Posted Feb 16, 2007 at 06:47AM by Rio S. Listed in: Off Topic Tags: Sony, Paris, France
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Link poses with Sony products - Image 1 Spot the not - Image 1


We really don't know what to make of this. This was found by zomBdog at the Virgin Megastore in Paris, France.

Nintendo's poster boy Link is been surrounded by Sony products. PS2s are on his feet, and PSPs hang on his sword. There are DS games at his feet but this weird store centerpiece is a bit confused. Maybe this is a bit of stocking mistake or maybe a bit of Feng Shui on the store's part.

Anyway, let us know what you think.


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   by Desca (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Nothing wrong

There's nothing wrong with that. If you gotta sell products, you gotta sell products.


   Re: whats up with this site? (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » whats up with this site?

i think its time to sell the old psp, if this is the only thing worth reporting!

   Re: ugh (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » dude above me

dude above me, STFU. not everyday has a bit of hacking the PSP news. YOU ARE ANNOYING

   Re: Jin (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Well then do it.

Sell your PSP. : )

   Re: mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-18
 » actually

psps are selling better in the "people who aren't gay with a life" age group
   by gamester109 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » WTF??

um yeh WTF??? That freaked me out a bit.

   by MickeyMouse (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Link sucks

I would break this statue...and throw all DS stuff in the toilet vessel...this is where it is supposed to be.


   Re: Batman1016 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Riiiiiight . . . .

I count about 200 million gamers worldwide who disagree. And think you're a moron. Go flame some site that caters to children like you.

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   Re: urmom (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » fku

DS are for girls and *****s.

I see so many adults playing psp in the subway here in nyc and maybe once on a blue moon u might see a asian girl with a DS but thats it. PSP rules the world. if u dont agree then u are a *****ggg

   Re: mr_bigmouth_502 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » MickeyMouse...

you suck balls. Link's f****** awesome and he could kick Mickey Mouse's fat ass any day. Hell, he could probably rip Mickey's head off Mortal Kombat style!!! BTW it's kinda strange seeing Link surrounded by sony products, but it's all fine by me.

   Re: Kfl (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Hahaha

You do realise the DS is outselling the PSP nearly three-to-one, right?

   Re: You're, MR. Light in the loafers (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » taht because more kids buy handhelds.

I guess you want to base your gaming habits on what a bunch of children who think Mario + his hundred spinoffs is a new concept. But if you happen to take the nyc subway like other adults and I take on daily basis you will nothing but... PSPs. I've seen a couple hundred psp played so far and one very questionable fella playing his ds lite for brain age(probably he's hoping to bed down that cute japenese doctor). I've seen as many ds on the streets, although were being toted around by their target demographic: 5-9 yr olds. Hillary Duff probably sells a million with that age bracket too, so I guess your arguments would be that she is greatest artist.

   Re: mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » ds sux

ds is the "budget" system for people who seem to be too poor to buy a psp. and link is just some *****gy guy who looks like peter pan

   Re: Neuromancer (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » PSP better than DS

Yeah, I'd rather have a PSP. I don't like the DS because game studios are still planning to make games for it in the future. I'd rather have obsolete technokludge.

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » wow

HOLY F**K. Are you on crack? Link is one of the coolest characters ever. ur too busy sucking ur momies balls to pay attention to $hit @ss wipe.

   Re: mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » whatever

you guys are just jealous since you only have gay characters like mario and link to back you up. you dont have any awesome games like grand theft auto or socom. you're just stuck with cooking mama and mario kart. and you cant listen to music or watch movies. and the internet browser is crap and doesn't support flash. and the psp's umd holds 1.8 gigaBYTE while the ds card holds 1 gigaFLOP which is equal to 128mb. and unlike you guys i actually have a girlfriend

   Re: ryan (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » price drop

i think that all the psp need to gain a lot of competitivness with nintendo is to drop the price to $149.99. come on guys, $130 for a handheld N64 or $150 for a handheld Dreamcast (not at early ps2 levels quite yet, but close)

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   Re: Count Blah (Unregistered) - 2007-02-17
 » You do realize that the ds

is outselling the psp in every age group.

   Re: mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-18
 » actually

psps are selling better in the "people who aren't gay with a life" age group
   by Kev (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » What I think

Is that the shopmanager is just trying to be creative and doesn't care about what company is better than the other.

I also think your running out of articles if this was considered a serious news post.

   by Ash (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Here's the deal...

Personally i think they are poking fun at how nintendo products are crushing sony, at least in sales... C'mon people, buy more psp's...

   by gamester109 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Nintendo now your playing with POWER!!! ( very old phrase)

how can mickeymouse hate nintendo that much?? as they have entertained us during our childhoods and continue to do so now days with the wii I mean how can you not see been able to swing links sword as cool??


   Re: MickeyMouse (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Nintendo sucks

Does Atari still make consoles? Nope...
As I said before, Nintendo is cheap...they keep releasing the SAME sh1t over and over again...and guess what...people keep buying it.
This happens with their consoles and their games....all mario games are the exact same thing...oh...they change the background on every release...

