Blaze Lord
11/May/06, 06:04 PM
Reuters has a very interesting piece with another Peter Moore interview. As you might (and should) know, Moore is very good at controlling the message, and is easily the most practiced spokesman involved with gaming. (Although, he's certainly no Steve Jobs.)
The first thing he mentions is that apparently my plan of getting a Revolution and a 360, and telling Sony to sod off, is his plan too. "People are going to buy two (machines.) They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3." He also seems to be thrilled with Nintendo's blue sea plan. "People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product -- like what I believe Wii will be -- with innovative new designs and great intellectual property." Nintendo leaving Microsoft and Sony to carve each other to pieces seems to be right up Moore's alley, especially since Microsoft clearly has the wallet to make it a fun and lengthy fight.
And while the Xbox, and to an even greater extent the 360, has done really well in North America, Europe, Australia, and so on, the trouble spot is definitely Japan. I think the DS' domination over the PSP in Japan has cheered Moore up. A weakened Sony gives Microsoft more chances to snatch up some of that Rising Sun market share, and hopefully the Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon can make a big enough dent before the PS3's late adopters move in. Still, Moore warns, "Quite frankly, if we're sitting here a year from now and things continue to fall flat, then we might say 'we don't know what to do anymore."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051100612.html
The first thing he mentions is that apparently my plan of getting a Revolution and a 360, and telling Sony to sod off, is his plan too. "People are going to buy two (machines.) They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3." He also seems to be thrilled with Nintendo's blue sea plan. "People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product -- like what I believe Wii will be -- with innovative new designs and great intellectual property." Nintendo leaving Microsoft and Sony to carve each other to pieces seems to be right up Moore's alley, especially since Microsoft clearly has the wallet to make it a fun and lengthy fight.
And while the Xbox, and to an even greater extent the 360, has done really well in North America, Europe, Australia, and so on, the trouble spot is definitely Japan. I think the DS' domination over the PSP in Japan has cheered Moore up. A weakened Sony gives Microsoft more chances to snatch up some of that Rising Sun market share, and hopefully the Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon can make a big enough dent before the PS3's late adopters move in. Still, Moore warns, "Quite frankly, if we're sitting here a year from now and things continue to fall flat, then we might say 'we don't know what to do anymore."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051100612.html