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psrock said:
NiKKoM said:

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..


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.

Sony doesn't go big because it's not worth it, and they can't TV advertise every one of their products - they have far too many.

It's obvious that Market Research tells that if SCE advertise heavily on most things they will actually be financially worse off than if they didn't.



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It's.... interesting logic. Weirdly candid about HD-DVD. I wonder what the Microsoft home office thinks about his statements, though?



steverhcp02 said:
NiKKoM said:
Rainbird said:

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.


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..

@ 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.

Ehm.. they are training the sales people of the retail store.. so they can inform the customers better.. sorry if I didn't made that clear..



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

Surprisingly frank and honest. I was expecting something akin to FUD. This is some good insight into the inner workings of both Microsoft and Sony given the fact that he worked at Sony and he presently works at Microsoft.

So HD-DVD = FUD. Interesting stuff, I guess certain people were right.

Move = FUD??? Well I don't know for sure, but I suspect hes talking about ground up support for Move vs simply tacking on the control scheme. How many honest to goodness ground up Move titles are there which aren't trying to replicate Wii Sports, Sports resort or Play which are launching in 2010? Granted Kinect actually seems to require ground up integration vs Move simply being a replacement analogue stick, so maybe? 

Maybe this piece is FUD about Move being FUD when Move is FUD or this is FUD about Move being FUD when Move isn't FUD.

 

 



sonys partnership with coke shows this guy is talking out of his ass.. claiming that move has no game on a podcast which only hardcore gamers listen to is not a great idea considering they only showed casual games for kinect



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psrock said:


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.


Agreed. The day after microsoft revealed kinect at E3 there was a huge ass banner on youtube for 3 days linking to microsoft youtube homepage detailing connect. I mean they went as far as to pay bieber to show the shit at his concert.



SOLIDSNAKE08 said:

its been confirmed today that GT5 has a weather system, track editor and go karts! seriously i think this is going to be the best selling in the series even beating GT3 sales of 14 million plus!

So...when people are unsure of new technology, they won't hop on board?

Well, in that case, Move will indefinitely be a success and saleswise, Kinect will be a miserable failure. 

Move = Wii HD, right? Lol. But Wii is massively successful. Kinect is just EyeToy/PSEye 1.5? And barely anyone bought those. And those peripherals were like $40! $150, M$ is asking? Get outta here!

How's that for logic? 



RolStoppable said:

If there's one company that knows what FUD is, then it got to be Microsoft.


LOL!!!!! I still think Apple got Ms beat when it comes to FUD.



Very dumb interview, i like how kinect isnt releaseing w/ hardcore games like gears of war or Reach, and is sticking with WII type games were as Move is releasing with Support for hardcore titles like SOCOM as well as games like Heroes on the move and Sony versions of Wii games it seems like sony is backing Move more than M$ is kinect, maybe this could be a repeat of HDDVD vs Bluray or it could turn out the other way around



I Hate the fact that all these pillows are contaminated by retard!!

But doesn't the origin of Move (at least the patent for the wand) date back  5 or so years?