Topic: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

[Chozo Ghost]

This resulted in a baseball bat tracking some guy's crotch in an unfortunate manner.

He must've been packin'. Black guy?

Here I thought you were the only one with a PhD in Penis Fencing!

I know, but I wasn't at the event, so it couldn't have been me.

Maybe it was Reggie?

[Invincible Donkey Kong]

Nope, was too busy laughing at Move from the background. 

[BlackNMild2k1]

Reggie comments on Move and other stuff

IG: I was going to ask you about PlayStation Move, because it's sort of like Wii in HD. The controls are pretty similar but the graphics are much better. And I guess Sony is hoping that people will upgrade from Wii because of those motion controls. Sony wants Wii consumers to say now, 'Hey let's go get a PS3.'

Reggie: And why would they say that? That's the piece that to me is very interesting. So I'm a consumer and I'm having a great experience with my Wii. And we know that's the case – we look at the software that's being purchased. Consumers love the Wii. What's going to motivate them to spend minimally $300 for a new [PS3] system, plus minimally $100 for the Move motion bundle? So [as a consumer] now I'm into this for $400 and I still have to spend money on software. What's going to motivate me to do that?

Reggie sure has been quite vocal about Move. I guess Nintendo is feeling a little bit of pressure from Move as it moves into Wii territory. I hope that translate into some pro-active behavior from Nintendo which results in more games with bigger budgets from more developers that matter.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Reggie isn't vocal about Move.  I'm vocal about move, hell, the "new $400 game system" idea puts us on the same wavelength of justice.  It's the interviewers and interviews that are just terrible, discussing the same questions/topics over and over again.

Will SMove (new pricey peripheral combo) attract the existing nicheStation3 customers?  Will SMove (whole new platform package) attract existing "pointed there, waggled that" Wii customers?  Will SMove attract the unknown NON-CUSTOMERS?  Why isn't Kaz around to answer these questions?  Why aren't the press asking these?

If the press can only ask the constantly pathetic "I hope I win against teh Reggie" type questions, and Reggie's the only big industry guy available to answer this stuff, who's playing who?

[TJ Spyke]

NinGurl is right, how is it being vocal about something when he is just answering the question the reporter asked him? Especially when it's one that he has probably been asked many times already. It's like when movie actors do the standard round of interviews to promote it, they get sick of answering the same question 15, 20 times.

[BlackNMild2k1]

He is being vocal because he could keep recycling the same answers over and over again, but he is expressing some of the same concerns that lots of us have had. I've made a post already detailing what it would cost to play PS3 w/ Move vs Wii, and he doesn't seem to be holding back and deflecting questions like most PR heads would do.

would you guys really prefer the ususal "I have not seen Move, but I think what we offer on Wii is blah blah blah blah" or "We don't see ourselves in the same competitive space as blah blah blah" response over and over again.

[Ian Sane]

I think Reggie has been pretty fair regarding Move.  He isn't being as hostile as he could be.  He's bringing up very legitimate concerns.

In the IGN interview he pointed out that if Sony's goal was to provide something new for existing PS3 owners that $100 for Move is a perfectly acceptable price.  That's something that no one really has talked about.  But he also mentioned that if it's $400 for a new customer and that's what Sony is focusing on there needs to be an incentive.  And that's dead-on.  Reggie could be all politician and just crap on Sony's negatives in a biased manner.  But he isn't.  I think he might do that to look more credible, but that's working.

It's a hot topic and he's answering questions.  If he was bringing it up in conversation then I would say that maybe Nintendo is worried about it but that's not the case.

[ThePerm]

They really have nothing to worry about, as long as the paychecks from the Wii and Ds are still coming in. Actually, if they made no money from this point, they could operate for another 6 years.

[BlackNMild2k1]

LOLx2

Sony Mocks Natal and Insults the Wii

The PlayStation Move was just announced, but Sony is wasting no time before going on the attack. The newest—not to mention first—advertisement for the peripheral makes fun of the Nintendo Wii, attacks Microsoft's Project Natal, and basically buries the entire message under a thick layer of smarm with a side order of smug.

Yeah, this commercial is pretty much awesome.

direct link: Kevin Butler "Moves" from the Future

I lol'd twice.

"Total control over your gaming experience.....because real boxers don't hit like this..."



"It also has what we in the future call buttons...Which are pretty important..... for doing anything that doesn't involve catching a big red ball"

"C'mon, Who wants to use their hand is a gun.... what is this third grade!?

Pew...Pew....Pew...Pew (laughs)"

[Guitar Smasher]

So if I'm following this commercial correctly, Move has as much chance at being successful as the KC Royals?

[broodwars]

I have to give it to Sony: that commercial's hilarious.   

[BlackNMild2k1]

So if I'm following this commercial correctly, Move has as much chance at being successful as the KC Royals?

more like, get ready for the unexpected.

Since I assume you meant that the KC Royals have a very low chance of making to the World Series.

[mac<censored>]

I'm not sure mocking the opponent as childish is the best choice, given the Move's Nerf-controller / clown-nose appearance...

[Actually it looks even more silly in his video than the previous shots I've seen... man, that really is a giant glowing yellow ball on the end of it...]

[BlackNMild2k1]

You also would think that they would have used a color other than pink during the fighting scene.

[Guitar Smasher]

So if I'm following this commercial correctly, Move has as much chance at being successful as the KC Royals?

more like, get ready for the unexpected.

Since I assume you meant that the KC Royals have a very low chance of making to the World Series.

I'm just saying he claims to be from the future, and says that Move is incredibly successful and that the Royals win the World Series.  Given that both events have occurred (according to him) that means they both have a probability of 100%.  So it's possible to say that both events are equally as likely, at least in the 'sony-make-believe' paradigm.  And I find this funny.

[Stogi]

You would think they would use two people that don't look like dueche bags demonstrating their games.

Funny vid though

[Guitar Smasher]

They do look very uncomfortable playing those games.  Get them a chair.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I thought HD players have trouble standing up and lifting controllers.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Did no one notice that the on-screen character is punching with the wrong hand?

Guy with the 3iimote is punching with his left, onscreen character is punching with his right.



Not something you would notice on the 1st or 2nd time seeing the commercial, but I've seen it about 4 times already, and it really sticks out now that I noticed it.

[broodwars]

Did no one notice that the on-screen character is punching with the wrong hand?

My guess is that this is something that was intentionally done by the director of the commercial to avoid confusing the viewer just casually watching by having a character punching with his right=a character on the TV (from our perspective) punching from the left.  That you (and I) didn't notice this up till now seems to indicate this.  Of course, they could have avoided the issue entirely by just not having the video footage show a character attacking from the front.   

[mac<censored>]

You would think they would use two people that don't look like dueche bags demonstrating their games.

They wanted to accurately represent the "hardcore gamer" audience I guess.

[Chozo Ghost]

Why doesn't Nintendo get "vocal" via its lawyers by suing Sony for ripping off their intellectual property?

[ThePerm]

cus it works slightly differently

[BlackNMild2k1]

Jack Tretton is talking(?)/demonstrating(?) Move tonite on GTTV (SpikeTV 12:30am)
http://www.gametrailers.com/images/skyscaper_GTT

[BeautifulShy]

Move has a 404 error on Gametrailers.