http://news.spong.com/article/21876/Dutch-Microsoft-Exec-Sony-Doesnt-Give-a-Sh*t-About-Move?d=201007161340

A podcast on Dutch site Bashers sent to us by a reader shows that Paul Naber, Director Home & Entertainment Division at Microsoft Netherlands does not have a high opinion of Sony's support of Move.

During the interview, Naber says, "I'm convinced that Move for Sony is, what we call, fudding. Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. They don't give a shit about Move, but it takes the wind out of Kinects sails, or it could."

Bearing in mind that Mr Naber had previously worked as Sales Manager at PlayStation, his answers bear some weight.

Interviewer, Samuel Hubner Casado apparently then asks, "What Microsoft did with HDDVD?"

To which Naber apparently responds, "Voila! Exactly the same as we did with HDDVD and Blu-Ray. When people are unsure of a new technology, they won't get on board. And that doesn't bother them as far as Move is concerned, because they don't care about it anyway. But if people get on board with Kinect and it's a runaway success, then they'll have Wii on one side, Kinect on the other and of course they will lose."

Naber then continues "Simple, I mean, I still think their response, last year, was "Oh sh*t, Microsoft is onto something, we have to pull something out of the cupboard quickly, let's get developers up there with even stranger lollipops! But if you look at how far along they are, what kind of support they have and things like that... They're launching in September with how many titles? I think it's too vague for words."

Before finishing off with, "Yes, I do worry about it because Sony is very -- I've worked there for five years! I know what they do! Dropping the price even though there's no stock, why? Because you know your competitor will stop selling. They are really good at that, at Fudding."

Mr Naber then follows up his podcast comments with written comments to the podcast as follows:

"The future will tell if Sony is serious about Move or that they really use as FUD. To date, the retailers in NL enormously to talk about our strategic approach Kinect around and they're, like, surprised at the complete lack of any story whatsoever from Sony about Move. They have a folder containing five titles and a release date and thats (sic) it."

Realising he may have caused some problems, he does point out that, "Everything I said I said out of personal conviction and not as Xbox boss. My PR lady kill me when she hears what I have said."

Harsh stuff.

How are Sony not serious about Move? I know they're not exactly betting the farm on it, but they have plenty of support for it as far as I can tell, both from 1st and 3rd parties.

Microsoft HATES when any other company tries to compete, monopoly or bust.

Weird interview... and very immature statements...

Great stuff... that podcast is really good.. in the interview he is even saying that in the Netherlands more money comes from Xbox Live then from retail games, more is sold trough toy stores and not gamestores.. and that Sony is lacking in preparing the retail stores for Move (1 flyer with release date and 5 titles) while Microsoft is preparing Kinect with training, instore assets etc..

In the interview he is saying Sony isn't supporting or preparing the retail stores for move.. Microsoft having special training sessions, instore assets etc.. while Sony only send out a flyer... If Microsoft plays the game well it will have waaay more exposure in the stores then Move..

Thanks for clearing that up, now it makes more sense to me. I didn't catch that from his comment in the OP.

That certainly doesn't seem like a good tactic.

EDIT: Thanks for the other post as well.

'Sony have to pull something out of the cupboard quickly'

- Well MS did this exact thing with their actual console.

Sony doesn't have the money to do all that like MS can.

And they never adavertise like that anyway. MS goes all out, Sony counts on word of mouth.

@ bolded.  I think this is  abad thing, most people with stuff like Kinect/wii/move want to plug it in a play, not go through a seminar. But thats rather off topic and for another thread.

Of course MSFT is betting virtually their entire gaming division around Kinect, just look at their E3 press conference, theyre naturally going to be more concerned with its outcome.

Its allocation of resources, and direction, this is awfully paranoid and sounds rather concerning about how much faith he has in the distinct experience natal will provide gamers with.

I just wonder, if Natal is so groundbreaking and distinguishable, why is he complaining of FUD from a wii clone?

The HDDVD example is ludicrous, having MSFT and Toshiba drag it on when the bulk of all manufacturesr/studios either supported both or BD is different than this. With the motion controls virtually every 3rd party is on board with both devices, its not like Sony is moneyhatting content the way MSFT moneyhatted for HDDVD to stay afloat under false circumstances created by 2 companies.