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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Expect The Unexpected At E3 For M$

megaman79 on 13 July 2008

Its right here, Motus wiimote ripoff

forum topic - What is this Motus deal?



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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WhiteDevil on 13 July 2008

not what i said,. wager for sig and Avatar.

That Xbox 360 will not be 25,000 above ps3 in feb next year? We on?



selnor on 13 July 2008
WhiteDevil said:
not what i said,. wager for sig and Avatar.

That Xbox 360 will not be 25,000 above ps3 in feb next year? We on?

 

 Ok so when the first day of mach 2009 is here, we gather the sales from the august 1st 2008 - the last day in feb from VGchartz and add them all together. Then divide those numbers by how many weeks are in that period to give us the average between August and Feb. Just as my sig says, Yes? And the wager is sig and avatar(explain that bit so I'm clear)



WhiteDevil on 13 July 2008

yes deal as for the wager, who ever wins, chooses the other person Avatar and Sig for a month.



dbot on 13 July 2008

@Selnor - There is no price cut. The $50 drop is a fire sale to get rid of 20 gig units. MS is dropping the 20 gig Pro.



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

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Bobo012893 on 13 July 2008
selnor said:
WhiteDevil said:
"The 360 will outsell the PS3 from August 2008 - February 2009 by an average of 25,000 a week worldwide. I also predict that 360 sales in Japan by February will be a steady 12,000 a week or higher."

Right how do you think this is gonna happen wanna make a wager for this?

The japanese part I am not sure about, but it is easy to see why I predict the other. Price drop happens today and whether you like it or not M$ lineup in 2nd half of the year is better than PS3's. 3 sequels of massive games, 1 spin off Halo game and 3 exclusive JRPG's. Most of PS3's titles are new IP's, they have no ground at all yet.

 Not to mention we are at the start of July and 360 is 10,000 above PS3 in US, only 20,000 behind in Europe and in Japan PS3 is down to 14,000 again and 360 is up to 5,000.(they are weekly figures.) I expect when figures come through fo M$ after price drop we will see 360 50-60,000 a week up on PS3 in US. That would be enough for M$ to have 25,000 WW lead each week. And when Fable, Gears, Banjo and Halo Wars are released there will be significant spikes in america for 2-3 weeks on each of those games maybe like 100,000 - 160,000 WW over Ps3. Then back down to around 25,000 in between launches of the big hitters. I dont think I'm far off with my prediction.

 

Star Ocean 4 will not be an exclusive.

 



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steven787 on 13 July 2008

None of that would really be "unexpected". The motion would be disappointing, showing that MS has a complete lack of creativity. I would rather see them unveil some other controller to compete with motion for the hardcore, though I think a pointer would be awesome for 360.

Also, if you are expecting the unexpected, the unexpected is expected.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

DMeisterJ on 13 July 2008

The whole paragraph is expected.

MS will deliver another solid, if not expected E3 press conference.



NeoRatt on 13 July 2008
Bobo012893 said:
selnor said:
WhiteDevil said:
"The 360 will outsell the PS3 from August 2008 - February 2009 by an average of 25,000 a week worldwide. I also predict that 360 sales in Japan by February will be a steady 12,000 a week or higher."

Right how do you think this is gonna happen wanna make a wager for this?

The japanese part I am not sure about, but it is easy to see why I predict the other. Price drop happens today and whether you like it or not M$ lineup in 2nd half of the year is better than PS3's. 3 sequels of massive games, 1 spin off Halo game and 3 exclusive JRPG's. Most of PS3's titles are new IP's, they have no ground at all yet.

 Not to mention we are at the start of July and 360 is 10,000 above PS3 in US, only 20,000 behind in Europe and in Japan PS3 is down to 14,000 again and 360 is up to 5,000.(they are weekly figures.) I expect when figures come through fo M$ after price drop we will see 360 50-60,000 a week up on PS3 in US. That would be enough for M$ to have 25,000 WW lead each week. And when Fable, Gears, Banjo and Halo Wars are released there will be significant spikes in america for 2-3 weeks on each of those games maybe like 100,000 - 160,000 WW over Ps3. Then back down to around 25,000 in between launches of the big hitters. I dont think I'm far off with my prediction.

 

Star Ocean 4 will not be an exclusive.

 

Star Ocean 4 is at least a timed exclusive...  I don't like playing games a year or half a year later on a different platform so I will buy it for 360.

Halo Wars won't be shipping this year.  Most retailers have moved the ship date to February next year.

The PS3 is only outselling the 360 by about 25,000 to 50,000 per week for normal weeks.  Outside of MGS4 and the GTA4 releases (and a few weeks afterward) this has been true.  It is not a stretch to think it might shift the other way if MS was to do a price drop and to put out some great games for Christmas. 

The key to MS this year is delivery of sequels (Fable 2, Gears 2, and Banjo 3) and what the GTA IV content entails.  The key for Sony is how good its sequels are (Resistance 2, Tekken 6, and Motorstorm 2) and whether LittleBigPlanet is the concept and game that takes over the casual market as they expect.

Christmas is going to be way more interesting this year then many expected it to be.   



Leetgeek on 13 July 2008

Bioshock 2 is gonna be Multiplat.