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Fame_Mcswagg on 17 September 2010

I do feel like gamestop ( I can only talk about the store I went into) did a poor job marketing what Move actually was. I had to ask to see a Nav controller to see if I really wanted it and without any demo kiosk or anything, you couldn't tell if Sony released motion controls today. After I got the bundle the gamestop guy asked me to make sure and come back to tell him how it was.



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darthdevidem01 on 17 September 2010
A Bad Clown said:

A picture of a midnight launch, I'm hearing things from some workers of certain stores that not many people were coming in to pre-order.

please thats one store



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 17 September 2010
leatherhat said:

I saw a man walk out of gamestop with 1.3 million moves. So at least that many.



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lapsed_gamer on 17 September 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
A Bad Clown said:

A picture of a midnight launch, I'm hearing things from some workers of certain stores that not many people were coming in to pre-order.

please thats one store

Did you seriously not expect this from a thread titled: "Any initial reports on PS3 MOVE sales?? anecdotal surveys/reports/incidence"? Remember the pluaral of anecdote is epic-vgchartz-thread.



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Grimes on 17 September 2010
Fame_Mcswagg said:

I do feel like gamestop ( I can only talk about the store I went into) did a poor job marketing what Move actually was. I had to ask to see a Nav controller to see if I really wanted it and without any demo kiosk or anything, you couldn't tell if Sony released motion controls today. After I got the bundle the gamestop guy asked me to make sure and come back to tell him how it was.


There probably isn't a whole lot of incentive for retailers to advertise the move. The margins are probably thin and it takes up a lot of shelf space.



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Reasonable on 17 September 2010
KylieDog said:
Reasonable said:

I got mine from Amazon so no idea about in store situations.  I can only note that Move has steadily climbed amazon top sellers in UK until I think it hit number 2 behind Reach (for the bundle).

So far so fun - Sports Champions seems decent and I'm just working my way through the various demos with my kids.  Tumble seems very good from the demo.  Seems very responsive and it's interesting to rotate the Move in your hand and see your racquet or whatever rotate right with it.

I got a sub-controller but haven't had to actually use it yet so no idea how it feels to use.


You order from amazon UK?   I pre-ordered from there and it didn't ship until yesterday, I didn't get it today and may even need wait unti Monday.

 

I hate pre-orders from them, I always get stuff late, if this was game.co.uk I would have got it Tuesday-Thurs before release like all pre-orders. 

 

Amazon was cheaper though by a notable amount.


I don't normally order from them, but when I decided to pre-order they were cheaper and as I was ordering 2 Move's plus a sub I felt the extra savings was worth it.

There delivery policy must be weird though as they delivered the stuff seperately, first the Move's arrived, then the sub-controller 4 hours later.  Strange.

I actually rarely pre-order stuff, I tend to pick up games after launch as I'm the patient type and like to see the real reaction to the title first.



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TRios_Zen on 17 September 2010

I'm acutally a bit surprised at how quiet the launch has been.  Now I'm not expecting the Move to fail or die miserably, but on a site with as active and vociferous of a Sony fanbase as VGChartz has, this has been a VERY subdued launch.

Sadly, I've been at work all day so I have no anecdotal evidence for you, sorry.



drkohler on 17 September 2010
TRios_Zen said:

I'm acutally a bit surprised at how quiet the launch has been.

Talk about quiet.. the local Mediamarkt here sold its last PS3 console last Saturday. Today, they had about 100 move starter packs piled up in a corner - no advertising at all and still no consoles visible...



daveJ on 17 September 2010
A Bad Clown said:

A picture of a midnight launch, I'm hearing things from some workers of certain stores that not many people were coming in to pre-order.

Thats actually a picture from the halo reach launch, look at the picture on the window.

Wow I know halo reach is selling worse than halo3 but thats being nasty!



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Spedfrom on 17 September 2010

Sony representatives have said recently that they expect WORD OF MOUTH to carry Move into people's homes. They've also stated this week that they won't be outspending Microsoft in marketing spending.

Many journalists have also reported that Move feels like a great controller when you try it for yourself. Add 1 plus 1 and you can understand why the marketing hype isn't a 10 eyed dragon spewing fire all around him.