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Munkeh111 on 26 June 2010

Um yeah... the problem with the move isn't really the price, it is the lack of entirely convincing software. SOCOM 4 and Sorcery are the main games I am buying move for ( HR and LBP 2 as a nice bonus) but I am still not convinced



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ElGranCabeza on 26 June 2010
Munkeh111 said:

Um yeah... the problem with the move isn't really the price, it is the lack of entirely convincing software. SOCOM 4 and Sorcery are the main games I am buying move for ( HR and LBP 2 as a nice bonus) but I am still not convinced


You know what would convince me? Portal 2 support with Steam, and Starcraft 2 support with Battle.net. The first one just needs move support, the second one ain't happening lol



jneul on 26 June 2010
ElGranCabeza said:

The ONLY way I see this thing being huge in Japan is IF, and only IF:

1) Ni no Kuni supports it and makes the experience 10x better with Move than without, launches early 2011

2) Minna No Golf, Minna No Tennis, Minna No Baseball all launch before the end of 2011, with at least one hitting before the end of 2010, and are Move compatible and make the experience 10x better than with a DS3. 

3) MH3G actually is surprisingly moved to PS3 like Ni no Kuni and supports Move in a major way like MHTri did with Wii

4) Inazuma Eleven break pulls a Ni no Kuni and goes PS3, exclusively or not, and supports Move in a major way

5) DQX also pulls a Ni no Kuni and gets moved to PS3, exclusively or not, and supports Move in a major way

6) NMH2, Child of Eden, Time Crisis, House of the Dead, and other niche motion controlled titles hit the console on a regular basis.

7) FFXIV and FFvXIII support Move in a major way to make the experience better

8) Gran Turismo 5 supports Move in a major way besides just head tracking - which doesn't require Move.

I see 1, 2, maybe 6, 7, 8 happening, but 3, 4, 5 ain't happening, so I don't think it'll be as huge as you think it'll be.

I don't think it will need that much lol, Ni no Kuni movbe support alone will ensure epic move sales, after that it's up to sony to keep on pumping out great titles to keep everyone interested, just look at wii, it dod not have that many games to begin with for motion control, so you never know

Also the Japenese have a tendancy to eat up new peripherals



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jarrod on 26 June 2010
Lafiel said:
tingyu said:

Was having zero interest in Move, but now with Ninokuni Move spell casting system, its a must buy. Cant wait to cast awesome spells using the magic wand.

I'm not sure if it's "confirmed", that Ni no Kuni has Move support. Right now I think it's more of a rumor, because the DS obviously has stylus gameplay which could be mimicked with the Move.

Yeah, it's looking unlikely since L5's already said the PS3 version will have an entirely different battle system from the DS version.  If they even retain symbol based spell casting, they'll probably just use right analog like Okami PS2.



ElGranCabeza on 26 June 2010
jneul said:
ElGranCabeza said:

The ONLY way I see this thing being huge in Japan is IF, and only IF:

1) Ni no Kuni supports it and makes the experience 10x better with Move than without, launches early 2011

2) Minna No Golf, Minna No Tennis, Minna No Baseball all launch before the end of 2011, with at least one hitting before the end of 2010, and are Move compatible and make the experience 10x better than with a DS3. 

3) MH3G actually is surprisingly moved to PS3 like Ni no Kuni and supports Move in a major way like MHTri did with Wii

4) Inazuma Eleven break pulls a Ni no Kuni and goes PS3, exclusively or not, and supports Move in a major way

5) DQX also pulls a Ni no Kuni and gets moved to PS3, exclusively or not, and supports Move in a major way

6) NMH2, Child of Eden, Time Crisis, House of the Dead, and other niche motion controlled titles hit the console on a regular basis.

7) FFXIV and FFvXIII support Move in a major way to make the experience better

8) Gran Turismo 5 supports Move in a major way besides just head tracking - which doesn't require Move.

I see 1, 2, maybe 6, 7, 8 happening, but 3, 4, 5 ain't happening, so I don't think it'll be as huge as you think it'll be.

