Kotaku
1up has a round-up of industry reaction to Nintendo's choice of name for their next-generation (or as they insist on calling it, "new generation") system, the Wii. The upshot? No sir, they don't like it. Reactions range from mild dislike to intense dislike, while Nintendo remains upbeat, convinced that gamers will accept the Wii:
Of course people initially people thought 'it sounds strange,' are not sure what to think, and I think, then they come to accept it. I can't speak for every single person, and I'm sure there are those people who still don't like it, but I think there are more and more people starting to embrace it.
You notice they refer to the Wii as "it" throughout. I suspect that's because they know that no matter how optimistic you're trying to be, if you say "they come to accept Wii" and "there are more and more people starting to embrace Wii" you're going to sound like you're making grade-school potty jokes. Hoist on their own pitard!
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