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Peter Moore Praises Revolution Controller

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Well ... this was kind of unexpected. Even Peter Moore at Microsoft likes the controller.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11651

"I want to give kudos for Nintendo for its attempt at innovation with the new controller," Moore commented, saying that the new device would -"bring people in that, as Iwata-san said, are either lapsed gamers or gamers that are intimidated by the complexity of the controller."

"We said at E3, we want a billion consumers touched in this next generation by our industry," Moore said. "That was an industry message. Certainly, we can see Nintendo rallying to that cry and reiterating what Robbie said on May 16th; I heard the same words come from Iwata-san of Nintendo yesterday."
 
Spot the hidden back-tracking on 360 targets.

we want a billion consumers touched in this next generation by our industry," Moore said. "That was an industry message
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f34R Nintendo!
 
You'll never get a 10 page thread out of a nothing topic like this with such a deep attachment to "truth" and "facts".
 
Why is Moore discussing the billion person viewpoint again? But billion people touched, not a billion 360 owners. Which is fine enough, for the sake of the world's landfills.
 
JackFrost2012 said:
I think Moore is retroactively taking credit for the Revolution controller.

"Nintendo marches to the beat of Robbie Bach's drummer!"
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I was just looking through the thread to see if anyone had noticed that before I posted.

"It was our idea!"
 
Ghost said:
You'll never get a 10 page thread out of a nothing topic like this with such a deep attachment to "truth" and "facts".
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No but it's funny coming in here and knowing exactly the kind of responses you'd get:

Xbots: Microsoft isn't threatened.
Nintys: Microsoft is going to copy it.

.. and I was right :)
 
Moore was also quoted as saying:

"Whatever you do, don't buy a PS3... please, I'm begging you. Nintendo? When the time arrives buy as many remote control doodads as you fancy, Robbie Bach has 3 micros already! Whatever it takes to touch the magic billion without anyone touching a PS3, ever, cuz they break down and stuff, which is why Snake is old and gross and has homo facial hair. Remember target demographic, PS3 equals gay moustache!"
 
Oh, I wanted to post that the title is misleading. He's not praising the controller itself, but Nintendo's attempt.
 
I want to give kudos for Nintendo for its attempt at innovation with the new controller," Moore commented, saying that the new device would -"bring people in that, as Iwata-san said, are either lapsed gamers or gamers that are intimidated by the complexity of the controller
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It's "attempt" at innovation?

The new device is intended for an extremely casual audience?

The Revolution != competition?!

I think that's what he is saying.

we want a billion consumers touched in this next generation by our industry
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I'll never understand where they are getting that idea. Do they really think they are going to outsell every console ever created by a factor of 10?!
 
Nintendo has been talking about expanding the industry before MS started. MS doesn't want to expand the industry since it goes against their business plan. They are the fratboy/core gamer machine. They don't want silly little games on the big bad box.
 
Ulairi said:
Nintendo has been talking about expanding the industry before MS started. MS doesn't want to expand the industry since it goes against their business plan. They are the fratboy/core gamer machine. They don't want silly little games on the big bad box.
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That's a good point. No successful business wants more customers.
 
I thought Moore's example was particularly interesting. His example of a "casual" person who is afraid of the complexities that gaming currently has to offer is his wife, who he then proceeds to illustrate as someone who is still not interested in gaming, but only uses the Xbox 360 for its media centre purposes.

That seems to go entirely against the whole point Nintendo is trying to make, and indeed isn't even relevant to their direction with Revolution. Who cares if someone will use an Xbox 360 if they don't actually have to play games on it? The goal is to get someone interested in interacting with games by breaking down the barrier between them and the interaction, which in this case is being attempted by introducing a radically simplified controller.

Successfully getting your wife to use the console as an mp3 hub while she happens to use the controller to do so is absolutely no achievement at all.
 
It's like the big better-known brother tapping the smaller "trying and able" brother on the head for doing a good job. Sounds cocky in my opinion and to relate and pull the spotlight from Nintendo in their news info time.
 
dark10x said:
I'll never understand where they are getting that idea. Do they really think they are going to outsell every console ever created by a factor of 10?!
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i've been thinking heavily on this one but i'm assuming that one xbox 360 will equal 4 ppl touched...or about.

Family = 3 or more and i think on average we are looking at 4.

but even then i think they need to sell 250,000,000 units. oh well.
 
