By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales - Prelim PS MOVE Sales IN! (140K Worldwide)!! Are you pleased?!!

 

Prelim PS MOVE Sales IN! (140K Worldwide)!! Are you pleased?!!

AMAZING SALES 161 23.27%
 
BOOO! 119 17.20%
 
MEH! 412 59.54%
 
Total:692
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:

Er, Motion Plus launched like a month before WSR iirc.  Except in Japan.

WSR is still the greatest killer app any peripheral like that can have, Move doesn't have anything that can make a straight forward comparison fair imo.

And again, Motion Plus didn't have WSR when it launched... it had EA and Sega games.  So what's the problem?

Everyone knew WSR was coming, it's still a killer app. It's the game Nintendo had used to showcase the WMP with too.



Around the Network

Are people comparing Move and Motion Plus?

And are people still accusing Sony of copying Nintendo?

It has to stop.



Boutros said:

I know Ninokuni will use it, but perhaps we'll see a great game before.

afaik, Ninokuni doesn't support Move.

If I had a PS3, I'd get Move for RE5 though.



Kantor said:
Maynard_Tool said:
Kantor said:
Maynard_Tool said:
Kantor said:
Maynard_Tool said:
Kantor said:
jarrod said:

I wonder what Motion Plus sold first week?

That's just ridiculous. Inception really flopped, because look at how much Toy Story 3 has grossed.


I believe Move is more of the competition to the WM plus, than Inception is to Toy Story....

 

After all, move is sont's desparete "move"  to counter attack nintendo's succes with the Wiimote.

Move isn't an attempt to counter anything. Only somebody who is truly delusional could ever have expected that.

No, Move is an attempt to steal some of the Wii's last-minute business, lengthen the gen by changing the game experience, and prepare core players for next-gen motion control, which will probably be ubiquitous.


So... you are telling me that move is an attempt to win some costumers over the wii... but is not trying to counter the wii's success.....

Got it

If Sony wanted to counter the Wii, they would have done it four years ago. To counter would be to somehow damage the Wii. Move isn't going to damage the Wii in any way. A handful of people (a very small handful) may choose it over the Wii, but it will mostly be selling to existing console owners, as shown by the data: 10,000 new consoles for 120,000 Move sales.

That's why it was only a desperate move.

Maybe you forgot about it, but this is actually the second time they try to counter the wii. Remember before, sony planned to launch a boomerang type controller... but then at E3 they presented the classic all time controller with the Sixaxis technology, a desparate attempt to counter the wii. It failed. It was an attempt to counter the wii, but it didn't do anything, hence it failed.

Move is just the second time for sony to try and damage the wii... that's why is an attempt. Will it work this time? doubt it. But we'll see, everything is possible.

And attempt to counter doesn't mean that it will actually counter efectively.

Sixaxis was not intended to counter the Wii. Everyone just hated the Boomerang controller, and Sixaxis is nothing like free-motion. It's tilt sensing.

OMG!!!! ok w/e makes you happy. I'm not going to discuss with someone who is blind x_X

Sixaxis was clearly a pathetic and desparate attempt to get on board of the motion controllers hype the wii was getting.

But if you believe Sony was planning to do that all along... well, I have actually nothing to say to you sir. Good day



Rainbird said:
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:

Er, Motion Plus launched like a month before WSR iirc.  Except in Japan.

WSR is still the greatest killer app any peripheral like that can have, Move doesn't have anything that can make a straight forward comparison fair imo.

And again, Motion Plus didn't have WSR when it launched... it had EA and Sega games.  So what's the problem?

Everyone knew WSR was coming, it's still a killer app. It's the game Nintendo had used to showcase the WMP with too.

But Sports Champions is practically the same thing, just less polished and with an uglier artstyle.  Comparing launch lineups, I'd say Move might actually have the edge overall.

And WSR came with a MP unit.  Why would people even buy Motion Plus ahead of time then?



Around the Network
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:

Er, Motion Plus launched like a month before WSR iirc.  Except in Japan.

WSR is still the greatest killer app any peripheral like that can have, Move doesn't have anything that can make a straight forward comparison fair imo.

And again, Motion Plus didn't have WSR when it launched... it had EA and Sega games.  So what's the problem?

Everyone knew WSR was coming, it's still a killer app. It's the game Nintendo had used to showcase the WMP with too.

But Sports Champions is practically the same thing, just less polished and with an uglier artstyle.  Comparing launch lineups, I'd say Move might actually have the edge overall.

And WSR came with a MP unit.  Why would people even buy Motion Plus ahead of time then?

