Nintendo Wii

[Acanthus]

This thread is wii tarded

 

[Praxis1452]

I'll still call it the revolution ****** this wii crap.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Wii'll see how well it does come the launch.

 

[JDrake]

Let's face it. The name sucks, but fits perfectly for the system.
Plus, the crowd that Nintendo is trying to attract is probably too young to even know what a wiiener is.

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: Beige
I believe the people that named it said" Its not about YOU! so who gives a fvck what america thinks. I live in America btw. Anyway ITS NOT ABOUT YOU ITS ABOUT WII DAMMIT! ......

Well if that's their reasoning, it's incorrect grammar. The correct way to say it would be, "Its not about you its about us <expletive deleted>!"

 

[KarmaPolice]

i dont think the name is offensive..

still think its lame tho.

Revoultion was a great name

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Injury
I don't care if they call it the "crapstain", as long as it plays games and makes them look good what the hell does the name change?

 

[eelw]

3 more days until E3 🙂

 

[JonnyStarks]

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[ballmode]

lameo sameo

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: kmrivers

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
let's be honest, the lame is pretty lame.

Why? Is that all you can say?

He's right. The name is rediculous. Naming is 90% of the marketing a product. A car named the "Toyota Wank" or a new snack food called "Tasteicles" would not sell very well. Same deal here. They need to have a name that gathers respect, vision, and is descriptive of the product. The Revolution did just that. So then they take the great name away and replace it with something that sounds like what a 6 year old calls his penis.

Nice job there guys.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: kmrivers

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
let's be honest, the lame is pretty lame.

Why? Is that all you can say?

He's right. The name is rediculous. Naming is 90% of the marketing a product. A car named the "Toyota Wank" or a new snack food called "Tasteicles" would not sell very well. Same deal here. They need to have a name that gathers respect, vision, and is descriptive of the product. The Revolution did just that. So then they take the great name away and replace it with something that sounds like what a 6 year old calls his penis.

Nice job there guys.

LOL Tasteicles!! 😀😀

 

[MazerRackham]

They should call it the Nintendo PS360!!!

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Injury
I don't care if they call it the "crapstain", as long as it plays games and makes them look good what the hell does the name change?

 

[jpeyton]

The name is stupid. I would think any focus group with a group of teenage boys could have told Nintendo that.

That said...

Nintendo has turned a profit on every system they've made, save the Virtual Boy. They have deep pockets, enormous cash reserves, and they are still minting money in Japan. It's true, their bread and butter are their first-party titles and their dominance of the handheld market. But even the Gamecube was a financial success for them, and the Wii looks to be stronger out of the gate and will probably expand their demographic due to the unique controls.

So as much as we'd all love to bash their name change decision, let's give the billion-dollar company the benefit of the doubt.

 

[jmagnum]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: kmrivers

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
let's be honest, the lame is pretty lame.

Why? Is that all you can say?

He's right. The name is rediculous. Naming is 90% of the marketing a product. A car named the "Toyota Wank" or a new snack food called "Tasteicles" would not sell very well. Same deal here. They need to have a name that gathers respect, vision, and is descriptive of the product. The Revolution did just that. So then they take the great name away and replace it with something that sounds like what a 6 year old calls his penis.

Nice job there guys.

I would totally buy a Toyota Wank!

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: DaiShan

How does having a name that makes no sense help with marketing to non-gamers? The gamers are going to buy it whether it's named revolution, wii, or pig fscker, but do you see some little old lady going into EB and asking for the wii for her grandson for christmas? Revolution is just a more marketable name IMO.

It seems to work in marketing for some reason. Why did Apple call their portable music player something so strange sounding like iPOD? I mean really, wtf is an iPOD? 🙂

We have other popular products with strange names, like drinks called Red Bull.

I think it has more international marketing potential, and grandmothers will buy it, especially because it's a lot cheaper than PS3 or Xbox360. And btw, I thought Xbox360 was kind of a wierd name too, the 360 part.

It's an interesting subject, we'll see what happens...the hardware and games is what really matters.

Apple has a great naming convention. i means Internet- they used in on their iMac line to show their computers were great for using on the web. Pod means a case or enclosure to hold something. So- iPod = Internet Storage unit. The lower case "i" got to be such an "i" catcher (yuck yuck yuck!) that just having it in front of a device title equates it with Apple. That's EXACTLY what a marketing campaign needs to do, and they hit the nail on the head.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
This thread is wii tarded

LOL

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: jmagnum

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: kmrivers

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
let's be honest, the lame is pretty lame.

Why? Is that all you can say?

He's right. The name is rediculous. Naming is 90% of the marketing a product. A car named the "Toyota Wank" or a new snack food called "Tasteicles" would not sell very well. Same deal here. They need to have a name that gathers respect, vision, and is descriptive of the product. The Revolution did just that. So then they take the great name away and replace it with something that sounds like what a 6 year old calls his penis.

Nice job there guys.

I would totally buy a Toyota Wank!

Well yeah! We know YOU would. 😀