"PS Vita" vs "WiiU"

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#1 Posted by Enigma777 (5970 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago


#2 Posted by Enigma777 (5970 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Which name is worse?

#3 Posted by phish09 (1108 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Playstation.  It still sounds like a toy you would buy for a 2 year old to me. 

#4 Posted by PrivateIronTFU (3874 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I don't like either of them. But all I can think of when I hear Vita is hot, melted processed cheese.

#5 Posted by phish09 (1108 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@PrivateIronTFU said:

I don't like either of them. But all I can think of when I hear Vita is hot, melted processed cheese.

Yeah...I'd pour some canned chili in that and crack a bag of doritos.
#6 Posted by PrivateIronTFU (3874 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@phish09 said:

@PrivateIronTFU said:

I don't like either of them. But all I can think of when I hear Vita is hot, melted processed cheese.

Yeah...I'd pour some canned chili in that and crack a bag of doritos.

Yeah, but for some reason, I don't wanna eat it.

#7 Posted by PenguinDust (12096 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I voted Danny "DaVita" because I like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  :-)

#8 Posted by Ghostiet (4751 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Both. "Vita" makes me thing of pills I eat for stomach illnesses, "Wii U" is just... Ugh.

#9 Posted by SoldierG654342 (1366 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I can just say "PSV" in a pinch. There's no real way around WiiU. 

#10 Posted by zityz (2351 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Vita at least rolls off the tongue better. Wii U sounds like a school. Either way they will sell assloads so who cares. I'm interested in both, which is surprising because I haven't cared for a Playstation product in quite some time.

#11 Posted by Galiant (2126 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@phish09 said:

Playstation. It still sounds like a toy you would buy for a 2 year old to me.

...and that makes the "Wii U"...what?

#12 Posted by onarum (1805 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

WiiU takes the prize on this one, god I really hoped they would call it the Nintendo.

#13 Edited by AP3 (42 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Equally bad. Neither rolls off the tongue well.
 
Though I suppose PSV sounds alright. Nothing can be said for Wii U.

#14 Posted by phish09 (1108 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@Galiant said:

@phish09 said:

Playstation. It still sounds like a toy you would buy for a 2 year old to me.

...and that makes the "Wii U"...what?

A clown college perhaps?
#15 Posted by imsh_pl (3289 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Just wait for 'Mii Wii U 2'

#16 Posted by ajamafalous (10602 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Wii U is really the worst name for anything I've ever heard ever.

Vita is fine, and PSV is no different than PSP or PS3.

#17 Posted by dougmansion (138 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I just can't stop thinking of Kung Pow Enter the Fist when I see WiiU:

#18 Posted by TheGreatGuero (9067 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@phish09 said:
Playstation.  It still sounds like a toy you would buy for a 2 year old to me. 
The Fisher Price Play Station will provide your child with hours of entertainment!
#19 Posted by Little_Socrates (5436 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Going with Wii U, makes me think of The Dover Boys of Pimento University.

Also, PSV would be even worse than the PSVita, as it still sounds like a sexually transmitted disease or European super-minivan.

Going to refer to them in speech as the NGP and the Wii U, because I can't come up with anything that would correctly identify the Wii U and because nobody who will know what a PSVita is won't know what an NGP is.

#20 Posted by YetiAntics (1469 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@phish09 said:

Playstation. It still sounds like a toy you would buy for a 2 year old to me.

This quote takes me back to 1995.

Good times

#21 Edited by Hot_Karl (3309 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@PenguinDust said:

I voted Danny "DaVita" because I like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  :-)

You gotta pay the troll toll if you want to get into this boy's hole. 
 
@Little_Socrates: I got this terrible case of PSV when I hooked up with Mallory last weekend in Vegas.
#22 Edited by Wakeman (6 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Nintendo, pretty much for not dropping the Wii name and then adding that awful "You can totally also be spelled as U" thing.
As for the PSV, Vita is Italian for 'life', really not that bad in my opinion.

#23 Edited by Beforet (2632 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

WiiU. At least with Vita I can shorten it to PSV and pretend that's just the name. Can't do that with the WiiU.

Edit: Wait a minute.

Playstation

Playstation 2

Playstation 3

Playstation Portable

Playstation Vita, or PSV. Playstation 5

Holy shit it's BRILLIANT

#24 Posted by Hot_Karl (3309 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@Beforet: But the Wii U is the shortened version of the entire name! No need to force it into an acronym or anything!
#25 Posted by ThePickle (3522 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Wii U is the worst name for anything ever.

