theres some speculation that move only shipped 1.5 million in europe not sold. well never no because companys only tell half truths to consumers and only sony knows the real numbers.
i think elgreco88 does have a point, i live in turkey and over here the dominant company for consoles is sony, it does have a stronger following in europe and sony is definitely better structured as a company in the old continent... :)
Well Sony systems have always been much more prominent in Europe and there's more people so it's not too strange that Move saw a greater deal of success there.
This would fully not explain why sales have been five times as high in Europe but it does help to offer some perspective.
JohnF111
This and the fact Xbox outnumbers the PS3 by about 4 to 1... Or if you count broken ones then that changes to 15 to 1. Not sure if you were joking about the 4 to 1 estimate... but it's actually less than 2 to 1. And there are 15 million PS3s in NA, versus 17 million in EU. It's really not enough to account for such a big difference. The install base is nearly the same, despite being a bigger share of the market percentage-wise.
Well, I'll be getting the Move as soon as I have the money... and I don't doubt a lot of other people will be around the holidays. I know some Wii fanatics that are majorly interested in the Move. But I think it's because the Move isn't exactly getting a ton of advertising yet. I mean, the majority of people I known don't even know the Move exists.
PS Move Controller= $50 PS Eye= $40 PS Navi= $30 PS Move Bundle= $100 but w/o navi controller Move Games = $40 I guess americans are playing it safe for now. Bottom line, the move experience is way to much.
The population size of Europe and America shouldn't be taken into account, it's the sales of the PS3. According to VGChartz, the PS3 has sold a couple million more units in America than Europe.
This would fully not explain why sales have been five times as high in Europe but it does help to offer some perspective.
JohnF111
This and the fact Xbox outnumbers the PS3 by about 4 to 1... Or if you count broken ones then that changes to 15 to 1. :roll: in the states maybe, but overall its closer to like 1.5 - 1
Europe also buys more dance games and stuff like "SingStar" games... it's a difference of gaming tastes. We yanks prefer our gamepads... That, and there really needs to be something better than Archery, Bowling, and "Kung Fu Rider" horsedroppings before most people here would sink money into it. In America most people I know saw the promise of the Wii come and go, with no impact or staying power, in terms of killer software. If Sony and Microsoft think they know how to implement the systems they have developed any better than Nintendo did with their system (eventually creating things like "Classic Controller" gamepads to facilitate the console's top sellers like "Super Mario Brothers", instead of making motion controls that worked for those games), I'll be interested to watch it happen.
Personally I don't think it's going to fly in any meaningful way (motion controls, for either system).
That probably has to do with Move costing only 50 Euros there for the controller + PS Eye and demo disc. It's harder to justify the price point here, where the Wii only costs $200 versus the $100 Move price. I do expect sales to pick up near LBP2, Killzone 3, and Socom 4's launch.
theres some speculation that move only shipped 1.5 million in europe not sold. well never no because companys only tell half truths to consumers and only sony knows the real numbers.
atc-fanatic
I think all companies only supply numbers for amounts of their products shipped, not sold. I don't think there's any way to find accurate numbers on that.
America prefers the 360 plain and simple. Kinect will sell better in North America hands down. PS3 had the better lineup in 09 and MS still sold more units. MS got it early and people adopted the system. People want the 360 because all of their friends have 360's People already own a wii, so why buy what they already have? That is the psychology.
(I only took the first sites found on Google, but the source for this 300000 is Pachter, so let's say he's just spreading nonsense as usual, he even said it was an estimation, and as usual things got blown out of proportion)
[QUOTE="PSP107"]PS Move Controller= $50 PS Eye= $40 PS Navi= $30 PS Move Bundle= $100 but w/o navi controller Move Games = $40 I guess americans are playing it safe for now. Bottom line, the move experience is way to much. the move isnt expensive
[QUOTE="PSP107"]PS Move Controller= $50 PS Eye= $40 PS Navi= $30 PS Move Bundle= $100 but w/o navi controller Move Games = $40 I guess americans are playing it safe for now. Bottom line, the move experience is way to much.Bow-T_88
the move isnt expensive
a dollar for a can of coke... then stop buying 50 coke for your friends
and for scholars... bring lunch box for recess.... like the japanese kids with their Bento Set... at least for a month. It will save you a lot at least a Move Bundle per home
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