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Smashed on 16 December 2009

Two people banned on the first page.... Funny stuff.

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I'm looking forward to 2010 and what it has to bring, I myself will be picking up the sony wand! I think it will have potential.



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heruamon on 16 December 2009

LOL...I guess he has seen and tested Natal.



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Crazymann on 16 December 2009
Soriku said:
makingmusic476 said:
Soriku said:
snyperdud said:
I think the only thing Natal and The Wand will do is slow the Wii down by a lot.
But not cause it trouble by any means. It will continue to sell well, just not as well mainly due to more competition.


Hmm...why? The motion controls are launching at the end of 2010 IIRC (I know Natal is). In 2011 the Wii should slow down regardless and the Wii will have been long established by that time anyway and we all know the end of the year is always huge for the Wii, competition or not...

Sony's motes are dropping in Spring.

I honestly don't think the new motion controllers will impact the Wii at all, at least not outside of Japan.  In Japan it could effect the Wii vs ps3 battle, but even then, most people that care about motion control probably own Wiis, given its install base is twice that of the ps3's. 

In Japan it will be the software available for either platofrm that matters the most, like usual.


That's what I heard but then I heard it got delayed or something. Guess not.

As far as we know, "Gem" will release in March in Japan.  What worries me though, is that there isn't much buzz about it yet.  Natal has tonnes of buzz, but the technology seems to be far more incomplete and far off.  Sony is on the home stretch, but there seems to be no buzz yet.  I must admit that I just don't get that.*

 

 

 

*  By "get", I mean "agree" as opposed to "comprehend".



psrock on 16 December 2009
Crazymann said:
Soriku said:
makingmusic476 said:
Soriku said:
snyperdud said:
I think the only thing Natal and The Wand will do is slow the Wii down by a lot.
But not cause it trouble by any means. It will continue to sell well, just not as well mainly due to more competition.


Hmm...why? The motion controls are launching at the end of 2010 IIRC (I know Natal is). In 2011 the Wii should slow down regardless and the Wii will have been long established by that time anyway and we all know the end of the year is always huge for the Wii, competition or not...

Sony's motes are dropping in Spring.

I honestly don't think the new motion controllers will impact the Wii at all, at least not outside of Japan.  In Japan it could effect the Wii vs ps3 battle, but even then, most people that care about motion control probably own Wiis, given its install base is twice that of the ps3's. 

In Japan it will be the software available for either platofrm that matters the most, like usual.


That's what I heard but then I heard it got delayed or something. Guess not.

As far as we know, "Gem" will release in March in Japan.  What worries me though, is that there isn't much buzz about it yet.  Natal has tonnes of buzz, but the technology seems to be far more incomplete and far off.  Sony is on the home stretch, but there seems to be no buzz yet.  I must admit that I just don't get that.*

 

 

 

*  By "get", I mean "agree" as opposed to "comprehend".

That's actually Sony's fault for showing us a dildo at E3 with a horrible presentation that left no impact in the press or the fans, while MS showed something although not yet reachable people actaully want with an actual name.



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Crazymann on 16 December 2009
psrock said:
Crazymann said:
Soriku said:
makingmusic476 said:
Soriku said:
snyperdud said:
I think the only thing Natal and The Wand will do is slow the Wii down by a lot.
But not cause it trouble by any means. It will continue to sell well, just not as well mainly due to more competition.


Hmm...why? The motion controls are launching at the end of 2010 IIRC (I know Natal is). In 2011 the Wii should slow down regardless and the Wii will have been long established by that time anyway and we all know the end of the year is always huge for the Wii, competition or not...

Sony's motes are dropping in Spring.

I honestly don't think the new motion controllers will impact the Wii at all, at least not outside of Japan.  In Japan it could effect the Wii vs ps3 battle, but even then, most people that care about motion control probably own Wiis, given its install base is twice that of the ps3's. 

In Japan it will be the software available for either platofrm that matters the most, like usual.


That's what I heard but then I heard it got delayed or something. Guess not.

As far as we know, "Gem" will release in March in Japan.  What worries me though, is that there isn't much buzz about it yet.  Natal has tonnes of buzz, but the technology seems to be far more incomplete and far off.  Sony is on the home stretch, but there seems to be no buzz yet.  I must admit that I just don't get that.*

 

 

 

*  By "get", I mean "agree" as opposed to "comprehend".

That's actually Sony's fault for showing us a dildo at E3 with a horrible presentation that left no impact in the press or the fans, while MS showed something although not yet reachable people actaully want with an actual name.

Heh, that is harsh, but not inaccurate.  Still, "gem" technology - phallic as it is - seems to be more mature than Natal.  Remember the Natal scandal afterward?  Koller failed to address the "buzz gap", and for "Gem" to have any serious effect on Wii, it needs that kind of buzz.  The price cut is affecting Wii more than "Gem" will.  Unless Sony can shake the "purple dildo" perception*.

 

 

*  Yes I heard it.



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supercat on 16 December 2009

Hopefully, the design that we've seen isn't the finished one, and that Sony figures out that people dont want to wave dicks around when playing a FPS or whatever. Sorry, mods.



Legend11 on 16 December 2009

They're very pleased with PSP Go sales? How can anyone take anything he says in that interview seriously after reading that comment?



psrock on 16 December 2009
Legend11 said:
They're very pleased with PSP Go sales? How can anyone take anything he says in that interview seriously after reading that comment?

espacially knowing the fact he works for Sony. They know nothing.



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XxXProphecyXxX on 16 December 2009

TBH I dont give a rats about Sony's motion control project, I would rather see them spend more efforts and funds on delivering quality titles like U2 or put games like 8days,Heavenly 2 etc, back in development. Also focus more on marketing the ps3 even better and its games, Stay competitive in price and let Ninty and MS slaughter each other in battle over the waggle mote crowd.



Legend11 on 16 December 2009
psrock said:
Legend11 said:
They're very pleased with PSP Go sales? How can anyone take anything he says in that interview seriously after reading that comment?

espacially knowing the fact he works for Sony. They know nothing.


So you honestly believe that they're very pleased with the PSP Go's sales?