Sony to lose $1.71B through March '07 due to PS3

[Kuciwalker]

Anyway, the mere possibility of a Star Wars game for the Wii (read: lightsabers) sells me on it.

[Asher]

I'm not putting down a few hundred dollars to play an arcade/puzzle game (that's what it is, isn't it?). There are plenty of good and free ones on Yahoo! games if I feel the need to play any.

It's not THE reason to buy the console, but once you have one it's a surprisingly addictive/fun game. It's an oldschool style game with newschool graphics. Something refreshing.

[Kuciwalker]

And HD isn't an issue, my TV can't show better than 480p anyway.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Anyway, the mere possibility of a Star Wars game for the Wii (read: lightsabers) sells me on it.

Oh God, the cornyness kills me.

Someone ought to video tape you playing it, then edit it with CGI...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
And HD isn't an issue, my TV can't show better than 480p anyway.

Get a VGA adapter and connect it to a monitor then. Your life is better off in HD.

[Asher]

What kills me about the Wii is not only it SD-only, they don't even require widescreen 480p support.

Lots of the launch games are 4:3, which looks sooooooooooo oldschool on widescreen TVs.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Asher
Get a VGA adapter and connect it to a monitor then. Your life is better off in HD.

I think my laptop might take issue with my trying to plug something else into it...

[Asher]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061115035918.html

“We expect Sony to deliver 150-200K units to stores in the United States for the launch; consumers without pre-orders may find it difficult to locate an available system. We estimate sales of approximately 750K PS3s domestically by year-end. We expect a more robust launch from Nintendo, with at least 1.2 million units sold in the U.S. and up to four million units shipped worldwide by year-end,” said Colin Sebastian, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets, reports Gamasutra web-site.

[DanS]

Thought Dino would get a kick out of this...

I don't blame Wal-Mart one bit for breaking out the brass knuckles.

Edwards denies Wal-Mart's claim that he asked for Playstation 3

By MARCUS KABEL
AP Business Writer

Last Updated:November 16. 2006 7:56PM
Published: November 16. 2006 7:56PM Print · Email ·

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. claimed Thursday that a prominent critic, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, asked his local Wal-Mart store for help in getting a hot new Sony PlayStation 3 - a claim the potential 2008 presidential candidate denied.

Edwards took part in a Wednesday conference call with union-led activists and criticized the world's largest retailer. The same day, Wal-Mart said, an Edwards staff member asked a Raleigh, N.C., electronics department manager to obtain a PS3 for the ex-senator's family.

Through a spokeswoman, Edwards said no such request was made.

"Elizabeth and I don't shop at Wal-Mart. We haven't been in a Wal-Mart in years. We instructed no one to contact Wal-Mart on our behalf," Edwards said in an e-mail sent by spokeswoman Kim Rubey.

Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar wouldn't name the person who purportedly called on Edwards' behalf. A company statement accused Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.

"While the rest of America's working families are waiting patiently in line, Sen. Edwards wants to cut to the front," the Wal-Mart statement said.

After Wal-Mart this summer hired Edelman executive Leslie Dach as its public relations director and put him on the company's executive team, analysts said the retailer would likely become more aggressive toward its critics.

Edwards, the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group's holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.

In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.

Previously, Edwards has appeared at WakeUpWalMart rallies.

WakeUpWalMart said Wal-Mart had made a false accusation and asked the retailer to apologize to Edwards.

"Apparently Wal-Mart is so desperate to try and stop the American public's demand for corporate responsibility that Wal-Mart is now even willing to make stuff up in order to try and salvage its declining public image," campaign director Paul Blank said.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Nice.

[DinoDoc]

That's great!

[Kuciwalker]

[CrONoS]

thanks Asher for the links of Wii games review.

Reading the review, made me want to try a Wii. I don't want to buy one, but I'm really curious to try it! I was skeptics about it, but reading the review lead me to believe that maybe Nintendo is on the right track!

And I'm curious to see what will be the grand public reaction about the Wii!

Prior to this review, we asked some of the girls who work in our advertising department to stop by our demo room and play both Wii Sports bowling and tennis. They don't play games and had only a very limited understanding of Nintendo's new console. We armed them with Wii remotes and very briefly explained the basic controls. Within seconds, they were competently going back and forth on the tennis court and knocking down pins in bowling - and they were having a great time playing. In fact, just about everybody we've introduced to the sports compilation has walked away happy, whether they have been a gamer for years or completely new to the activity. It's clear to us that Nintendo is onto something and sure enough, Wii Sports might even truly capture some of those non-gamers.

[snoopy369]

Asher ... you realize you're a total fanboi, right? There's nothing wrong with it, as long as you realize it ...

[Q Classic]

Better an X360 fanboi than a PS3 fanboi.