Sports Champions is a new IP, WSR is the sequel to the best selling game of all time, not exactly "the same thing". I don't know how it all comes together, but I refuse to believe that it was carried entirely by two tennis titles for a month until WSR came out.



Boutros said:

Are people comparing Move and Motion Plus?

And are people still accusing Sony of copying Nintendo?

It has to stop.

It doens't matter what you or anyone else says. The Move will always be a "copy" of Nintendo's Wii controller with WM .

It looks the same, it feels the same and it does the same things and it came out second. End of story.

Sure, it works differently and maybe Sony has been working on this since the PS1 days (or whatever timeframe you want to believe) but that hardly matters in the grand scheme of things. You ask the average person they will say the Move is a copy of the Wii controller. Sure, you can get technical and point out how it isn't a copy, but this is like arguing with your average person that Black isn't a color...

Besides, they should be compared. This is like saying we shouldn't comapre the Wii and PS3 because the PS3 does HD and blu-ray.




If you drop a PS3 right on top of a Wii, it would definitely defeat it. Not so sure about the Xbox360. - mancandy
In the past we played games. In the future we watch games. - Forest-Spirit
11/03/09 Desposit: Mod Bribery (RolStoppable)  vg$ 500.00
06/03/09 Purchase: Moderator Privilege  vg$ -50,000.00

Nordlead Jr. Photo/Video Gallery!!! (Video Added 4/19/10)

Kantor said:
mortono said:
huaxiong90 said:
mortono said:

Disappointing sales. It seems you guys are sugar-coating this with "it's day one sales" and "it will have legs". But still, 140,000k is very low for something that had so much hype behind it.

Umm...hype?! Weak advertising. Weak launch software...and you're mentioning hype? Honestly, I don't know what to say.

OT: Not impressive and not disappointing. Can it sustain such sales? That is the question, and it can once some bigger titles/more ambitious projects come into play.

Just more sugercoating. It had a decent advertising campaign and certainly had a lot of hype behind it.They even had midnight openings at gamestop. Here's a picture from one of those events:

Hilarious! This is for something that was suppose to be like a new hardware cycle.

Let's get real here. The low sales are not due to "day one sales" or "bad marketing campaigns", it's due to the fact that nobody wants the Move. They already have a Wii and they are not interested in paying 300 dollars just so they can have Wii Sports Resort with HD graphics.

Of course nobody wants the Move. For a starter, nobody's heard of the Move, and on top of that, it has two-half decent games and nothing which would really warrant a purchase for the majority of people. For now.

It had plenty of television ads, pre-orders have been pushed for months now, and they even had midnight openings...

What else could they have done? Go door to door?



Rainbird said:
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
jarrod said:

Er, Motion Plus launched like a month before WSR iirc.  Except in Japan.

WSR is still the greatest killer app any peripheral like that can have, Move doesn't have anything that can make a straight forward comparison fair imo.

And again, Motion Plus didn't have WSR when it launched... it had EA and Sega games.  So what's the problem?

Everyone knew WSR was coming, it's still a killer app. It's the game Nintendo had used to showcase the WMP with too.

But Sports Champions is practically the same thing, just less polished and with an uglier artstyle.  Comparing launch lineups, I'd say Move might actually have the edge overall.

And WSR came with a MP unit.  Why would people even buy Motion Plus ahead of time then?

Sports Champions is a new IP, WSR is the sequel to the best selling game of all time, not exactly "the same thing". I don't know how it all comes together, but I refuse to believe that it was carried entirely by two tennis titles for a month until WSR came out.

Two tennis games and a golf game.  I think a hockey game came out before WSR too.

And again, WSR doesn't even factor when MP launched, no one could buy it and if they were planning to buy it ever, they didn't need to buy MP at launch since it was known to be bundled with all copies of WSR.  Sure, people buy platforms based on the promise of future releases (hell, that's basically how PS3 sold itself year 1), but Move has attractive games in the pipe too (LBP2, KZ3, SOCOM4, etc).  And honestly, I've no clue how MP started out sales wise, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Move actually did more...



very meh for me, i will wait too see how long it takes to hit a million in sales and how much its sales are over a weekly/monthly basis. before i will comment further on wether its any kind of success. the way it will be a success is through the games and word of mouth, also if every company who makes games for it, doesnt just add the motion controls on as a after thought. because if that happens the "move" will be the next failure for sony.



GAMERTAG IS ANIMEHEAVEN X23

PSN ID IS : ANIMEREALM 

PROUD MEMBER OF THE RPG FAN CLUB THREAD

ALL-TIME FAVORITE JRPG IS : LOST ODYSSEY

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=52882&page=1