Move Over, Microsoft

John November 30, 2010 1

Sony have announced that they have sold over four million Playstation Move units since its launch, and are confident that sales momentum will continue over the Christmas period.

It will have to have a strong holiday period – Microsoft yesterday confirmed that they have sold over two-and-a-half million Kinect units in twenty-five days, suggesting that Sony’s lead could evaporate sooner rather than later, despite its head start.

“The 4.1 million units are global sales for the company.” – Director of corporate communications and social media for Sony Computer Entertainment America, Patrick Seybold

Playstation Move has been available in a variety of bundles from September 15 in Europe, September 17 in the U.K. and North America, and October 21 in Japan. The PS3 though has an estimated user base of 41.6 million people, meaning only a fraction of owners have currently bought into the Move philosophy.

Kinect meanwhile has been available since November 04, meaning that Microsoft are shifting approximately 100,000 units a day compared to Sony’s 53,000 daily sales.

Source: Gamasutra

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As someone who has experienced both Kinect and Move they each have their pros and cons, however unless you live in a mansion there’s no point buying Kinect. Microsoft doesn’t appear to have put much thought into the size of the room needed to properly use Kinect. Clearly the dimensions they based it on were of spacious American homes and not the more compact European version. To play kinect with 2 people you need to have at least 8 feet of clear space between you and the sensor – 8 feet! How big do they think my living room is?! To achieve the recommend clear space of 8ft by 6-12ft in my Victorian cottage I’d have to have all my mates come round to heave the sofas, table & Christmas tree out the way then, after a tea break, knock down a wall. Having made the necessary home alterations Kinect would be alot of fun. I certainly enjoyed playing it in the spacious surroundings of Earls Court at the 2010 EuroGamer Expo.

Whilst I would love to have Kinect (and a home big enough to use it) I in fact own PS Move and although fun it’s not quite on a par with Kinect. Although Move has the distinct advantage of being able to be used successfully without moving any furniture or dismantling masonry, a big plus in my book. Singstar Dance is sadly rather poor, they haven’t put much thought into it, mastering the moves is painfully difficult and holding the Move controller is rather limiting. I’m holding out for future games, like Sorcery, in the hope they’ll be more fun.