Wii is an impulse buy, says Sony

It's pretty difficult to impulse-buy something that flies off the shelves within 10 minutes of a delivery when stores are getting 3 units a week...

I don't have a Wii, but I still certainly want one!

And on top of that I'm after one because I think that in someways they are the correct way for console's to move, not becuase of what that Sony Guy said.

Well hehe how unexpected from Sony to throw the blame at Wii. I guess they know for sure now that the numbers are going to be quite bad on the following financial statement to the Shareholders.

They should just admit that PS3 was a screw up.. to narrow market and expensive. :(

My housemate got one just before xmas...it's fantastic.

Wii is suffering from shortages across the US, while the PS3 is widely available across the country.

Wii is suffering from shortages because they're selling like hot-cakes, and the PS3 is widely available because no-one is buying them!

Impulse buy? My arse!

I kinda agree

If wii is an impulse buy then the ps3 would be a damm finniacaial goal

First sentence in the fifth paragraph needs reworded - "believed to be shipping... are shipping"

And yes, I'm laughing at Sony like everyone else :)

I got my wii on midnight on 8th December that's 9 hours before normal shop opening. and it was not impulsive i loved the concept of the wii from watching videos and dribbled thinking about one and laughed my head of at all of sonys problems. yes the wii doesnt have blu-ray yes the wii dont have HD-DVD but continous intaractive game the wii has that and the wii also reaches the market for people with less money. i love my wii and i always play on it around 3 to 4 times a week as i have 2 jobs.

If i were to buy a console, it'd be a wii. But I'm not in a console kinda place right now :)

But just taking a look at Ebay - they seem to be selling for well over £200, and Amazon want over £300. Play are still listing them at the original £180, but no stock. Impulse buy, maybe. But it certainly doesn't look like one that's having difficulty finding buyers. I know which boat I'd rather be in if I were Sony.

Well, it seems someone's determined to hide that fact that their console isn't as popular as another.

I've got my Wii, I'm happy. :)

lulz, even if it is an impulse buy, it's still a better console than your's mate.

After playing my mates, I would buy a Wii just for Wii sports, it's a fantastic console.

Originally Posted by Woodstock
If wii is an impulse buy then the ps3 would be a damm finniacaial goal

finniacaial goal????

Originally Posted by Veles
lulz, even if it is an impulse buy, it's still a better console than your's mate.

After playing my mates, I would buy a Wii just for Wii sports, it's a fantastic console.

Wii Sports and Zelda were the main reasons why I got mine, but I was even able to get my parents into playing the Wii with the help of Wii Sports, and they hate video games, so how's that for a good console, eh? :P

I think the PS3's more of a remortgage buy then ;).

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I think it's simple:
Wii focused the "joy" in playing, and Sony tried to be the most resourcefull videogame ever made fogeting the fact that people who buy consoles are loking for fun.

Actually a very common mistake...

PS3 is like a (expensive) porn movie with a very intricate story and lot's of CG in it.

The Game my friend works in had the most pre-orders for a system to date.....yeah some impulse buy.

Has anyone got a PS3 then? :o

Originally Posted by Yemerich
PS3 is like a (expensive) porn movie with a very intricate story and lot's of CG in it.

Although it sounds ridiculous, that's actually a really good analogy.

Personally i think it's a shame that Sony has fallen flat on its face. The PS3 concept was kinda cool and we definitely need someone to compete with Microsoft at the "high" end. I can't see them recovering, in the gaming sector, from this though.

"Wii could be considered an impulse by more than anything else,"

Sour grapes tbh.

Originally Posted by riggs
Wii is suffering from shortages because they're selling like hot-cakes, and the PS3 is widely available because no-one is buying them!

This was rather what ran through my mind, too - the Wii is an affordable price point. The PS3 is rather more pricy.

If my local Game has the Wii in stock, I'll be buying one this Saturday. :)

another sad story for sony to be falling flat on there face is the lawsuit in the US were sony has to pay $170,000 to each state and then pay someone taxguy $175 for each person that was effect by a piece of software they released that did not state in the End user agreement that it would also install a rootkit onto the end users machine in which was quite hard to actuly remove from the system as there was no uninstall function for this rootkit. so ever wondered why the console costs so much even tho they dropped the spec on the machine. this lawsuit was dated back to November 2005 mind.

Me thinks Sony is in denial a tad.

Wii is doing well and good for them, seems like a good idea they launched with and it seems people are thinking the same and buying it.

