Seece said:
Darth Tigris said:
Seece said:
CGI-Quality said:
psrock said:
But but it not going to sell
" Sony Shipped over 2.5 million without japan"
That means it overshipped
" Analyst think Move is selling better than he once believed"
But success depends on software
waiting for more excuses.......
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The only way it will be fair is if the same folks claiming "shipped vs sold" do the same for Kinect. Guess we'll know soon enough.
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Of course they will, simply because it's sales arnt so ambiguous. Whatever Kinect Adventures sells, is what Kinect has sold, shipped or not.
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Quite true.
I think the big problem that keeps getting dodged by many is how IMPOSSIBLE it will be to properly track a Move install base figure based on WHATEVER sales are presented. Its comparable to Wii Play sales, as they may seem like the game is a huge success but many purchases were likely because of the controller. But how do you know how many bought it for that reason? Impossible to tell. So when individuals celebrate or demean Move sales, it really rings hollow because its based on a general ignorance as WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
As Squil mentioned on page one, though, sales of Move-only games are the most important barometer for developers outside of SCE. Any other sales figure will have far too many variables to judge how much they should invest in future Move titles.
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Indeed, and the only true source we could ever hope to get, won't happen. Sony will always say "we've shipped 2.5 mill move" rather than "1 million install base", it just sounds better in every way to have a higher number.
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So, when's the last time Nintendo or MS published their "install base numbers"? I'm going to go out on a limb and say never. This is exactly what I'm touching on in the OP. This success has just messed with people's reasoning. I don't understand why all these people all of a sudden have changed how they feel SONY should report its numbers just because of Move. ALL companies report numbers this way. Not only is it because it's an actual number and not an estimate, but because it's impossible to calculate the install base for anything. Do you think there are companies that track every little country Sony, MS, and Nintendo ships to? Of course not. We have only people who track major regions. And even with those large companies in large regions, they are all only estimates. Ones that get corrected on a usual basis when financial reports arrive.
@ jneul
Well, I need to buy a plane ticket then, CAUSE I'M COMING OVER FOR DINNER!!
