Peter Moore Talks PS3, Wii, Portable 360

kukyfrope writes "Peter Moore recently led an intimate round-table discussion at E3 where journalists were allowed to pluck his brain on current industry issues. His comments cover PS3's high-price announcement, downplay rumors surrounding a portable Xbox, and actually admits he would like a Wii! 'Look, it's not partisan; I love what Nintendo is doing. They're in a different space.'"

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With enemies like these, who needs friends?

[roger6106]

With enemies like these, who needs friends?

Re:With enemies like these, who needs friends?

[Total_Wimp]

With enemies like these, who needs friends?

This is politics 101. You don't bash the people who have no chance of winning. You compliment them for their pluck, their uniqueness and their creativity. If later on it looks like they have a chance, you can bash them then.

The reason: You look like a magnanimous good guy. Some of the good underdog vibes actually rub off on you. You're humanized.

You risk little, because you know this guy is no competition anyway.

Hell, people are talking about an Xbox _and_ a Wii or maybe a PS3 and a Wii. Nobody sees the Wii as their primary box. They don't take it seriously like they do the big boys. They like it, but they like as the quirky underdog sidekick and definitely not like the action hero. Microsoft and Sony are only complimenting Nintendo because they see Nintendo as zero threat.

TW

(real world example: Check some old tapes (or memory cells) for the first Perot/Clinton/H.W.Bush debate. Bush and Clinton both not only played softball with, but actually complemented Perot. Only later in the campaign as Perot's numbers started to climb did they start to challenge him. If this strategy is good enough for two presidents, then it's definitely good enough for Sony and Microsoft.)

Re:Kudos for trying?

[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

But isn't Nintendo "trying" a new control system? As it hasn't even been released yet I'm not sure what else he should say. Give them kudos for doing?

I think its great they are trying a new controller as the basic control pad hasn't had any major changes since the original Nintendo. There have been some changes in shape, some extra buttons, vibrating, etc but nothing really revolutionary (more evolutionary) Though motion/positioning control systems have been produced before, its never been as a primary control system for a console like this. It has great potential, but we just don't know how it will all turn out yet so "try" does seem pretty fitting.

Re:Desperately Trying To Appear Hip And Relevant

[ironwill96]

1) As TFA says, why bother including functionality that consumers may not want and jacking up your price because of it (see Sony). Also, the HD Protection Bit has been going back and forth on if it is a 1-year hiatus or until 2010, I have yet to see anything definite stating one way or another. Regardless, I wouldn't trust the MPAA to let it be HDCP free until 2010 - you'll just shoot yourself in the foot if you do.

2) By BC i'm going to hazard a guess you mean background content updates for Xbox Live? It is still in the works and coming eventually, yeah its been delayed a bunch but it doesnt seem relevant to this topic.

3) PGR3 looks pretty good to me when i've played it for several hours, not sure which version you are looking at. When you compare it to actual consoles that are out there (Gamecube and PS2), sure does look a lot better. But maybe you are comparing it to "coming soon" consoles?

4) I've heard of overheating but not of some massive defects, wouldn't this be in some of the regular gaming news sites if there were (IGN, Gamespy etc)?

5) Xbox Live has always been different than what Sony and Nintendo have been doing in the online arena (which is a whole lot of nothing atm). Sony's service probably won't have the same functionality as Xbox Live - which will now run cross-platform gaming with Windows gamers (big plus), have same tag and friends list across platforms, and you know that every game that you buy that is Live-enabled - which I think all 360 games are required to have at least friends list functionality included - will work in the same fashion and work well. Without an integrated system, if you leave it up to each publisher it will be a mess and not nearly as useful as what Microsoft has come up with. This is one area where I think Microsoft has been kicking the tail of Sony and Nintendo - people want multiplayer gaming, co-op experiences, and also love earning "achievements" (just look at BF2's popular badge system which is why many still play almost a year after release).

6) Expect to see the Core version dropped this fall and price drop on the premium version (just my strong theory and that of many gaming mags). Are you still whining about background content or is BC something else? Please don't use acronyms that aren't clearly defined by context. Thanks.

Yeah, so PS2 still sells a lot - b/c you can get one for $100 now and it has a bazillion games. Also, what would the 360's sell numbers have been if they actually had millions in stock on store shelves instead of there being constant supply shortages?

And oh yeah, if you're going to rant at least have the courtesy to login instead of being a typical AC (Anonymous Coward). And a note, i'm planning on buying a Nintendo Wii first and foremost so i'm not a Microsoft Fanboy. I currently own a Gamecube and Xbox and played a PS2 for about a year before I wanted to claw my eyes out from the total lack of anti-aliasing capabilities on that console.

Re:Wii is in a "different space"?

[Valdrax]

They keep saying that because they desperately need for it to be true. If developers come up with hard and edgy games for the Wii or good sports / racing titles that take advantage of the controller, then they'll steal the core markets for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

As long as Sony & MS can convince everybody that the Wii is for kids and non-gamers, then they'll keep the genres that appeal to the hardcore exclusively their consoles. However, I think the day that some smart developer thinks of how to use the Wii controller for a first person shooter is the day that console FPS games like Halo become irrelevant.

The only games that can't migrate to the Wii are games that depend on having pretty, pretty graphics for much of their appeal, like the mainline Final Fantasy games or games like Shadow of the Colossus. The Wii isn't even trying for graphics success.

The Wii will change forever the face of console gaming. I can't wait for the next generation when the Wii's control features get married to the graphics power of the current generation.