Well tbh I think Nintendo deserve a comeback. And even if the Wii is an impulse buy, people can afford it on impulse, not sell their soul to get it...

Yeah... Sony is a bit off their rocker I'd say. If people are lining up to wait for the store's freight to come in weekly, they are making a premeditated buy. It can't be called an impulse if someone goes searching for weeks and goes to multiple stores in one day and makes phone calls to said stores on a weekly basis.

Originally Posted by FooTemps
Yeah... Sony is a bit off their rocker I'd say. If people are lining up to wait for the store's freight to come in weekly, they are making a premeditated buy. It can't be called an impulse if someone goes searching for weeks and goes to multiple stores in one day and makes phone calls to said stores on a weekly basis.

QFT

Sony need to get down off their high horse. In this three horse race they're going to come last. If I wasn't saving for a house I'd buy a Wii first and a 360 second. PS3 comes in at P3.

Originally Posted by Nezodon
Me thinks Sony is in denial a tad.

Wii is doing well and good for them, seems like a good idea they launched with and it seems people are thinking the same and buying it.

First of the 5 stages of greiving

That their console is already dead, next will come anger, watch out :D

they'd LOVE the PS3 to be an impulse buy,, just like they would love to be making money on everyone sold not losing it like they are.

Sony just shut up or admit you are damn jealous and get on with breaking promises and lying to your customers.

Sony are the worst losers ever.. Cant handle the fact that people perfers good and unique gameplay rather than fancy graphics

Impulse buy, eh? Well, it's better being an impulse buy than not being bought at all, Sony! :P

I have been thinking of getting one and if they were in stock then yes, I guess I would of bought one. It would be an impulse buy for me as there aint any games worth having. I would just have the we to have all the consoles incase there is any games later on I want.

IF the Wii was an impulse buy you would already be seeing units resold at a loss. It's been a month and they are still flying off the shelves.

Go Sony

You know, Nintendo could shift alot more Wii's if they brought out some sort of ad campaign aimed at fat people, and basically show how playing it can give you good exercise (like the guy in that recent article who played Wii Sports). It wouldn't then surprise me if you saw Wii's popping up in gym's around the UK and the US. And who knows, it might then recieve Government backing to help the fight against obesity! But that might be going a bit too far in this case :D

Wii rules. Full stop.

i was sad, this made me laugh, thanks sony for being so soar losers. :D

Heh stupid Sony...

"Uh guys.... our product isnt selling.... do we improve it or rubbish the opposition?"

"Lets rubbish the opposition and hope people ignore the facts... sounds like a plan to me..."

Originally Posted by Captain Slug
IF the Wii was an impulse buy you would already be seeing units resold at a loss.

an impulse buy does not mean that those who have bought on impluse are going to sell it.

I bought my TV on impuse because it was cheap and on offer and still have it 7 years later.

im still looking for a wii.... im not after it through impulse.. its such a great little console and has some fun games on it.... i might not have any money but if i could find one i would buy it...

tbh the ps3 fell through cos of the price and the time it has taken to be released... if they had got it out sooner like inbetween the 360 and wii and at a lower price they might have stood a chance..

also i think they should of done what the 360 did.. they should have left the blue ray off and released it lated on either as an addon or a new version...

I work part time at a major retailer in the states. We get a shippment of Wii's in and they are gone in less than 10 minutes usually. PS3's We have 150+ and probably havn't sold more than 2-3 in a 2 week period. Ouch for Sony. Awsome graphics on the units, just too expensive for your typical Gamer, and All of the hardcore gamers have probably already bought one.

I'm gonna agree with Sony. When my mate first got one I wanted to get one aswell, but they werent in stock. Now I've had some time to think about it, I'm not that bothered

Apparently there's not too many "hardcore gamers" in my area according to Sony. I can walk into about any store in my area right now and have a choice between two or three PS3's just laying behind the glass in the games department. Have yet to see a Wii in stock at all.

Where was the article when Bill gates snubbed Sony by saying they were #1 and they were only in competition with the Wii? Despite the PS3 selling more units in a smaller timeframe in both territories than the Xbox 360?

Originally Posted by SlickGnome
I work part time at a major retailer in the states. We get a shippment of Wii's in and they are gone in less than 10 minutes usually. PS3's We have 150+ and probably havn't sold more than 2-3 in a 2 week period. Ouch for Sony. Awsome graphics on the units, just too expensive for your typical Gamer, and All of the hardcore gamers have probably already bought one.

i have to agree with that.
its like the wow thing....
other mmorpg's (including sony's) aim for a far smaller market, wow goes and grabs all those guys that never play'd a game before...
same goes for ps3 and wii....

