Have you ever heard of the 'Sony Wii' before? We haven't, but The Times newspaper has - it mentioned it in an opinion piece about GTA this weekend.
While the paper shrugged off the usual 'GTA IV will ruin society' view that mainstream media takes with Rockstar's series, it's ironic that it should throw out any potentially-earned respect from the hardcore gaming crowd by making up it's own gaming format.
Discussing how absorbing recent games, including GTA IV, can be, the piece says: "The latest games designed for the Sony Wii console can even force players to break sweat."
It's not exactly a simple typo. It's almost as if the PS2 era, when 'PlayStation' was synonymous in the mainstream world with the term 'videogame', has spilled over into the present, when Wii is the only console these non-gamer types have heard of.
At least they appreciate the game: "The result of three years' work by 150 developers, it will draw tens of millions of users into an urban dystopia modelled closely on New York and realised in such staggering detail that the protagonist can relax between sessions spent prowling the city's virtual streets."
So no Daily Mail-style morality hissy fit, but get key details such as console names right, for heaven's sake. It's like kid in a games shop this weekend we heard ask for a copy of "GTA Iv-ey".
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
I don't know - it's not that tiny a mistake. For me, it just goes to highlight how little effort they've made into researching or understanding what they're writing about - and if they make such fundamental mistakes in this article that we can see as mistakes because of our knowledge of the subject, how many other similar mistakes are we not noticing in other articles we know less about?
And as for typos, spelling, grammar and so on in articles on this site - hey, they are written by professional journalists and in theory proof-read by an editor before being published. There shouldn't be errors full stop.
You know, it signifies the dominant console when that sort of thing happens among nongamers.
Many moons ago, when Nintendo dominated the game industry, everything was refered to as "the nintendo" by nongamers. Even if it was a sega master system, it was still called "the nintendo". By the time the PS2 was in full swing, all game systems, even if they were not Sony's , were called "the playstation"...
Now we see the beginning of the populace calling everything "the wii". Guess that means the wii has become society's norm for game consoles.
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
"only one small mistake" it's a lot more than that pal, if they can get something like that wrong how can you take anything else they say as trustworthy?
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
"only one small mistake" it's a lot more than that pal, if they can get something like that wrong how can you take anything else they say as trustworthy?
It is one small mistake. Ok, to people who have knowledge of the subject matter, it's a bit more than that, but to everyone else for whom gaming isn't the be-all and end-all (and I include myself there) it's one small mistake.
And you're calling the New York Times untrustworthy? WHAT?! That paper has more respect than the vast majority of all publications the world over, especially CVG. I even referenced one of their articles in my dissertation.
Publications (whether they be print or internet based) always make mistakes like this. It's because they don't have the money to employ a specialist in every single area that they write about. All CVG's writers are games specialists; do you think they have a vast pool of knowledge on every other subject that gets mentioned on this site? I think not.
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
"only one small mistake" it's a lot more than that pal, if they can get something like that wrong how can you take anything else they say as trustworthy?
It is one small mistake. Ok, to people who have knowledge of the subject matter, it's a bit more than that, but to everyone else for whom gaming isn't the be-all and end-all (and I include myself there) it's one small mistake.
And you're calling the New York Times untrustworthy? WHAT?! That paper has more respect than the vast majority of all publications the world over, especially CVG. I even referenced one of their articles in my dissertation.
Publications (whether they be print or internet based) always make mistakes like this. It's because they don't have the money to employ a specialist in every single area that they write about. All CVG's writers are games specialists; do you think they have a vast pool of knowledge on every other subject that gets mentioned on this site? I think not.
We're talking the new York Times here, it's not the Washington post fer fecks sake!! If they don't know who makes what console they sure as hell can't be trusted to know what the games are about. And why are you defending a f**king newspaper?
And you're calling the New York Times untrustworthy?
The article is from "The Times", a British newspaper.
You'll note it doesn't say "New York" inbetween "The" and "Times". You'll also note that it makes reference to "The Daily Mail", another popular* British newspaper.
You're obviously not a fan of research, so I can understand why you're quick to defend shoddy journalism.
*(Note: High circulation does not equate to quality journalism.)
I will let them off for their stupidity, but only because it is one of the few newspaper articles that isn't blaming gaming for terrorism, world poverty, murder, rape, theft, incest, dog poos that are not white anymore.............
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
I don't know - it's not that tiny a mistake. For me, it just goes to highlight how little effort they've made into researching or understanding what they're writing about - and if they make such fundamental mistakes in this article that we can see as mistakes because of our knowledge of the subject, how many other similar mistakes are we not noticing in other articles we know less about?
And as for typos, spelling, grammar and so on in articles on this site - hey, they are written by professional journalists and in theory proof-read by an editor before being published. There shouldn't be errors full stop.
For me, this highlights how little the mainstream media actually knows about the gaming industry. It's funny that they seem quick to lambast many games that they seem 'unsuitable', and yet in the next breath they demonstrate that they actually don't have a clue.
Saying the 'Sony Wii' is something my mum would say (who is also clueless with regards to games).
And it is a big deal - equatable to saying the Ford Astra, which is as big of a f**k up.
And you're calling the New York Times untrustworthy?
The article is from "The Times", a British newspaper.
You'll note it doesn't say "New York" inbetween "The" and "Times". You'll also note that it makes reference to "The Daily Mail", another popular* British newspaper.
You're obviously not a fan of research, so I can understand why you're quick to defend shoddy journalism.
Maybe he's the guy who wrote the article. It makes sense that he doesn't even know what paper he works for!
Surely it's not that big a deal. It's only one small mistake. How would you like it if the New York Times read all your articles and pointed out every mistake you made. That'd fill up a whole news site on its own!
No offence meant, by the way. It's just it's a little harsh to single out the tiniest mistake in an article. That goes for you, everyone who points out typos on the comments section.
Surely its not big deal? its an insult to nintendo, but not so much to sony.
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it's a lot more than that pal, if they can get something like that wrong how can you take anything else they say as trustworthy? 
