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Peter Moore unleashes the SMUG. Also, PS3 = Dreamcast now? photo

Like a child who's been served a bigger scoop of ice cream than his brother, Microsoft's Peter Moore is acting (to use the rhyming slang of my cockney brethren) quite the "shmug blunt" lately. In an interview found here, Moore derides the PS3 while showing off shamelessly and with gusto.

“I’ve walked a mile in those shoes. I’m digging up my tortured past here, but remember Dreamcast?”

The words of Peter Moore, doubtlessly said in suppressed laughter that caused his face to turn purple like some sort of insane, sentient eggplant. One gets the impression this is the best thing that's ever happened to the man, that he can be better at videogames than other people.

The Dreamcast comparison is intriguing though. Many people would say that the Dreamcast was an underrated system with a lot of good games. Oh wait, that must be what Peter meant.

Cast your eyes beyond the jump for more...

[Thanks to PacoDG as ever] 

“Howard Stringer said ‘it’s not what’s possible that’s important, it’s what’s relevant’. I think that’s probably indicative of the PS3. It was possible to build a box that had Blu-ray and Cell and HDMI and everything else, but what was relevant was maybe a $399 price point and great games. I think we can all agree, and even Sony would potentially agree, that they miscalculated the global consumer’s appetite for the experience the offered at the price point they offered it at.”

He does have a point, evidenced by the fact that Sony's not doing all that great with their PS3. As we can all agree, they did eschew the relevant, that being actual software for their flashy Blu-Ray player.

Moore seems content that what Sony offer just isn't what people want. He talks about a "lounge," Microsoft's idea for a feature similar to Sony's Home that was discussed years ago, but eventually abandoned:

“Four years ago, we looked at the concept of a lounge where your avatar could wander around. We looked at an area where people could play their music, show people their videos. But it was not something that we felt worth pursuing. We made a decision that the user interface that we would put in to Xbox Live was one that got you in quickly, that allowed you to navigate where you wanted to go, and to do what you wanted to do. The concept of hanging out was something that, while we looked at it, we just didn’t think was something that our users wanted to do.

“We may be proven wrong. It may be proven that people want their 3D avatars to hang out with each other. But we made the decision that, right now, it’s about navigation and communication. We just think people want to communicate, they want to play games, they want to download movies, they want to listen to music. We’re not sure they want to hang around. PlayStation Home obviously caused a big stir at GDC but there’s a big difference between showing a demo and deploying it on a massive global basis with millions of people utilizing it.”

In the interview, Moore goes on to vaguely talk about the possibility of nabbing some of the last few heavy hitting third party titles and the company's commitment to Viva Pinata, despite admitting that the TV show spin-off was a steaming pile of kestrel puke. Not his exact words, but if you've ever had the misfortune of watching it, you'd agree.

As the interview closes, Mr. Smuggles defends the Xbox 360 Elite, citing that Microsoft's strategy is all about choice and personalization, and then finishes up on the subject of full game downloads over XBox Live.

“We’re still a ways from that. If you look at those games that are four of five Gigs, there are consumers that can probably absorb that. But retail still plays a very important role in this and the massive majority of people still want to be able to go to retail and walk away with a physical object. Will it happen? I’ve always said eventually of course it’s going to happen.”

It can safely be assumed that after the interview, Moore quickly hopped on his bicycle and rode to the park so he could shove Kaz Hirai around in front of girls and steal his lunch money. 


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bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 13:57
bhive01
Natedizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 13:58
Natedizzle
Sorry the "LINKS" dont work.

This list represents the US / North American marketplace. There are many titles that are going Japan / Asia only that are exclusives (tons of RPGs, Anime Inspired Games, Japanese Pinball Simulators, etc.) that will only be available as imports to the US. European markets have some exclusive sports games that dovetail with their cultures.

From what I have gathered via various sources on the internet these will appear on PS3. They may appear on other Sony consoles and / or PCs, but NOT on non-Sony consoles. I did research a good portion of them to be sure they are not canceled. Some may not make it to the states and some may not be made. This list does got to show that Sony does have a stable of exclusive titles. I am not going to pretend this is flawless. Feel free to correct me here where I am wrong or add titles to this list. Just reply to the post and I will confirm the information and add / subtract titles as needed.

