Karooo Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 PlayStation Move With the console game market scoring depressingly low sales in recent months, Sony's announcement that it has shipped 2.5 million of its PlayStation 3 Move wireless controllers may be a welcomed reprieve from the relentless drumbeat of bad news. The company said Thursday that it had shipped 1 million Move controllers in the U.S. and Canada, plus 1.5 million units in Europe, since launching the device Sept. 19. (Move has not yet launched in Asia.) The wireless device, which sells for $50 and up, lets players control their actions within video games by moving their arms, much like the Nintendo Wii remote. The combined sales exceeded some analysts' expectations. "It's ahead of what I thought previously," said Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Securities. "I think that they are a lock to sell 3 to 4 million by Dec. 31, and a lock to hit more than 5 million by fiscal year end" on March 31. Although Sony's numbers are for controllers it had shipped to stores, there's a good chance that many of them, if not all, have sold. Many stores sell out of the devices as soon as they're received, said John Koller, director of hardware marketing for Sony's PlayStation business in Foster City, Calif. "There's minimal on-hand inventory in many stores," Koller said. "We're basically shipping every unit we can make." That's counter to what some have speculated about the robustness of Move sales prior to Sony's announcement. Koller credits the brisk sales to the diverse lineup of 24 games that use Move, including iPets for kids, Time Crisis: Razing Storm for hard-core players and Start the Party for families and casual players. Sony expects another 15 Move-enabled titles to come online by March 31, which it hopes will prompt the overall console to get a move on. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/10/sony-move-controllers-playstation-3-ship.html? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLotus Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swayam Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 well..it's shipped, not sold. so i'll be a bit skeptical. it's awesome though and deserves the sales. now release moar software sony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuderiaT1fos1 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Thats awesome, all we need is more MOVE titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnav_in_3d Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 enjoy sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 does sony share profit with u guys?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 does sony share profit with u guys?? Dude, what happened to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Dude, what happened to you? GT5 delays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 GT5 delays And you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 SCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 i bought two of them and they are gathering dust now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 gt5 delay has helped us recognize the true believers and weed out the masked men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM Sunny Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 i bought two of them and they are gathering dust now same here too hardcore for me, I returned to my casual games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinecon Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 i jus saw the resident evil 5 vid wid move controller on utube, der is considerable delay between the actual hand movement and the game , i don't think i wud wanna spend my money on it, dunno how ppl bought it.. they must b regretting it now, guess sony did this 2 its customers ---> . nintendo were smart, they knew too much graphics will mess wid d gameplay, so they kept the graphics simple, wid less eye candy. kinect though, looks nice. response time is very less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 i jus saw the resident evil 5 vid wid move controller on utube, der is considerable delay between the actual hand movement and the game , i don't think i wud wanna spend my money on it, dunno how ppl bought it.. they must b regretting it now, guess sony did this 2 its customers ---> . nintendo were smart, they knew too much graphics will mess wid d gameplay, so they kept the graphics simple, wid less eye candy. kinect though, looks nice. response time is very less Dude, its the other way around...kinect has been showing delayed response whereas move USP is its percision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 i jus saw the resident evil 5 vid wid move controller on utube, der is considerable delay between the actual hand movement and the game , i don't think i wud wanna spend my money on it, dunno how ppl bought it.. they must b regretting it now, guess sony did this 2 its customers ---> . nintendo were smart, they knew too much graphics will mess wid d gameplay, so they kept the graphics simple, wid less eye candy. kinect though, looks nice. response time is very less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittoo Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 i jus saw the resident evil 5 vid wid move controller on utube, der is considerable delay between the actual hand movement and the game , i don't think i wud wanna spend my money on it, dunno how ppl bought it.. they must b regretting it now, guess sony did this 2 its customers ---> . nintendo were smart, they knew too much graphics will mess wid d gameplay, so they kept the graphics simple, wid less eye candy. kinect though, looks nice. response time is very less Yeah..in Bizzaro world that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameuun Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 hehe i think we all were rich but foolish enough to set out 8k. to 10k. for dusting. still waiting for FPS like killzone3,,before that would like to rent it to some users, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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