Microsoft's Peter Moore Dreamcasts the PS3

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via joystiq

When the topic of sluggish PlayStation 3 sales is brought up, Peter Moore recalls his previous corporate life and asks, "Remember the Dreamcast?" Speaking to Next-Generation's Colin Campbell, the Microsoft exec compares Sony's current difficulties with those he experienced with Sega on its final console. "We thought we were doing right," he says. "All of a sudden it didn't pan out."

Though we're not privy to the same lucid and possibly prophetic dreams Mr. Moore is, lumping Sony's latest effort into the same category as the Dreamcast brings with it many sticky implications, intended or not. Is Moore saying the PlayStation 3 is failing to "pan out" for Sony, less than a year into its supposed ten-year life? Sega came out of the gate strongly and promptly drove off a financial cliff like Thelma and Louise, whereas Sony is off to a slow start and has every chance of picking up the pace. Moore goes on to say that Sony's focus on the Cell processor and the Blu-ray drive was a mistake, that it "miscalculated the global consumer's appetite for the experience the offered at the price point they offered it at." But wasn't the PS2's "Emotion Engine" and DVD drive instrumental in its triumph over Moore's ex-box?

We remember when the Xbox 360 was given the Dreamcast treatment as a means to highlight impending failure, and it was as odd then as it is now. Despite the system's commercial demise under the watch of a struggling manufacturer, it enjoyed amazing first-party support and is still remembered for hosting some remarkable games and innovations. When did being compared to the Dreamcast become such a bad thing?

[DPyro]

The guy is an idiot. The PS3 is doing better than the Xbox 360 at this time last year.

Look

[JKKDARK]

The guy is an idiot. The PS3 is doing better than the Xbox 360 at this time last year.

And it's losing all the big exclusive titles

[DPyro]

And it's losing all the big exclusive titles

What 'BIG' exclusives. PS3 has FFXIII and FFXIII-Versus, MGS4, LAIR, LittleBigPlanet, Ninja Gaiden: Sigma, Heavenly Sword etc. DMC4 will still be going to PS3 (and will most likely be better).

[JKKDARK]

What 'BIG' exclusives.

Armored Core 4, Guitar Hero 2, Samurai Warriors 2/Empires, Virtua Fighter 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XI

[Facho]

That's a faulty comparison, the reasons why the Dreamcast failed have nothing to do with the PS3, which is not a failure at any degree.

One can easily see where Microsoft went wrong on the 360. The failure rates are huge, the red lights of death are a usual event, the HD DVD add-on is a failure comparing to the PS3's BD, the small HDD has no sense (can't see why sony went on the same) and the lack of HDMI, plus ripping the consumer on launching an upgraded console with HDMI, ain't that a damn shame...

PS3 a failure, don't see where, don't see why

[DPyro]

Armored Core 4, Guitar Hero 2, [edit] Samurai Warriors 2/Empires, Virtua Fighter 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XI

The only one of those that could be considered a big exclusive is GTA. Other than that, none of those games will make or break the console. All those games will still be on the PS3.

[Elven6]

But the Dreamcast did way better then the PS3 ast this point, and it lost its exlcusives after it was long gone.

[DPyro]

But the Dreamcast did way better then the PS3 ast this point, and it lost its exlcusives after it was long gone.

Um, no it didn't

[Shadowblind]

The only one of those that could be considered a big exclusive is GTA. Other than that, none of those games will make or break the console. All those games will still be on the PS3.

Alan Wake

Banjo-Kazooie

Blue Dragon

Crackdown

Fable 2

Forza Motorsport 2

Fuzion Frenzy 2

Gears of War

Halo 3

Halo Wars

Infinite Undiscovery

Kameo: Elements of Power

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom

Lost Odyssey

Marvel Universe Online

Mass Effect

Ninety-Nine Nights

Perfect Dark Zero

Project Gotham Racing 3

Project Gotham Racing 4

Shadowrun

Too Human

Viva Piñata

Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1



2K

Amped 3

BioShock



AQ Interactive

Cry On



Atari

Bullet Witch



Capcom

Dead Rising

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition



Codemasters

Overlord



Eidos

Battlestations: Midway

Crossfire

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men



Electronic Arts

FIFA 2007 (for next generation consoles)



From Software

Tenchu Senran



Hudson

Bomberman: Act Zero

Far East of Eden Ziria



Idea Factory

Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage



Konami

Dance Dance Revolution Universe

Rumble Roses XX



Namco Bandai

Culdcept Saga

Eternal Sonata (Trusty Bell)

Idol Master

Mobile Ops: The One Year War

Ridge Racer 6

Zegapain XOR

Zoids Infinity EX Neo



Rockstar

Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis



Sega

Chromehounds

Full Auto



Square-Enix

Project Sylpheed



Tecmo

Dead or Alive 4

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2



THQ

MotoGP ‘06

Saints Row

The Outfit



Ubisoft

Naruto (working title)

Over G Fighters

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 5