Originally Posted by DarkReaper
First sentence in the fifth paragraph needs reworded -

You mean "rewording"? or "to be reworded"?

Sorry, it was just so ironic I couldn't resist :)

Im sure Sony will berate the Wii until PS3 turns into the next Sega Saturn.

Im not that shocked that the Wii, a true gamers console imo, is doing better than the PS3 so far. Its cheap and its fun. PS3 is expensive and true value has yet to be seen in the games and Blu Ray, not really a casual gamers realm.

Good to know that Nintendo is not at all dead as most would have liked to think.

to me the sony rep sounds like a child whining when he/she don't get their way. personally what i have learned from trying to get my own wii is that you really have to want one bad to get it. even two months after its release there are people camping out in electronics stores in my town; its just madness. i had to practically sell my soul to get mine. i think that sony is just pissed because their system is not selling as much as they said it would.

on the other hand i would say that sony is right. the Nintendo wii is really more of an impulse buy than the PS3. if i wanted to get the PS3 i would have to go in to debt.

i think that sony needs to own up to the fact that Nintendo successfully re-defined "next generation". that phrase now means to me that there is a new group of people who are willing to play video games who are not the best button mashers in the world. you have all seen the videos of peoples parents and even grandparents playing the wii and doing pretty good at it. i have been a gamer for a long time, since the days of Atari and apple IIe, and since that time the lines of who plays and who does not were pretty clearly drawn. now thanks to Nintendo they have become lines in the sand once again. my hat is off to Nintendo for thinking outside the box. shame on sony for trying to put them down for that.

Tell me where the Wii's true value in games has been seen? We've mostly got Wii sports, and Zelda that everyone harps on. How is it a true gamer's console? I need to know because those don't really make sense to me. I'm getting a Wii but I just don't see where comments like "True Gamers console" really have ground on a launch with the same amount of worthwhile games as the PS3.

Worthwhile games for the PS3?

Like what? Resistance? All I've seen of that game might as well be screenshots as almost every PS3 I've seen on display is locked up. Seriously, I've been to at least 4 retailers that have a frozen PS3 on display, or it's turned off altogether. Not a huge selling point, IMO. Why would I want to spend $600 on something that won't even work for a few minutes at a time as a display model? When I have had the rare chance to see one in action, I was not impressed at all.

I've was always a Sony player, even went as far as buying an original xbox when my PS2 crapped out, only to ebay it a few months later for another PS2. Now I have a 360, and if I do get another console, it will be a Wii.

I really think Sony sunk their own boat this time around.

Sony: Our Console is the most powerful system ever, our games are photo realistic
Nintendo: Our games are fun
Sony: Err Umm... photo realistic! *hides behind wall of outward blame*

Originally Posted by themax
Despite the PS3 selling more units in a smaller timeframe in both territories than the Xbox 360?

not really....IIRC some statistics say that the 360 sold more consoles this Christmas than the wii and the ps3.

Now i measured it in a site called nexgenwars.com, and noticed that for a slice of time the wii sold more than the 360 and the 360 sold more than the ps3 .

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
not really....IIRC some statistics say that the 360 sold more consoles this Christmas than the wii and the ps3.

Well duh? Did you miss that there's a huge shortage of Wii's? >_>

ahh sony....got to luv them.





















Childish *******s

there just jealous because the wii is wanted by more people than there ps3!!

:) :)

"the Wii is attracting new gamers to the market, while the PS3 is attracting hardcore gamers"


i wouldnt say the the wii is only just for new gamers. everyone that i know who is a gamer wants the wii over the ps3.

this statment is also false in terms of the attractiveness of the consoles. i would assume that a new gamer would go for the "all bells and whisles" console over the less powerfull one due to lack of knowledge of what is actually better because it seems like the "safer option"

however this is not the case with the ps3. it isnt taking off with new gamers because of the price, this makes the wii the safer option because you wont get burned on price if it all goes wrong with the console.

the wii isnt an impulse buy due to the fact that people are still queing up outside stores for them to open to get hold of one. this shows that thought has been put into the decision to obtain a wii instead of seeing one in a shop and getting it there and then. this isnt the case since there arnt any in the shops because they sell out in minutesof arriving into the store

What's wrong with something being an impulse buy anyway?

I bought my PSP on impulse, and if I get a Wii it would also be an impulse buy. Anything under £200 that seems to be good value for money I tend to buy on impulse.

