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justinian on 27 March 2010
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twesterm said:
Jay520 said:
twesterm said:
I don't think it will be anywhere near the success of the Wii, but it can be a success, it just depends on the games.

The Move just isn't going to attract the casual crowd the Wii has. The PS3 doesn't have the name or reputation amongst parents for that so that's out. It can attract the core audience, but it really needs games that differentiate it from Wii games.

We know it can do HD Wii games which is cool, but they really need to show things that I can't already play on the Wii if they expect people to buy it.

Honestly, I think it will be heavily promoted but not fully utilized and slowly die off and see less and less support.


Yeah, but I like to look on the bright side and hope that it ends up being recognized as a fun family, friendly console along with being hardcore. 

It very well could happen, it's just not likely.

PS3 is already the big boys console and Nintendo and Wii are already the names everyone knows.

A parent can either spend $250 on a console they have heard of, has Mario, and is the big thing (to them) or they can spend $400 on a console they may not have heard so much about and that they haven't seen those games that everyone at the office is talking about.

The Move is still able to capture the core audience, that grab is far from being over, but the PS3 is never going to overtake the Wii in the family fun area.  Nintendo has already dug themselves too far into that trench.


You have made some good points and I agree with you in some parts.

 I think it is hard - and too early - to say whether it will be successful or not. You don't (or anyone for that matter) know what games or ideas are being currently implemented for it, ignoring silly games like the wii sports clone obviously - I think this will be bundled with the controller anyway.

Sony needs to pull more from up their sleeves if they wish to accompolish succes with move. There is time to do that. How is the question.

To qoute you:

"It very well could happen..." : If promoted the right way.

"..it's just not likely" : I would give it a 60:40 chance rather than your 90:10 (fail:success).

@Metallicube

People and companies change. I am not saying Sony will in this case but I believe they must have learnt something.

Getting rid of the old management, the recent turnaround of the "doomed" PS3 and the embarassment of being in that position in the first place could have "bitch slap" Sony and woke them up.

Time will tell.