Wii Hardware \ My thoughts on Sony

BeNo29 says:

Random thought here. I was never really a fan of Sony. It's kinda like the United States of the electronic world. Claims it is the best at everything (and perhaps it is) and puts it's nose everywhere it can.

I like companies that have their own little field and they are great at it. Companies that have a reputation for their one type of product. Examples for subfields in audio:

-Want a sound card? Creative. They have been putting out the best and the most wildly used ones for decades.

-Want nice speakers? Bose. Well known and excellent quality.

-Want an MP3 player? Apple. Self explanatory really. Sure there are other brands, but c'mon, Apple wins.

Want video games, Nintendo..yes others have come and gone but Ninty has stood the test of time and are iconic with video games.

Then there's Sony. They want to make everything and anything. They want to make speakers, radios, plasma TVs, watches, etc. I was reading a magazine and saw an add for Sony cameras that read "No other Camera Company can match our quality" The nerve of them! Canon and Nikon rightfully dominate that field, not some electronics company that specializes in... um... What does Sony actually specialize in anyway? In what field can you say "Yup, Sony will be remembered for that. Some may say the Playstation but in a 100 years I'm pretty sure Nintendo will be the one referred back to and the one going down in the history books.

Then there's

05/23/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

Wii-Fan says:

lol you got cut offf

05/23/2007 Yarra Valley ,Melbourne, Victoria

desi says:

So, you hate Sony because it diversified. Even though diversification is one of the best ways to grow a business, and Sony is just as much a business as Nintendo is?

You know, Nintendo used to make trading cards. It used to make instant rice too, and used to run a love hotel and a taxi service, and is the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners and partial owner of the Atlanta Hawks. And now it makes game consoles and software and accessories. Where is the hate for Nintendo, then?

I call your fanboy bluff.

05/23/2007 I'm in your profile, deleting your spams for Great Justice.

smashbro says:

nintendo makes rice?

05/23/2007 your house.

mywiisites says:

smashbro said: nintendo makes rice?


yep they call it wiice

05/23/2007 geelong

XTremeEd says:

mmmm nice wiice

05/23/2007 Toowoomba, Queensland

JackAz says:

mywiisites said:

smashbro said: nintendo makes rice?


yep they call it wiice


XTremeEd said: mmmm nice wiice


You guys are retarded.

05/23/2007 Victoria

cmpa1970 says:

you got my vote beno29....

05/23/2007 Sydney, NSW

Guyver says:

I'm not a Sony fan either but I have to admit that they don't muck around when comes to business, they will invest money into a product untill it succeeds or untill it fails and if does fail they have the money to start again. If you had to categorize Sonys speciality I would have to say electronics. I know what you are tring to say though, it would be like Holden making production motorbikes, but it's not like Sony is making gstrings.

05/23/2007 www.myds.com.au Melbourne, Victoria

JackAz says:

Guyver said: I'm not a Sony fan either but I have to admit that they don't muck around when comes to business, they will invest money into a product untill it succeeds or untill it fails and if does fail they have the money to start again. If you had to categorize Sonys speciality I would have to say electronics. I know what you are tring to say though, it would be like Holden making production motorbikes, but it's not like Sony is making gstrings.



I don't know about you guys, but I see a g-string.

05/23/2007 Victoria

jac33au says:

Apple and nike got together, why not sony and victoria's secret. mmmmmm!

05/23/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

JackAz says:

But PS3s are huge!
That's not sexy!

05/23/2007 Victoria

jac33au says:

JackAz said: But PS3s are huge!
That's not sexy!


Mate you wouldnt even see the ps3 if they teamed up with the secret girls.

05/23/2007 Hervey Bay, Queensland

mywiisites says:

JackAz said: But PS3s are huge!
That's not sexy!


what has size got to do with gamming ?
gamecube was small and it still sucked didnt it !!

05/23/2007 geelong

smashbro says:

the ps3 looks like a bloody printer

05/23/2007 your house.

Guyver says:

mywiisites said:

JackAz said: But PS3s are huge!
That's not sexy!


what has size got to do with gamming ?
gamecube was small and it still sucked didnt it !!



The Gamecube was awsome what are you talking about.

smashbro said: the ps3 looks like a bloody printer



A dot matrix printer

05/23/2007 www.myds.com.au Melbourne, Victoria

mywiisites says:

cube compared to ps2 no contest cube sucked balls

05/23/2007 geelong

GCMODCHIPS says:

why does a console need to be sexy

also in my opion the PS3 is sexy lol

05/23/2007 oneill

Wegus says:

Sony specialises in electrical goods?

Sometimes they get it right, other times they waste their time. Personally i tend to avoid Sony these days, they're beginning to get very "jack of all trades" which sees the decline in the quality of their stuff (i'm generalising here, don't bite my head off fanboys). Looking a little harder for the less known specialist stuff is well worth it imho.

Btw, Apple is another example of "oooh, everybody has one of these therefore they must be good"... Bah i say, bah...

05/23/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

BeNo29 says:

desi said: So, you hate Sony because it diversified. Even though diversification is one of the best ways to grow a business, and Sony is just as much a business as Nintendo is?

You know, Nintendo used to make trading cards. It used to make instant rice too, and used to run a love hotel and a taxi service, and is the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners and partial owner of the Atlanta Hawks. And now it makes game consoles and software and accessories. Where is the hate for Nintendo, then?

I call your fanboy bluff.




You act ad if i just came on here and wrote 'sony suck' and 'playstation are gay' because im not, i gave points and valid reasons, Im not a one eyed Ninty fan boy because Nintendo have done alot of stupid **** and i admit that but atleast they dont stick there beaks in everything,once they found what there good at they stuck with it and thats video games and you cant denie Nintendos qualities in the gaming world but you can denie Sony in what they do because alot of what they do is second rate.

05/23/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

sil says:

I get what your saying Beno but SONY are as well of as they are today for making those choices. FOr having such a vast degree of diversity they have created a successful business.
Nintendo yes do appear to specialise in their gaming consoles and games but do also have there hands in many other profitable avenues.
Most of which I cannot be pooped finding out what they are at present. Just refer to desi's statement.
I do agree in that SONY have become more of a name brand where you can buy the exact same product from a lesser kown company and get equal or even better quality. SONY strong point is that they have made a name for themselves and now all they have to do is maintain that name.

I love wiice, nice one mywiisites.

05/24/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

telljoolz says:

These days sony specialise in screwing the consumer. They do it from behind when you aren't looking but as soon as you drop the soap. BAM!

They have become very good at it and thats how they 'grow' their business.

05/24/2007 Brisbane QLD

Gaylo says:

JackAz said: But PS3s are huge!
That's not sexy!


Haha i likem big!

But you have to remember what the ps3 is capable of doing!
Its ALLOT more capable than a wii.

Wii is great fun!

Ps3 is like a beast unleashing so many different angles of entertainment!

05/24/2007 Heaven

mick1681 says:  

PS3 is a jack of all trades and master of none.

05/25/2007 sydney

Gaylo says:

mick1681 said: PS3 is a jack of all trades and master of none.


how can you back up that nonsense reply?

05/25/2007 Heaven

 
 
 

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