Sony are just jealous as something priced at £500 isn't going to fit into the "oh that looks cool, I'll buy one while I'm walking past the store" category!

Sony simply priced themselves out of the market, if the PS3 came out at the same pricepoint as the Wii it would be a sucess.

Originally Posted by LVMike
ahh sony....got to luv them.

Childish *******s

They're childish for pointing out the obvious?

I completely agree (for once) with Sony on this; the Wii is fun for five minutes then it gets dull and monotonous. People see a different form of gaming which is more accessible to the stereotypical non-gamer, and buy it on impulse. This is just my opinion, but dismissing Sony as childish for expressing their views on a competitor is a bit over the top.

Numbers Numbers Numbers.

http://nexgenwars.com/

http://nexgenwars.com/

http://nexgenwars.com/

3.3 Wii's sold for each PS3 sold is not impulsive buying

If people really wanted the PS3 then all stocks in the world would be exhausted, preorders and queues everywhere. Sales would've very very quickly exceeded Wii's if what Sony says is true.

Originally Posted by yodasarmpit
Sony simply priced themselves out of the market, if the PS3 came out at the same pricepoint as the Wii it would be a sucess.

Heck from What I've read even the Sony PS2 is out sellin the PS3. :D

Originally Posted by Article talking about Sony rep.
He claimed that because the Playstation 3 is considerably more powerful than the Wii, the two shouldn't be in same category. "Wii could be considered an impulse by more than anything else," he said.

What "category" does he want to be in?

In my opinion the PS3, Xbox 360 & Wii, are all in the same general category as the PS2, Nintendo 64, and Atari 2600: They are all game consoles. The only difference to me is that they are not all currently being produced. The PS3, Xbox 360 & Wii (as well as the PS2 & Xbox) may not all be from the same "generation" but I think it's fair to compare all consoles in the "currently being produced" category.

Imagine if there were only three automobile manufacturers in the world and each made only one model of car or van or truck or... Would each be in it's own category or would there only be one category with three choices?

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
not really....IIRC some statistics say that the 360 sold more consoles this Christmas than the wii and the ps3.

Now i measured it in a site called nexgenwars.com, and noticed that for a slice of time the wii sold more than the 360 and the 360 sold more than the ps3 .

I wasn't referring to christmas. If you compare launches between the 360 and the PS3, the PS3 has sold more units withing the same timeframe that the 360 was capable of selling in both Japan and the U.S. Sony has yet to Launch in Europe to top it off.

I'm not agreeing with Sony's statement. But when people say baseless arguements like Nintendo being the only company thinking of the consumer I just have call em out on it. Why? Is it because they priced their hardware within your comfort zone? Since when was it taboo to push hardware to the limit. Microsoft did it and people knocked em for it, now they are doing quite well, not Sony is wrong for doing it too? And Nintendo, the same company that LIED to it's Gamecube owners about Zelda not going to the Wii is this great god gaming everyone has been waiting for becaue they instituted technology that has already been available and now it's "innovative"? I don't buy into buzzwords like most people do. If they are claiming motion sensing I'de expect link to swing his sword sideways when I swing sidways. I'de expcet linkg to mimic every MOTION of my controller. Not a pre-determined motion based on any motion the controller does. If they were so innovative it people wouldn't be confusing tilt sensoring with full motion like they do when comparing the PS3/Wii.

cant really believe how retarded some of the posts in this thread have been, the ps3 isnt even avalible in its biggest territory... Sony are innovative and thats secures there place in the market by default tbh they showed it by backing the cd and then dvd and now with there own technology blueray. Every machine is expensive at launch thats just fact. Sony will win as they have always done because simply they have the best console content and technology. The only reason i want to buy a wii is because of zelda, and i cant think of 1 title on xbox360 which i want apart from the launch ones of kameo/perfect dark etc.

Sony has a habit of trying to innovate formats for its own purposes and they have almost all been failures, the CD and DVD were already somewhat established before they used them and both were open standards as well. For the most part I dont consider a disk format an innovation in a game console to begin with though.

I dont think sony is going to do nearly as well as it has in the past largely because they have built a console which is in a different market segment to the past launches (what £100- for PS1, £200 for PS2 and now likely £500 for PS3 ?) Its also telling that even with massive production and supply problems they are failing to sell what they are shipping.

It doesn't help that they have few good titles available and the list of future exclusives is shrinking month on month.

Last on the sony mentioning - they are still losing a significant amount on every console they sell, aiming to try and buy there way into the market rather than make a profit and that can't be healthy when a business keeps doing it to a greater and greater degree to try and save face.

