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Repyh · 03-29-2007, 08:33 AM

You'd think people working for major corporations would have some sort of training in regards to company image or code of conduct when giving public statements...

IGN: Microsoft Says Wii is for Babies

Microsoft Says Wii is for Babies
Well, not exactly - but apparently once you hit your early teens, you outgrow it.
by Matt Casamassina

March 28, 2007 - Oh, sweet mud-slinging, how we love you. It would be impossible to count how many times company reps poked fun at GameCube, just as it would be a difficult undertaking to calculate how many times former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi spoke ill of his hardware competitors. Nowadays, though, publishers rarely speak badly of Nintendo or Wii as both are overwhelming success stories.

But Microsoft's group product manager for Xbox and the Live platform, John Rodman, recently took a stab at it. According to a report by Daily Tech, Rodman insinuated that gamers would outgrow Nintendo's new console just as soon as their voices started to change.

"We don't feel like the Wii customer and the Xbox customer are the same thing," Rodman reportedly said. "We think that as soon as the Wii customer turns 14, they want something else."

Whoops. We must've missed that memo. And so did our parents.

03-29-2007, 08:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Repyh Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 67 +1 Internets	Microsoft jumps on Wii-bashing bandwagon You'd think people working for major corporations would have some sort of training in regards to company image or code of conduct when giving public statements... IGN: Microsoft Says Wii is for Babies Microsoft Says Wii is for Babies Well, not exactly - but apparently once you hit your early teens, you outgrow it. by Matt Casamassina March 28, 2007 - Oh, sweet mud-slinging, how we love you. It would be impossible to count how many times company reps poked fun at GameCube, just as it would be a difficult undertaking to calculate how many times former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi spoke ill of his hardware competitors. Nowadays, though, publishers rarely speak badly of Nintendo or Wii as both are overwhelming success stories. But Microsoft's group product manager for Xbox and the Live platform, John Rodman, recently took a stab at it. According to a report by Daily Tech, Rodman insinuated that gamers would outgrow Nintendo's new console just as soon as their voices started to change. "We don't feel like the Wii customer and the Xbox customer are the same thing," Rodman reportedly said. "We think that as soon as the Wii customer turns 14, they want something else." Whoops. We must've missed that memo. And so did our parents.