Peter Moore Goes Cold on Wii60

Plus! Outlines ideal 360 consumer as 23 year-old College Jock.

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Peter Moore Goes Cold on Wii60
You may remember many months ago at E3 that Peter Moore suggested that consumers would consider buying an Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii as their first two consoles of choice, over and above Sony's controversially-overpriced PlayStation 3, a console combo since referred to as the 'Wii60'.

Well, it seems Peter's changed his position on the Wii60 a little since then, telling CNET this week that, "In a lot of instances, it [Wii] will be a number two box because it's priced accordingly. The fear I would have is that people will buy the box and only play a few games. I think you'll pull it out at parties. It's fun for a few minutes, but I'm not sure [how long that will last]."

Moore also went on to outline 'the ideal Xbox consumer', who is (drumroll please)..."A male. He is connected. He is very, very used to going online for community. He's probably played PC games online. He's part of a Halo 2 clan and has been for two years. That comes from him playing Halo in college--so he's 23 or 24--with his buddies. He still loves to go out on a Wednesday night with them, even though they're spread all around the US. But they all come together Wednesday night to relive the days in the dorm room..."

He continues: "He also expects instant gratification, the delivery of game demos to his hard drive via his broadband network. And he's popular enough to have his profile online and he's pretty competitive, so he loves [Xbox game] achievements. He'll stay up all night to get achievements in games that his buddies have because it just pisses him off that they've got them first. He also would rather starve to death than not have a high-definition TV. He'll go without food rather than have a standard-def 27-inch TV."

For some reason, this quote from Moore has made SPOnG want a PlayStation 3 a little bit more.
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Comments

Joji 21 Sep 2006 12:02
1/9
If people find Wii fun for a few minutes doesn't mean they'll ditch it. Its up to the games available for it to keep the interest of the gamer and I think there won't be any problems in that area after reading that fat list from Nintendo.

Peter Moore, you might as well just say it, you think that Wii won't grab enough attention of gamers that play 360. I think he needs some medicine.

He's not sure how long that would last people, I can't wait for him to eat his words when Wii does well.
rastafari 21 Sep 2006 12:47
2/9
don't worry about MR Moore... he was the main responsible for the Dreamcast disaster in the US since he was the boss of SEGA US marketing.

as long as he is in charge for marketing 360, they wont make any progress
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Jay 21 Sep 2006 12:57
3/9
For some reason, this quote from Moore has made SPOnG want a PlayStation 3 a little bit more.


And it's made me want a toke on that crack pipe he's evidently been over-indulging
SCiARA 21 Sep 2006 13:10
4/9
ow dear, I usually love the s**t he comes out with, BC stuff was great, but this is cringe worthy stuff.

BTW I'm 30, married with 2 kids and play online occasionally, out of the 7ish people I personally know with 360's none fit that criteria - not even close..
Ditto 21 Sep 2006 13:20
5/9
Microsoft = Retards.
SCiARA 21 Sep 2006 13:26
6/9
now now...
Ming=Retard
OptimusP 21 Sep 2006 15:37
7/9
how about just saying Peter Moore= "i have the bigger penis" retard?
hollywooda 21 Sep 2006 17:07
8/9
hey i've got the biggest penis......ummm anyway this guys just a sweet old man who's not very in touch with "youth culture", bless him, i bet he tries to be "hip" by saying things like "wicked" & "dude"....
SCiARA 21 Sep 2006 17:55
9/9
The guy he's describing is probably who he wants to be
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