EclipseGST said:
i've been thinking heavily on this one but i'm assuming that one xbox 360 will equal 4 ppl touched...or about.

Family = 3 or more and i think on average we are looking at 4.

but even then i think they need to sell 250,000,000 units. oh well.
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You'd be right.......if it were specifically pertaining to Xbox.
 
Mermandala said:
...gay moustache!"
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Eh? Eh?
 
Peter Moore, the dude behind all that Nintendo bashing back when he was heading up Sega's war campaign, is now at Microsoft and patting Nintendo on the back. Granted, the move will probably in five years broaden the market for the Xbox 1080 and PS4, so it's likely to benefit his team in the long run; I just didn't expect him to respond cordially, even though he's probably just thinking, "sweet, now we don't have to compete with them!"

Seriously, what's next? Bush apologizing for the fuck-up that is Hurricane Katrina?
 
It's a brilliant PR statement on Microsoft's part. They get to patronize Nintendo, give off an aura of superiority, and look classy while doing it.

I'm sure he doesn't really care about the controller at this point, since either he believes it will have insignificant impact in NA or that the current business plan for the XBox 360 still has to be carried out, no matter what.
 
thats what i like to call... classy bashing at it's finest.

they're basically saying they are happy nintendo is "attempting" to be innovative by appealing to stupid gamers and also that robbie bach will be trumpting the innovation horn next gen.


i wish nintendo success with the revolution.
 
Jonk said:
It's like the big better-known brother tapping the smaller "trying and able" brother on the head for doing a good job. Sounds cocky in my opinion and to relate and pull the spotlight from Nintendo in their news info time.
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Hmm.. except that in gaming, Nintendo is the big brother :)
 
Think About It:


In many ways, Microsoft needs this more than Nitnendo. Microsoft wants to create a computer O/S for the family room. Can you think of a better replacement to the desktop mouse than the revcolution controller?! Using this thing in a Windows OS/TV environment would be a breaze.
 
monchi-kun said:
the enemy of my enemy is my friend....microsoft is already supporting the DS.....
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Yeah but they're all enemies. So that would make everyone friends. Microsoft is the enemy of Sony. Nintendo is the enemy of Microsoft. So Sony would be friends with Nintendo? To Sony, Nintendo is the enemy of Microsoft, so Sony should be friends with Microsoft as well. To Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony is the enemy. So Nintendo should be friends with both of them, too.

...

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MassiveAttack said:
What is the point of this thread? Who gives a f*ck what Moore thinks?
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Some people care about what he says, some don't, and the other are just bored enough to read whatever comes and talk about next gen, or gaming in general.
If you think you're not in any of those categories you just earned the right to either shutthefuckdown or stay out of this thread.
 
soundwave05 said:
"We said at E3, we want a billion consumers touched in this next generation by our industry," Moore said. "That was an industry message. Certainly, we can see Nintendo rallying to that cry..."
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Well, THAT explains Nintendo's motivations! Thank you, Microsoft, for getting Nintendo to finally innovate!

:lol
 
This is another half-assed PR move which patronises us gamers YET AGAIN. Why are they behaving like the stereotypical arrogant textbook-style American corporate fogies?

MS might just get left behind in the console race this time, they have no selling point so they are FORCED to release nice friendly statements like this. PS3 has the PS brand and a huge worldwide following, Nintendo has its own fanatical fans and franchises as well as this new innovation. MS pretends it has both. Its embaressing.

MTV promo, hiring models to dance, cheer and clap, sitting on the floor during the "press conference" as if that makes you cool and "in touch with the consumers". Bollocks man, its so contrived and condescending. Now they've resorted to patronising our intelligence as well as Nintendo's. I feel sorry for xbots, at least other fanboys have a good company/product to pledge their allegiance to.
 
Seriously Microsoft and Nintendo should ally and make one console. They fit together like puzzle pieces both covering each other's holes.
 
So Peter Moore is an idiot and a failure when talking about the 360, but a repected industry figure when talking about the REV controller? :lol
 
See, this is the where Microsoft losses me. They say that they want to introduce non-gamers, new-gamers, past-gamers, etc. back into gaming by giving them a entertainment media hub that they could use for other things besides games. Okay, this is understandable. Where they start going nowhere is when they introduce the Core Xbox360. Who is the Core system marketed to? The non-gamers? But that would defeat the purpose of having a entertainment hub, because in order to have one, a HDD is absolutely necessary.
 
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