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Microsoft thinks the Wii is only for kids
March 28th - 2 Responses


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It seems Microsoft just isn’t feeling the Wii60 love anymore now that Sony has won a few minor PR battles in the UK. In a recent report by Daily Tech, Microsoft’s Xbox platform and Live product manager, John Rodman, implied that Wii customers are kids saying:

We don’t feel like the Wii customer and the Xbox customer are the same thing. We think that as soon as the Wii customer turns 14 they want something else.

Ouch!

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  1. mariox
    2:13 am CEST on March 29th, 2007

    Did they not realize even Xbox gamers have the Wii? This will hurt Microsoft in the long run.

  2. Mark
    10:41 am CEST on June 15th, 2008

    I doubt its for Kid, mine have aboned it after 3 months returning to the Xbox and PS3, saying games are too easy ans simple. My mother by the way loves it. Mainly for OAPs (sorry mum)

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