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Damnyouall on 29 October 2009
2Dgaming.net  wrote:
It seems Sony may have a hit on their hands with EyePet. How so, you ask?
As the Wii experience has taught us, so-called casual gamers love to buy useless pseudo games that core gamers would never touch.
EyePet apperas to meet all the necessary criteria to become a huge success:

-wholesome "fun" for the whole family
-no violence, so parents love it
-no challenge or traditional level structure
-low scores in reviews by core gamers
-totally useless but super cute

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Boneitis on 29 October 2009

Its the new Nintendogs.



Carl on 29 October 2009

Maybe.

If advertised right, it has the chance to sell a bucketload.

My little sister saw it advertised and she wanted to "borrow" my PS3 so she could get it.



                            

puffy on 29 October 2009

I was tempted to buy it just by looking at the box today :P it was the right price and a good way to get a PSEye too. Didn't get it but I just may buy it for my sister for Christmas.



 

twesterm on 29 October 2009

That article is absolutely right in its reasons why the casual market should eat it up but it is forgetting one thing-- the casual audience doesn't own a PS3 and even with the casual games it has the PS3 isn't seen as the casual machine.



 

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Xoj on 29 October 2009
kowenicki said:
it aint all that... my daughter is even getting bored of it now... its quite limited and easy to exhaust the things to do.

well thats what natal promises to do.

its a 10$-20$ toy.

after the hype it's gone you are done with it.



Muff3210 on 29 October 2009

Luckily I am from Europe and can get if for my 3 years old twins already for this Christmas )

They saw a trailer and now cannot stop asking Santa to bring "the monkey" :-o)



Vetteman94 on 29 October 2009
Xoj said:
kowenicki said:
it aint all that... my daughter is even getting bored of it now... its quite limited and easy to exhaust the things to do.

well thats what natal promises to do.

its a 10$-20$ toy.

after the hype it's gone you are done with it.

What does natal have to with Eyepet.   Eyepet is a game,  Natal is a motion sensing camera that allows you to control games.   Two completely different things.  

Plus I doubt Natal will only be $10-20 toy



koffieboon on 29 October 2009

@Damnyouall: Why do you copy someone's post from another forum here?



davygee on 29 October 2009

I got it from HMV online for £24.99 and I totally understand that it will have limited appeal and will only last a few days if played for continuously, but saw it as something totally different from my PS3 and it's really for my 2 year old son....and I get the PS Eye out of it in the bargain.

It is a £19.99 RRP game don't forget so it's effectively a demo of what is to come with the PS Eye...and you can even pick up the game itself for £14.99 from HMV.

I reckon this is Sony saying, get this bundle and look at it like the Singstar / Buzz range and watch out because there will be another game coming out soon....and we want you to collect them all.

What's really stopping Sony releasing a Cat / Dog version as well as different animals and developing it further.



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