#26 Posted by EVO (3509 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

How do you pronounce Vita? Is it like Visa, or vitamin?

#27 Posted by Natedogg2 (417 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

You laugh now, but this will happen.
 
Wii U Bowl -> U Wii Bowl -> Uwe Boll

#28 Posted by Herocide (439 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Vita makes me think of a fruit smoothie. Wii U is just, I don't even know.

#29 Posted by s7evn (1072 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

WiiU is a terrible name.

#30 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

How can you not say WiiU?  That's the dumbest shit ever.  At least Vita is kind of like a cell phone name.

#31 Posted by Enigma777 (5970 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@VinceNotVance said:

@Beforet: But the Wii U is the shortened version of the entire name! No need to force it into an acronym or anything!

WU

#32 Posted by bwooduhs (1609 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

The Vita because im sold on it already

#33 Posted by Hot_Karl (3309 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@EVO: It's pronounced "Vee-tah", like "cheetah" but with a Vee instead of a chee. 
 
@Enigma777: I hope we as a society don't get so lazy as to not want to write out 4 letters (Wii U) as opposed to two (WU)
#34 Posted by Getz (2893 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Wii U wins outs just ever so slightly, because in addition to being dumb, it's lazy AND confusing. Vita is just dumb; at least it sounds like they put some thought in to it.

#35 Posted by EVO (3509 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@VinceNotVance: Thanks, I've been wondering for days.
#36 Posted by FierceDeity (274 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Imagine if they had instead called it the "Wii G". Then it could have 3G capability. = )

#37 Posted by Gabriel (4035 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I clicked on Danny Davita, but come on Wii U.

#38 Edited by Icemael (6099 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Playstation Vita is a horrible name. Like, really, really horrible. It sounds like a skin lotion for 35+ women, or a brand of sparkling water. 

But Wii U. Wii fucking U. Jesus Christ.
 
@FierceDeity said:

Imagine if they had instead called it the "Wii G".

#39 Posted by Tgebbs (35 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

oh, didn't realize the question was for which is worse.. revote for wii u, not vita.
 
vita isn't that good, but as soon as everyone accepts that PSV is going to be the acronym, then it's not so bad.
 
wii u however.. fucking garbage.

#40 Posted by StaticFalconar (4780 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
#41 Posted by tkalsey (108 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

#42 Posted by Rudeboy217 (1726 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
#43 Posted by supermike6 (3502 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Vita is a pretty alright name; the Wii U is a pretty shitty name.

#44 Edited by Captain_Felafel (1309 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

They're both kind of incidental to the product and don't mean ANYTHING. But at least Vita follows a familiar Sony naming-scheme of "slick" sounding words that don't really mean anything, but aren't at the same time absolutely insane. The Wii U is insane.

#45 Posted by L1GHTN1N (269 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Vita is growing on me, I don't think I'll ever get used to Wii U. Instead I propose we call the Woo. Easier to say and and doesn't sound as ridiculous. 

#46 Posted by TheVeteran13 (996 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@Enigma777: When ever I hear Wii U I think of someone with a lisp saying Ryu
#47 Posted by Bucketdeth (7937 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Shit I picked Vita without reading. Vita sounded bad at first  but after hearing WiiU, Vita sounds great.

#48 Posted by AndrewB (6871 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Sony didn't deliver with their last portable, and Nintendo with their last console. Both have something to prove to me before I decide anything about either. 

#49 Edited by Strife777 (951 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

As much as PS Vita sounds like some sort of yoga class or healthy milk product, Wii U is simply fucking horrible. It just seems like there is no way to pronouce it properly. With the other, you can atleast say PSV or something.

#50 Posted by ImperiousRix (2933 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I think the WiiU is a much worse name for a couple of reasons.  For one, the name "Wii" at least had some kind of connotation with what the system was; an all-inclusive experience that "WE" could enjoy.  But what the fuck is WiiU supposed to mean?  Secondly... it sounds like you're attempting to make siren noises every time you say it. 
 
The Vita isn't that bad.  It is a very feminine sounding name, which I feel is weird, but what-evs.  Not to mention, I refuse to stop calling it the "VITE-UH", as in Vitamins... because that's what I'd been calling it since the name first appeared.  I still insist I'm right!  >_>

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