   Re: Koru-Kun - 2007-02-16
 » @ MickeyMouse

Oh, what's that? You say that the PS3 controller is practically the exact same shape as it's previous two predecessors?! What was that? You say that Sony is still putting graphics above everything else?

Since you're claiming to be Mickey Mouse, I'm guessing you're just mad that Mario is taking all the lime light away from you. Entertaining children more than you ever did XD.

   Re: Link IS cool, but... (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » ummm...

Although I liked the zelda franchise alot when I was a kid, It does not appeal to me now. My 8 year old daughter loves the DS and the Wii, but I think all Nintendo systems are targeted towards just that-8 year old girls!
   by Batman1016 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Must. Own. Giant. Link.

I don't care crap about the display setup mish-mash . . . I want that giant Link statue!!

Do they make giant 3D Samus displays? Who do I have to kill to get one?!


   Re: Elite Anonymous User (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Kill

You have to kill anybody with the word mouse in their name.

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   Re: KiGui (Unregistered) - 2007-02-17
 » .

Elite: LMFAO
Batman: Link is f*n cool and all, but do you really want THAT statue? I mean, it looks like something they confiscated from MJs house. ew.
   by oiOIoi (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » *OMG*

Is this a hint? Link is coming to the PSP?


   Re: cortana365 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » >:(

is this guy a moron?
   by emu (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » emu

Well you can emulate all on links old games on the psp, for free,


   Re: mr_bigmouth_502 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » makes sense...

Oh yeah! In fact that's one of the main reasons why I bought my PSP (I definitely wouldn't have of bought one to play all that ***** that sony puts out all the damn tmie).
   by TheMetroid (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Predator

Im with Ash, i think they are doing that... But they should have hung them around his body like the Predator does Human Skulls hahaha :D

   by Vecha - 2007-02-16
 » I know.

Zelda is coming to the ps3.


   Re: 12325 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » --

that would be the best thing in the world if it happened
   by oiOIoi (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » RE: emu

@ emu
--------

True dat...but i rather see a real Zelda/Link-PSPGame comin'...!!! Link roxxx :)

:)

   by M-Lin (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » sointendo

I have a nintendo sticker on my psp - I'll send you a pic and you can post it on the front page :P


   Re: Koru-Kun - 2007-02-16
 » hahaha

you too?! I had an old school Nintendo logo sticker placed over the PSP circle emblem on the back. But i got bored with the PSP, so i traded it in for credit towards the purchase of a Wii.
   by hush404 - 2007-02-16
 » ITS SIMPLE

THey're promoting all things gaming. They're not concerned that Link in a nintendo property, they just know he's iconic and connected with games and it works. Hell I'd buy some stuff just cuz link was promoting it :P

   by Kippo (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » I want that Link too. D:

That reminds me when I went to Target some months ago, and a poster of Star Fox Assault was in the "Now Playing" for the XBox poster case. I was all O_O?! for a second before I realized Target was stupid.

   by yea (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » uh wasnt.

wasnt there a story on here about zelda coming to psp?


   Re: aNILEator - 2007-02-16
 » Zelda on PSP

Yes, but it's nto an official game,

That was some rather talented guy's homebrew game, if i remember correctly :)
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » lawdy

how in the world can mickey mouse say that ninty is doing the same thing when they're the ONLY ones being different right now? i mean, ninty doesnt even put themselves in the same boat as ps3 and 360 since they're so different... if he can prove to me that ninty is doing the same thing over and over, maybe ill listen to him...but until then, heez just another misinformed dumbass...

   by sinX - 2007-02-16
 » Sometimes a Cigar is............

It's probably just a middle-aged store manager setting up a game display nothing more nothing less. You really think Sony is launching a Link ad campaign from a crappy toy store.


   Re: dumb ass (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » It like a cool giant electronics and books version of walmart,yokel.

virgin megastore is a giant chain that stores take up about like a million square feet.
   by SuperVegeta - 2007-02-16
 » hm

I think it's their way of saying Nintendo is pwning Sony. See link isn't posing with the Sony products. He's actually conquered them and is standing triumphant over their carcases. doesn't mean i like it


   Re: mr_bigmouth_502 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » You got that right!

W00t!!!!
   by Diablo (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Stop

Stop posting this worthless information. No one cares about it. QJ is really going down the tolite because of this trash.


   Re: Jin (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » ...

Then don't come here?
   by sashimi (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » idiotic...

Hi, I happen to be french, and also live in paris ^^
The only thing this picture actually points out is that the Virgin staff clearly doesn't know much about the videogame world, and/or gives a ***** about these childish fanboy videogame console wars. Link is known by many people who aren't even that interested in videogames, therefore it helps to sell.
It's just some commercial ad.

So you guys who just can't stop going on flaming anyone/anything around, just switch of your computer, take a break, go out, and GET A LIFE.

last word : Bravo QJ writers for the lately series of pathetically useless articles you've been bringing out. J'applaudis!


   Re: Vecha - 2007-02-16
 » hmmm

maybe you should get a life frenchie...instead of criticizing everyone else?

   Re: Alexis (Unregistered) - 2007-02-16
 » Tout à fait d'accord!