I don't think it will need that much lol, Ni no Kuni movbe support alone will ensure epic move sales, after that it's up to sony to keep on pumping out great titles to keep everyone interested, just look at wii, it dod not have that many games to begin with for motion control, so you never know

Also the Japenese have a tendancy to eat up new peripherals

I think it'll actually need more than that lol I forgot to mention MGSR and future, RE5 - already confimed, future RE, DMC, Dynasty Warrior games, etc basically all major 3rd party games need to support it for it to be huge. Remember, besides Gran Turismo and Minna games, SCEJ does not really have a franchise that sells over 500k in Japan so they cannot do it mostly by themselves like Nintendo.



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ElGranCabeza on 26 June 2010
jarrod said:
Lafiel said:
tingyu said:

Was having zero interest in Move, but now with Ninokuni Move spell casting system, its a must buy. Cant wait to cast awesome spells using the magic wand.

I'm not sure if it's "confirmed", that Ni no Kuni has Move support. Right now I think it's more of a rumor, because the DS obviously has stylus gameplay which could be mimicked with the Move.

Yeah, it's looking unlikely since L5's already said the PS3 version will have an entirely different battle system from the DS version.  If they even retain symbol based spell casting, they'll probably just use right analog like Okami PS2.

Do you have a link for that? I would like to read it. Even if it's true though, we all should expect a different battle system given the different power specs between the 2 systems. Also if that's the case, then that would be bad news for Move in Japan. 



jarrod on 26 June 2010
ElGranCabeza said:
jarrod said:
Lafiel said:
tingyu said:

Was having zero interest in Move, but now with Ninokuni Move spell casting system, its a must buy. Cant wait to cast awesome spells using the magic wand.

I'm not sure if it's "confirmed", that Ni no Kuni has Move support. Right now I think it's more of a rumor, because the DS obviously has stylus gameplay which could be mimicked with the Move.

Yeah, it's looking unlikely since L5's already said the PS3 version will have an entirely different battle system from the DS version.  If they even retain symbol based spell casting, they'll probably just use right analog like Okami PS2.

Do you have a link for that? I would like to read it. Even if it's true though, we all should expect a different battle system given the different power specs between the 2 systems. Also if that's the case, then that would be bad news for Move in Japan. 

It came from the L5 Famitsu reveal iirc, I think I read it on forum (basically the PS3 version is like ATB Pokemon while the DS version is turn based and the protagonist actually fights, like DQV) but I'll see if I can find any official links.

Given that they're changing the core battle system, I expect the spell system would change too.  Actually, I'm not sure, was it even confirmed if the PS3 version comes with the book?



ElGranCabeza on 26 June 2010
jarrod said:
ElGranCabeza said:
jarrod said:
Lafiel said:
tingyu said:

Was having zero interest in Move, but now with Ninokuni Move spell casting system, its a must buy. Cant wait to cast awesome spells using the magic wand.

I'm not sure if it's "confirmed", that Ni no Kuni has Move support. Right now I think it's more of a rumor, because the DS obviously has stylus gameplay which could be mimicked with the Move.

Yeah, it's looking unlikely since L5's already said the PS3 version will have an entirely different battle system from the DS version.  If they even retain symbol based spell casting, they'll probably just use right analog like Okami PS2.

Do you have a link for that? I would like to read it. Even if it's true though, we all should expect a different battle system given the different power specs between the 2 systems. Also if that's the case, then that would be bad news for Move in Japan. 

It came from the L5 Famitsu reveal iirc, I think I read it on forum (basically the PS3 version is like ATB Pokemon while the DS version is turn based and the protagonist actually fights, like DQV) but I'll see if I can find any official links.

Given that they're changing the core battle system, I expect the spell system would change too.  Actually, I'm not sure, was it even confirmed if the PS3 version comes with the book?

Yes that is confirmed, the PS3 comes with the white book and the DS comes with the black book that Hino was holding.

If you could find a link that would be great.



chuckyj1 on 26 June 2010

Right now I live in Japan (stationed here Military).  Prices of Electronics are very high here.  They deffinately do not come cheap (Like South Korea).  But, the price offset could be, because the Japanese Yen is valued more then the dollar.  it is usually 88-92 Yen to the dollar.

so 1 USD usually equals about 88 cents in yen. 

Don't know if thats the reason, but Japanese companies deff. like to rip off the Japanese customers.  Everything is really expensive here off base.

A lot of Japanese women will date American service men just to shop on base alone.



ghinasky on 26 June 2010

I hope they bring Sing and Draw here in the West!

It s one of my most anticipated Move titles.



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