Because dividing people by gender is lots of fun for everyone, Ubisoft is claiming that the Wii is a "girl-driven" system, something which the publisher's senior brand manager, Ann Hamilton, thinks lies at the heart of the system's success.
"What’s driving the Wii sales is the use of Wii by women, girls and families," explains Hamilton. "It’s a really female-driven platform."
Ubisoft is never one to keep away from a gravy train, and has already targeted the female demographic with all the enthusiasm of a pedophile in a playpen, with such nonsense as Imagine and Ener G.
So, the next time you're looking at someone to blame for the "MTV-ing" of the videogame industrey, please don't blame Nintendo. The blame lies where the blame for everything has lied since the dawn of time -- with women.
(And that was a joke, before anybody gets all stroppy).
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1:40 PM on 01.13.2009
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those of you males with only a wii - get a man's system
Being married for 15 years, I think it's the latter.
The scary part is that if you follow the link you'll find out that the person who made that command was a woman! (Ann Hamilton, a senior brand manager with Ubisoft, to be precise!) If they're watching half-naked girls playing Wii on YouTube ...
Then again, that would explain a lot about them...
And you're a lumberjack? Well, you're okay. I'll bet you sleep all night and work all day.
(In other words, the gals will leave us men the f*ck alone.)
So Ubisoft, by all means, keep up the good work!
BUNNIES LOVE GIRLS
They just said that women are driving the sales of the Wii, which is arguably true since a lot of interest in the system has come from girls and women who wouldn't normally be interested in a console.
I tried to explain the antics that can ensue during a game of Brawl, but I think it went over her head.
Yet, back when I somewhat predicted this, I thought it was just great to have a Wii in the kitchen. Meaning that the Wii would always be great for distracting the kids so they'd be outta mom or dad's way while they were making lunch. That, and well, the kitchen TV usually isn't in HD.
The Wii is for everyone. It has plenty of great games and it's fun to play on. It's too bad that most of these 13 year olds won't even notice the great library on the Wii under years after it's gone, if ever.
Awwww someone's feelings are hurt, poor fanboy... or fangirl since this is a girl's console?
It's very hypocritical to make fun of a specific system or promote only your own and call someone else a fanboy.
I'm a man and love the Wii. I could care less what that says about me. I have diverse interests, and the Wii has plenty to go around. And not everything on it is utter crap.
It's like saying the PC gaming is crap, because there are a lot of complete ass games online. It's fucking retarded.
'semi-naked women playing wii'
please let me hold on to that thought without spoiling it with your fanboy discussions...please
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