Peter Moore Responds to PS3 Pricing and Wii Philosophy

It’s almost a given that Microsoft officials were laughing with joy when Sony revealed the price of the PS3. Now, Peter Moore publicly says what’s on his mind.

“Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3? People are going to buy two [consoles]. They’re going to buy an Xbox [360] and they’re going to buy a Wii… for the price of one PS3.”

As you can see, he echoes the same thought that many of us, including me, were thinking. This would especially be true of Microsoft dropped the price on the Xbox 360 by a bit by next Christmas and Nintendo launched the Wii at $200. He went on to praise Nintendo’s strategy again.

“People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product — like what I believe Wii will be — with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid.”

Currently, Microsoft is trying to do what Nintendo has and build up IPs while focusing on their main innovation, Xbox Live. This is what they hope will put them over the top and win the next generation console war. They definitely intend to win. This was Moore’s statement to Sony,

“We have 100 percent market share of the next-generation, and their job is to take that from us. When I think on everything that we’ve got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand.”

It’s almost a given that Microsoft officials were laughing with joy when Sony revealed the price of the PS3. Now, Peter Moore publicly says what’s on his mind.

“Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3? People are going to buy two [consoles]. They’re going to buy an Xbox [360] and they’re going to buy a Wii… for the price of one PS3.”

As you can see, he echoes the same thought that many of us, including me, were thinking. This would especially be true of Microsoft dropped the price on the Xbox 360 by a bit by next Christmas and Nintendo launched the Wii at $200. He went on to praise Nintendo’s strategy again.

“People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product — like what I believe Wii will be — with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid.”

Currently, Microsoft is trying to do what Nintendo has and build up IPs while focusing on their main innovation, Xbox Live. This is what they hope will put them over the top and win the next generation console war. They definitely intend to win. This was Moore’s statement to Sony,

“We have 100 percent market share of the next-generation, and their job is to take that from us. When I think on everything that we’ve got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand.”