Sony Admits PlayStation Move Has Been A Failure

[† cloud1414]

Sony UK VP and MD Fergal Gara recently spoke to the official PlayStation magazine about Sony’s Wii Remote clone, the PlayStation Move. Gara admitted that Sony hadn’t done a good enough job supporting the hardware with quality titles, and suggested that the PlayStation Move hardware is best relegated to the causal market.

“What I’m thinking is that it’s better suited towards the casual market, certainly, but we also are pretty clear that we could have done a better job on the titles we’ve had and we’ve brought to market for the PlayStation Move. As you’ve said, great tech, probably not so great applications so far. So there’s a job for us to do on the strength of games, and having seen what’s forthcoming gives me great hope that we can do a better job with Move as we look forward. So we’re certainly not forgetting about it.”

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/03/11/sony-admits-playstation-move-has-been-a-failure/

[Koby]

People didn't buy a PS3 for it to be a knock-off of the Wii. I don't care one bit about PS Move.

[† cloud1414]

At least the kinect is doing somewhat well haha.

[ragnawind]

At least the kinect is doing somewhat well haha.

It has loads of advertising also. I don't really care for the Kinect. The original and best, in my opinion, is the Wii's Motion Control.

[† L4ugh]

I really haven't had a chance to try out the Move yet, but I'm not really surprised about this news. Sony really doesn't do much in the way of supporting their peripherals. The GunCons never really got much in the way of exciting titles either. I thought you could use the Move for some of the fps games, like Gears of War 3. I'm kind of surprised people aren't using it for that. I think I'd rather play a shooter with a gun and have awkward movement, then with a controller and have crappy aim.

[killerimpact]

Of coourse one thing is it is overpriced has crap games

[Gero50]

It was doomed from the start. I want to use a real controller thank you Sony.

[Xanodus]

It has loads of advertising also. I don't really care for the Kinect. The original and best, in my opinion, is the Wii's Motion Control.

Loads of advertising? I hardly saw any advertising for the Kinect itself, only the games, which were absolute rubbish.

Of coourse one thing is it is overpriced has crap games

Perhaps it is overpriced to make it seem more desirable? Also, things like cosnoles are always expensive the first time released. Look at the 3DS.

[shadowtheman]

I don't use the playstation move, I don't think most people do. Thats probably why it failed, it just wasn't needed. Like the 32x. In that case I'm not to worried.

[BURN_BABY_BURN]

Loads of advertising? I hardly saw any advertising for the Kinect itself, only the games, which were absolute rubbish.

Perhaps it is overpriced to make it seem more desirable? Also, things like cosnoles are always expensive the first time released. Look at the 3DS.

Seems to me there's a huge amount of advertising in New Zealand compared to other games, dunno what it's like in other countries. (by contrast, Nintendo's advertising, even when the Wii was popular, was abysmal and poorly managed here)

[Noxious_Gale]

controller is still the best and i think its so over price that so many cant afford to but it

[WhiteFalconZ]

Only game I had to use the move controller I borrowed was NMH for PS3. And tat was it. I could care less bout move, since all games i play doesnt use move or I simply opt out of it cuz I dont find a need to use or own a move

[UltraNinja]

People didn't buy a PS3 for it to be a knock-off of the Wii. I don't care one bit about PS Move.

Yeah. But for me that's also why I didn't like the wii. I don't for care much for motion gaming.

[Zozma]

I didn't even knew they made games that use the playstation move

[zico4974]

Did anyone get the killzone move thingy?

[DestinyBlitz]

People didn't buy a PS3 for it to be a knock-off of the Wii. I don't care one bit about PS Move.

Yep! I totz agree! If you want to move, just buy a Wii! ~

[xist]

Whilst the Move specific games generally turn out to be somewhat tedious, surely those titles with enhanced Move options (Like RE5) are worth having an alternative control scheme? RE4 on the Wii was made great by that option and whilst i've not tried a Move surely it can't be all bad?

[sail0remily]

I don't really care much for motion gaming to begin with. If I wanted to go out and play baseball, I would. I wouldn't turn on the kinect or the Wii and play it on a television.

The Move was a bad idea in the first place. PlayStation has never been about motion gaming, so it was an odd addition to their collection.

[xist]

PlayStation has never been about motion gaming, so it was an odd addition to their collection.

Nintendo was never about Motion gaming before the Wii? Every company has to try something to shake things up, and if it actually did add an extra dynamic it wouldn't have mattered it was similar to the Wii. It's just most dev's have ignored it.

[Koby]

Nintendo was never about Motion gaming before the Wii?

I can remember the original NES as a child, no more than 3 years old, shooting ducks with a gun by moving and pointing at the screen.