they will be able to get some but it will never reach teh hype level of teh wii..nin has the market locked down for at least another 2 years and by then they wil have something new to throw out there

Nobody cared when Gamecube came out having exactly the same controls as PS2, while having more power and a lower price. I know, it's not exactly the same, but still...

Anyway, the 360Mote is Microsoft vapor, read your Malstrom if you don't believe me.

all this will prove is how truly pathetic microsoft really is lol.

@Phrancheyez: But the 360 already is cheaper than the Wii. Has been for awhile now.

@Topic: I see two problems with the success:
1. It has been out for so long already, so it's a little late for a real impact.
2. The lack of games. Wii has a number of games that take advantage of the controller, while 360 has none. Of course they can start doing them, but again, the number of games available for Wii is a lot larger and Wiis functionality in general is so much better than 360:s, so for people who are looking for an easy funtionality, 360 isn't an option. Besides, Wii has Wii Fit.

But, it would have impact as long as Wii is experiencing supply constrains.

In terms of the Wii the impact will likely be so small as to be negligible.

Sure, price matters, but only when comparing like for like. Between now and December 2008 I doubt MS can change public perception of the 360 enough that someone in the market for a Wii would buy a 360 because its cheaper or has a copied Wii Mote.

The 360, for better for worse, is right now locked in a battle with PS3. I'm very confident the majority of Wii purchasers don't even consider a PS3 / 360 when they head into the store. Their choice was made beforehand and is based on market perception and 'zeitgeist' for want of a better term.

I suppose if Wii's were out of stock some 360's might shift as a replacement - but most kids of friends I know would not be happy to find out their desired Wii has morphed into a 360 without the Mario games they want to play.

Or to use a more direct analogy, if I went out to buy an Ipod I wouldn't buy a Zune just because it was in stock and cheaper.

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/microsoft-is-king-of-the-vapor/

EVEN if is true, people buy the wii not because it has a "waggle" stick or because is cheap but because it has a new concept behind it. Something that the xbox360 and the PS3 doesn't have.

This is nothing but a desperate move by MS just like the SIXAXIS from sony

I honestly wonder if the Arcade is being phased out. The Radio Shack ad reads like a sales promotion. The K-Mart ad talks about limited quantities/no rain checks.

Plus, no one has proved the motion controller. It could be real -- or a red herring.

Finally, given Microsoft's reputation as having poor QC and poor Customer Service, any "casual" user it picks up will run away once they have had their first RRoD experience.


Mike from Morgantown

Just remember, the lower Xbox 360 price has not helped in Europe.

i doubt this is true and really wont work. their market image doesnt attract that type of gamer wheras nintedo has very mch been about attracting 'everyone' into gaming since the days of the famicom. for the core gamer the IR pointer and 1:1 motio is much more important. IR they cant do unless they release a whole new SKU, and 1:1 has been announced by nintendo anyway.

I don't think that adding the motion control to the 360 will do anything to effect Wii sales in the slightest. In fact, it could end up doing the exact opposite.

By adding a motion control stick to the 360 all M$ does is concede that Nintendo has a better product by imitating what they don't have. If they do the motion controls poorly (which is very likely to happen) like Sony did then their version just looks inferior and people will be turned off by it.

Also as others have said lack of support for the thing will keep it from ever being as popular as it could have been had M$ launched with it.

The arcade model is simply being dumped off, as it was a failed experiment from MS camp. The motion control is a remnant of a April Fool's Day joke on MTV.com which the MS fans clung onto as their dying hope of the XB360 stopping the Wii.

So what you're left with is a $200 XB360 arcade model, and in limited supplies. It may boost their sales a bit to pass the PS3 for a month or 2, but that's it.