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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Sounds reasonable enough. I must say, of all the people disagreeing with the name, you're probably the only one who hasn't annoyed me at all.
Yeah, we all know how annoying dissenting opinions are.
I understand you like the name, but you haven't exactly been either convincing nor civil in your attempts to persuade others to your opinion.
Two posts ago, you called me a liar by insisting that I didn't ask anyone. I've talked to at least 5 people on the subject, and all I've said is, "The new Nintendo console is called the "wee". "
I know you don't want to believe it because it derails the fanboy train, but their reaction was immediately "WTF are they THINKING?"
The problem is, you and I and everyone else on this board have had time to mull over the name. We've had time to gauge it. We've slept on it and had time to get used to the name, often eliciting a different reaction at a later time.
What you and the other Wii supporters don't seem to realize is that, for MANY potential buyers, their first reaction will be their ONLY reaction, that people will look at it, say, "The why? That's retarded." and go look at other consoles. Even if they DO try the console, they'll likely have a preconceived negative reaction from the name and thus not give the console a fair chance.
Nintendo is about games. Giving their new console some bizarre marketing gimm!ck for a name distracts from that. The name has to be explained before a person even knows how to
pronounce it. If that's not a gimm!ck, what is?
Look, I'm done arguing about it, and rather than make a snide comment about my opinions, I'd prefer that we could just agree to disagree. I think the name is a mistake on their part, and I'd LOVE to be wrong, but sitting here slinging mud at each other isn't going to change a thing.
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