The Wii seperately is doing very well for a few reasons, starting with real innovation in gameplay, adding in effective advertising that shows it off and last but not least having a price point around about where the PS2 was in the previous generations.

I think Nintendo will be well positioned for the because they are actually making a bit of money on every one of these consoles that are flying off the shelves.

Ultimately I wish them all luck because competition is only good for us consumers, I'm just a bit cynical when it comes down to "sony will win because they are sony!!" :P

£200 an impulse buy.. I must be very poor

Originally Posted by Kipman725
£200 an impulse buy.. I must be very poor

It sounds like a lot of money when you're 16/17, but it wouldn't be quite as daunting if you were making £60k a year for example. Plus, for a family (parents & a few kids) £200 might be a day out at the weekend, so a games console which might occupy the kids for quite a while doesn't sound so expensive. :)

Originally Posted by Nath
It sounds like a lot of money when you're 16/17, but it wouldn't be quite as daunting if you were making £60k a year for example.

I don't think much would be too daunting if you were making £60k a year.

I'm a PC gamer and not a console gamer, but would quite possible enjoy Xbox and PS3 games. But I'm soon tying the knot and my gaming days will probably end. My fiance doesn't game aside from the rare flash game. I want a Wii (it'll be my first console since our old school Atari), and she wants it as well.

I might eventually get an xbox since it offers some nifty games. I'm definitely going to get a Wii b/c my woman will participate in the game play and probably enjoy it too. I'm not going to get a PS3. Back in college, I knew a lot of people who had PS2s. Sure there were some cool looking games, but for the most part people sat on their anti-social butts playing their Wii. People gamed together on xboxes, and we all go together on the GameCube for some nice rounds of Smash Bros. Then there was my freshman year roommate who sat by himself playing PS2 for hours at a time when he wasn't zombified by counterstrike.

Xbox = social activity for guys.
Wii = social activity for guys and gals.
PS3 = antisocial activity, especially among guys who have 1000 CDRs of anime in their bedroom.

Originally Posted by evanbraakensiek
cant really believe how retarded some of the posts in this thread have been, the ps3 isnt even avalible in its biggest territory... Sony are innovative and thats secures there place in the market by default tbh they showed it by backing the cd and then dvd and now with there own technology blueray. Every machine is expensive at launch thats just fact. Sony will win as they have always done because simply they have the best console content and technology. The only reason i want to buy a wii is because of zelda, and i cant think of 1 title on xbox360 which i want apart from the launch ones of kameo/perfect dark etc.

This post is naive.

Sony are innovative? Ever since the success of the Walkman, all they have created is failed proprietary format after failed proprietary format.

With the PS2, DVD as a standalone technology had no competition, it was clear from day one that is offered far superior video and audio quality over VHS (which was already a decade old).

Blu-Ray on the otherhand is going head-to-head with HD-DVD, which in my opinion offers the same if not better performance at a much cheaper price...

Originally Posted by SteveyG
I don't think much would be too daunting if you were making £60k a year.

Velociraptors.

even if I were earing £60k a year £200 would not be an impulse buy as a carefully consider all purchases past the 50p cup of coffee (rip off but who can resist caffeine!).

£500 for the ps3... £500 = new processor(150)+new GPU(150) +new Mobo(100).. and a wii(200)... just add £100 to the budget lol... thing is, the things i can buy with that is more than enough to let me play crysis and unreal tournament 3. Why would I wanna buy a PS3? (final fantasy? mgs4? they come out later this year, or maybe late next year, but by then Dx10 games would be kicking their arses :D) Im a fan of the final fantasy and mgs series, but im not a fan of their console.

Too bad, this article just shows that sony is run by a bunch of 5 year old kids. Its like crying out and telling that the other kid in his block hit him when all the other kid did was play around with his new toy airplane. lol

Since it was nintendo that introduced me.. and well the world... as to how console gaming should be, then rightly so should it take the throne

Originally Posted by ikra


Too bad, this article just shows that sony is run by a bunch of 5 year old kids. Its like crying out and telling that the other kid in his block hit him when all the other kid did was play around with his new toy airplane. lol

I think it's more like myself:
When my girlfriend says "Brad Pitt is gorgeous!"
I say: "Maybe. But he's GAY!"

Wii isn't being modded.

I'll stick with my 360.

It's not being modding because it's just that superb. :D

Although people have been modding the remotes for PC use.

There's a mod to put the controller ports on the front