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.
“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.”
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.
Step down Pachter, there’s a new kid in town and he wants your job. Click here to see Ollie in action.
Source: TechDigest
gazzagb
Some people really have too much time on their hands.
Lord_Gremlin
Always bet on octopus.
rainydays458
The puns put me off reading the artical, they could have at least been a bit more subtle about it.
ElGuason
well that was fun…
Kennykazey
The only people who would buy the current iPad over the Galaxy are stupid.
Kennykazey
well that may be a bit too overcomposed, but less capable at seeing past the fashion stamp.
jammie_dodger
He also predicted that I will win tsa’s fifa 11 tournament ;)
Cort
I’m more surprised TechDigest is still going. It has about three readers. There used to be four, but I left.
Kennykazey
two of the remaining ones are squids.
Spotter5
they should charge money for Ollie to predict things, I reckon about six squid is enough.
Tuffcub
He does actually charge but his fee goes to charity.
Deathmunger
Ahhh, is there no depth people won’t sink to for cash around Christmas?
tantalus_blank
This is no more ridiculous than the average Pachter story