Hix – The Wii’s controllers are super-cool.

Seraph – Agreed. Their super-coolness is not in contention. The name, however is bollocks. I mean – ‘wee’ ??!?

Roleplayer X – I’m not calling it that.

Short stunned silence

S – What do you mean ?

RX – I think it’s pronounced differently. You pronounce the “wi” in “wi-fi” like the word “why”. I think that’s how you say “wii”. Like “why”.

Jenni – No. It sounds like “we”.

RX – How do you know that for sure ?

J – The company said so.

S - So did everyone in the world who knows about it.

RX – I still think it’s “why”.

S - … You’re wrong.

RX – You don’t know that.

S – ( trying very hard not to scream, seeing as the group took a joke death threat FAR too seriously last week ) Yes I DO know it. Everyone knows it. The name is “we”. That is its name. It is not “why”. I’m sure we would all like it to actually BE ‘why’. I wonder WHY it is not ‘why’. But, alas, it is not. It is “we”. It sounds like “bee” and “pea”. You can pronounce it “why’ all you like – but that does not make it right. Because you are wrong.

RX … I’m not convinced.

S – ARRRRGGHHHHHHH !

Jenni and Hix proceed hiding cutlery and other sharp or pointed things.


Or something like that.

The controllers ARE very cool though. The things you could do with them … in the demo movie you can use them as a virtual golf club, gun, sword, fishing rod, steering wheel and a bunch of other weird things I don’t have nouns for. And, comparatively, the Wii is pretty cheap. I think it’s around $500 bucks here. The X-Box 360 9s around $700, and the PS3 is going on $1200. So that’s a bonus too.

Still.

“Wee”.

Sheesh.

7 comments:

BubbaJay said...

Seriously dude... who gives a crap!!
Is any of them going to buy you a beer?
Are they going to lend you money?
Can you party on... like its 1999?

No.

{This from a guy whose is addicted to US cable tv}

Seraph said...

I have it on good authority that the PS3 will in fact buy you a beer. Stella as well.

The 360 can - but only Lion Red ! You would have thought Gates would have had more class, wouldn't ya?

BubbaJay said...

Hmmm, they must be marketing the PS3 toward the small girl market...
Not sure if I'd call that a good strategy.

Seraph said...

Don't knock it man - it worked with SingStar didn't it ?

BubbaJay said...

Singstar helps release the oppresed adolescent trapped inside every drunk adult!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingStar_Legends

Anonymous said...

eheh, I'd forgotten that whole "wii" thing.

Ps. I have finally added you to my sidebar, which means I will remember to come here and read you.

Seraph said...

Thanks for the sidebar-ification Jenni !