Moore on Sony's Problem: They Don't Know Struggle

Analyzing Sony's PS3 problems, Microsoft Corporate VP Peter Moore believes that part of it stems from the fact that they've always been the leader and don't know what it's like to struggle, to have that feeling of challenge. Moore also talked up the importance of the 360 core SKU. More within..

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(Link to GameDaily.com)

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Originally Posted by Moore

He continued, "[The Core] will allow us pricing flexibility in the out years to be able to drive prices down to where the real meat is of $199. As you know, the real sweet spot becomes $199 and below. Eighty percent of the PS2 installed base has now been sold at $199 and below. I mean, that's where the real money is. To allow us to be able to do that, we felt the Core system was very, very important. Is it paying off right now? Potentially. But it will really pay off in the outgoing years, when it will allow us to get to price points that we potentially couldn't get to if we just stayed with the Xbox 360 [Premium.]"

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That's great Mr. Moore, but it's also segregating the use of the hard drive, as being an overall part of the 360, when it comes to being used by developers in the creation of their games.

I guess the term 360 now has more meaning, because every Xbox had an HD, while the PS2 didn't. Now, we have every PS3 having an HD, while the 360 is a mixed bag.

Wouldn't that be a 180?

We need to turn this team around 360 degrees!

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Wouldn't that be a 180?

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They stopped at 180 to create the core system, then they did another to make the premium.

Moore helped tank Sega, so he certainly can speak about struggle.

I don't think you can really blame Moore for Sega's failure. That's like blaming one man for not bailing fast enough as the Titanic goes down. It was going to happen regardless, since past fuck ups had already reached critical mass when he arrived. No one could have saved the Dreamcast.

I definitely don't blame one man, but I don't think he did anything positive either. He's just a PR monkey.

No argument there.