Nintendo Wii An Impulse Buy, Says Sony Rep

Dave Karraker is the number one Sony fanboy.  Well, he probably should be considering his position as Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) spokesman.  Karraker has lashed out at the competition from Microsoft in the past, and now he's focused on ripping apart the Nintendo Wii and those who made it a holiday season sensation.

Last year Karraker spat some serious hate at the Xbox 360, calling the system's HD DVD add-on an "unfortunate" decision not capable of "true HD" playback.  He later smacked down the Xbox 360 again, calling Microsoft's plans for Xbox Live HD movie and TV downloads a "disservice" to anyone who bought a non-hard drive Core system.  Yeah, like anyone buys those.

Well, now it's the little Wii's turn to take some Karraker heat.  He told The New York Times that Nintendo's console "could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else."  Ohhh, burn.  Furthermore, Karraker added that the Wii didn't even belong in the same category as his company's bulky system.

Karraker's comments are probably meant to counterbalance the Times' story, which argues that it's been much easier to find the PS3 despite its lower availability than the Wii.  However, to most it will sound like sour grapes, considering the widespread appeal of motion sensitive gameplay.

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2 comments
Posted by cK on February 3,2007 at 5:36 PM
haha ... anything new on the market is an impulse by. Sure, ppl can sit there and justify "why" they would like one and "why" it's the best deal. Don't care. Unless you're a hardcore fan, hard-up for gaming, or your child is hard-bugging your ass for one, impulsiveness seems to be masked with reasons.  I purchased a PSP on impulse, I'll admit. But I researched that device for over 5 months before decided whether or not I was going to drop $300 on the damn thing. In the end, I'm satisfied but can't lie I wanted one "just to have one". Don't kid yourselves. When in doubt, cheap it out - Nintendo provides resolve in both cases.
Posted by Jay on February 1,2007 at 12:58 PM
Yes, that's right we all impulsively waited in line overnight on more that one occasion in order to try and buy a Wii on impulse. The PS3 could be an impulse buy (if you're rich) seeing as how they're just sitting on store shelves everywhere anyway, but it's pretty hard to buy a Wii on impulse when you have a rather daunting task just to trying to find one that's for sale in the first place.