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Grimes on 11 October 2010
jneul said:


no 500k for a new platform that next to no-one knows about is good, i'm getting fed up of this kind of rubbish, and nice way to set an impossible target for move that you know it most likely wont hit, just so you can call it a failure


Other new peripherals have launched to much better numbers, so that's not really a great excuse.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

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Vetteman94 on 11 October 2010

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  



Demotruk on 11 October 2010
Vetteman94 said:

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  


Yes, and I've been mocking that line ever since. It was just spin when they realized they had failed to generate pre-launch hype.



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jneul on 11 October 2010
Joelcool7 said:
jneul said:
Joelcool7 said:
mchaza said:
kitler53 said:

i'm not going to lie, half a million is pretty disappointing numbers.  i was really hoping this thing would take off.


no its not, half a million in like 2-3 weeks is great for an controller. how many PS3 controllers are sold a week(not including the ones that come with the system) 

it will reach past one million soon which is great numbers for the controller 


Yes but Sony talked about Move as more then just a peripheral they said it was like a new platform. As a new platform 500k is pretty dissapointing, if Sony wants people to buy PSMove over Wii's they have to sell more then 500k launch month. They need at least a mill by the end of the first month and more after that.

I'd say if this thing hasn't sold 10-million units by spring 2012 then this is a failed product at least in terms of it being a new platform. Now if you want to lower your expectations to that of just another peripheral then 500k is pretty good. But I don't think Sony intended on it being just another peripheral, they wanted it to be in Pachter's words a WiiHD and that people would move over from the Wii to PS3.


no 500k for a new platform that next to no-one knows about is good, i'm getting fed up of this kind of rubbish, and nice way to set an impossible target for move that you know it most likely wont hit, just so you can call it a failure

What else are you supposed to call a platform that fails to outsell DreamCast.

New platform that no one knows about? No offence but where I live I saw about five Move commercials in an hour. They are all over the television. Then I went into Best Buy and FutureShop and the Move is advertised all over the stores. EBGames won't stop talking about how as a Wii owner I should buy Move. Michael Pachter said Move is WiiHD and told his investors it will replace Nintendo's Wii.

Infact I'd say Move is advertised way more the Wii ever has been, Kevin Butler won't stop slinging mud and his ads are everywhere. I even saw an aid near a train station. Now how is that a platform nobody knows about?

thanks for the comparison move is nothing like the dreamcast, and to be honest you may have seen 5 move ad's but over here i have only seen 1 in three weeks, so obviously move is not being marketed the same everywhere, strange huh, not to mention there will be a huge preconception about move being a wiimote, until people play on it, i already converted 2 people i know to move, next step my kids friends.

fact is it will take time for move to sell, even sony expected  a slow burner, and expect it to rocket by a year's time, you cannot call it a failure unless they discontinue it..

edit: btw this analyst disagrees with you http://www.industrygamers.com/news/ps3s-move-off-to-a-good-start-says-analyst/



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Vetteman94 on 11 October 2010
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  


Yes, and I've been mocking that line ever since. It was just spin when they realized they had failed to generate pre-launch hype.

Ah of course,  because you know better than Sony?



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Demotruk on 11 October 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  


Yes, and I've been mocking that line ever since. It was just spin when they realized they had failed to generate pre-launch hype.

Ah of course,  because you know better than Sony?


Because it's obvious. You didn't hear any "slow burner" PR until just a few weeks before launch. What else should you say when it's becoming clear it's gonna have a slow start? This is the same company that said that PSP Go was selling ahead of expectations..



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jneul on 11 October 2010
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  


Yes, and I've been mocking that line ever since. It was just spin when they realized they had failed to generate pre-launch hype.

Ah of course,  because you know better than Sony?


Because it's obvious. You didn't hear any "slow burner" PR until just a few weeks before launch. What else should you say when it's becoming clear it's gonna have a slow start? This is the same company that said that PSP Go was selling ahead of expectations..


sigh you just can't give it a break can you??



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Vetteman94 on 11 October 2010
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:
Demotruk said:
Vetteman94 said:

Didnt Sony themselves say that they expect PS Move to be a slow burner?   And yet you people are dissappointed in the opening sales despite it doing basically what Sony predicted.  


Yes, and I've been mocking that line ever since. It was just spin when they realized they had failed to generate pre-launch hype.

Ah of course,  because you know better than Sony?

Because it's obvious. You didn't hear any "slow burner" PR until just a few weeks before launch. What else should you say when it's becoming clear it's gonna have a slow start? This is the same company that said that PSP Go was selling ahead of expectations..

Well they were comparing to another one of their pereipherals, the Eyetoy,  which was also a slow burner as well.  So I guess it wasnt completely obvious.  

At the time the made that statement about the PSP Go it probably was selling ahead of expectations,  which was over a year ago.



zuvuyeay on 11 October 2010

silly question but can you play sport champions without move,i don't actually know

but move games sold should be a pretty good impression of how its doing,we should wait until the holidays to really see if people are interested in move

i don't know why people right it off as a failure though as for all PS3 owners its another option to have/use even if its just for sony published games in the end



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xxrkoxx on 11 October 2010

i think they are ok sales. i mean think about it move just came out and sony predicted it wouldnt sell a lot right away and it makes sense since there are no good games out there. once little big planet 2 comes out soccom 4 and killzone 3 then sales will go up. i am still waiting gor k3 to buy my move.