Paul the psychic octopus (of World Cup prediction fame) may be no longer with us, but his mystical cousin, Ollie, has stepped in to his (many) shoes. In a blatant marketing stunt, the price comparison site Kelkoo gave Ollie a selection of gadgets available this Christmas to see which he preferred.Â
“Unfortunately for Microsoft, Ollie didn’t ‘Kinect’ with the Xbox,” punned a rep from Kelkoo, “but he was ‘moved’ by the PS3, tipping Sony’s motion controller wand to win the battle for gaming supremacy this Christmas.”Â
Ollie was also given a selection of tablet devices and predicted the iPad would triumph over the Samsung Galaxy Tab and BlackBerry Playbook.
“Working with Ollie the octopus was a bundle of fun and given his psychic lineage, we couldn’t think of a better way to predict the UK Christmas best-sellers this year,” said Kelkoo’s Joe Cross.Â
Step down Pachter, there’s a new kid in town and he wants your job. Click here to see Ollie in action.
Source: TechDigest
bunimomike
Did Ollie see the death of his cousin coming? Maybe answer me privately in case the police are reading this article. ;-)
solidsteven
I KNEW IT! *point finger dramaticly and plays dramatic music*.
fps_d0minat0r
paul couldnt see his own death coming, how was ollie supposed to?
3shirts
I want to kill myself
Tuffcub
It was this or another news item about Black Ops. I choose this.
Charmed_Fanatic
Any day!
rSp8
This is definitely better than ANYTHING to do with COD! Good choice!
Jumping Monks
I lol’d.
Anyone fancy giving him a calendar, and predicting when GT5 will be out :)
bunimomike
Does he have 365 suckers to cover all bets?
solidsteven
You called? :P
rht992
hahahaha thats great
englishgolfer
not sure they’re printing calendars for 2013-2015 just yet
Jumping Monks
lol :D
jayjay119
For some reason when I read the title of the article I was thinking about Metal Gear Solid… Phychic Octpus does sound like a viable MGS villain!
Carl
Glad i wasn’t the only one
jikomanzoku
brilliant :D
FoxHoundGabe
well, if GameStop’s predictions are anything to go by, Ollie is going to be very dissapointed!
ps: R.I.P. Paul.
rht992
errrrr :/ what?
BIGAL-1992
I’m sorry, but WTF is this pile of manure?
Timesh1993
Octopus manure I do believe.
sesameseed
So, Ollie’s predicting Sony will be squids in this xmas, right?
Teabags
Brilliant :)
Charmed_Fanatic
hahaha i see what you did there. Good one!
Sympozium
Is it really the end of the world next year Ollie?
Oh… your dead by then right? damn… uncertainly
Serebii.Net
Is this that World Cup Octopus that predicted Spain?
=O :L