THIS LIST IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Unreleased Games - 99 Titles (As of May 15 2007)
Afrika - LINK
Airtight PS3 Project [Untitled] - LINK
Aqua Vita - LINK
Big Time Revenge - LINK
BioWare Project - LINK
Brave Arms - LINK
Castlevania PS3 - LINK
Chain Limit - LINK
Coded Arms Assault - LINK
Crytek Project - Crysis [Rumored] - LINK LINK
Danger Planet - LINK
DC Universe MMO - LINK
Dragon Age - EGM 5/2007 - Page 42
Dragon Ball Z [Untitled]
Dreamers - LINK
Driver PS3 - Driver 5 [Unofficial Title] - LINK
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam - LINK
Eight Days - LINK
Ember - LINK
Eye Create - LINK
EyeDentify - LINK
Factor 5 Project #2 [Untitled] - LINK
Fantasy Lab Project [Untitled] - LINK
FIA World Touring Car Championship - LINK
Fifth Phantom Saga - LINK
Final Fantasy Versus XIII - LINK
Final Fantasy XIII - LINK
Fumito Ueda Project - LINK
Fury - LINK
Game Arts Project - LINK
God of War III - LINK
Go! Puzzle - LINK
Gradius PS3 - LINK
Grand Turismo 5 - LINK
Gretzky NHL [Working Title] - LINK
Heavenly Sword - LINK
Hero - LINK
Hot Shots Golf [Working TItle] - LINK
Housemarque Project - LINK
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier [Rumored] - LINK
Killzone [Working Title] - LINK
Kingdom Hearts 3 [Rumored] - LINK
Koei Guan Yu PS3 Project - Dynasty Warriors [Rumored Title] - LINK
Kurayami AKA Darkness - LINK
Lair - LINK
L.A. Noire - LINK
LittleBigPlanet - LINK
Loco Roco PS3 - LINK
Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots - LINK
Metro 2033: The Last Refuge - LINK
Monster Hunter 3 - LINK
Monster Kingdom - LINK
MotorStorm 2 - LINK
Namco PS3 RPG - LINK
Namco PS3 Shooter - LINK
Namco PS3 Sports Project - LINK
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - LINK
NiOh - LINK
Nucleus - LINK
Pixel Junk - LINK LINK
Project Psychic [Working Title] - LINK
Pterodon FPS Project [Untitled] - LINK
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [Working Title] - LINK
Redwood Falls - LINK
Rengoku The End of the Century - LINK
Resistance 2 [Rumored, But Likely] - EGM 2/2007 - Page 77
Returning Alive [Working Title] - LINK
Rockstar Old West PS3 Project [Untitled] - LINK
Romance of the Three Kingdoms PS3 - LINK
Sam Suede: Undercover Exposure - LINK
Second - LINK
Secret Service - LINK
Shin Megami Tensei - LINK
Silent Hill 5 [Working Title, Rumored] - LINK
Singstar [Working Title] - LINK
Skyblue - LINK
Snakeball - LINK
Sony Online Mercenary / Spy MMO [Untitled] - LINK
Sony Online Whimsical MMO [Untitled] - LINK
Starbreeze Next-Gen Project [Untitled] - LINK
Sucker Punch Project [Untitled] - LINK
Team Siren Project [Untitled] - LINK
Tecmo Action-Adventure [Untitled] - LINK LINK
Tekken 6 - LINK
Time Crisis 4 - LINK
thatgamecompany Project #2 [Untitled] - LINK
thatgamecompany Project #3 [Untitled] - LINK
The Eye of Judgment [Working Title] - LINK
The Getaway [Working Title] - LINK
The Wall - LINK
Twelve Interactive Sci-Fi action game [Untitled]
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - LINK
Unknown Realms - LINK
WarDevil Enigma - LINK
Warhawk - LINK
Way of the Samurai 3 - LINK
White Knight Story - LINK
Wipeout Pulse [Working TItle] - LINK
Zipper Interactive PS3 Project - SOCOM 4 [Rumored Title] - LINK
Zone of the Enders 3 - LINK

Released Games - 23 Titles (As of May 15, 2007)
Blast Factor
Calling All Cars!
Cash Guns Chaos DLX
Flow
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
Go! Sudoku
Gran Turismo HD
GripShift
Lemmings
MLB 07: The Show
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
MotorStorm
NBA 07
Resistance Fall Of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Spider-Man 3: Collector's Edition
Super Rub-A-Dub
Tekken: Dark Resurrection
The Godfather: The Don's Edition
Untold Legends Dark Kingdom
Virtua Fighter 5 (For Now)

Franchises Worth Noting - 33 Titles *
Arc the Lad
ATV Offroad Fury
Battle Arena Toshinden
Champions of Norrath
Cool Boarders
Cosmic Rift
Dark Cloud
Everquest
Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising
ICO / Shadow of the Colossus
Infantry
Intelligent Qube
JetMoto
Kingdom of Paradise
MediEvil
OKAGE
PaRappa the Rapper
PlanetSide
PoPoLoCrois
Pursuit Force
Starwars Galaxies
Syphon Filter
Tanarus
The Legend of Dragoon
The Mark of Kri / Rise of the Kasai
The Matrix Online
Time Crisis
Twisted Metal
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
War of the Monsters
Wild ARMs
World Rally Championship
Zero Pilot

* All of these titles are either under the Sony Umbrella (including SOE) or have typically shown up on the PlayStation platform in an exclusive manner. At this time I cannot find any information about development for PS3 for these titles.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 13:58
tazarthayoot
Natedizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:02
Natedizzle
Sorry, should have posted this link with the list if anyone wants to check it out.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=pslounge&message.id=267865

With that many titles in development and more on the way how can any fucktard say the PS3=Dreamcast... what a fucktard.
Aex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:04
Aex
Man, I hated the D-Pad on those controllers.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:09
bhive01
They weren't that bad Aex. A little big, but responsive.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:12
bhive01
Bad D-pads that come to mind are those round ones.


Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:13
Jim Sterling
tazarthayoot:

At this stage of my life, being called a bicurious cockney pokemon is practically a compliment.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:14
Crunshii
holy sh*t.... thats a nice list...
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:20
908peruvian
out of that whole list of PS3 games,
i liked maybe 4.

at i wont see them until 2008...

what a joke
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:21
AngelsDontBurn
Aww, the Viva Pinata series. A friend of mine is in that, though I don't know what character he is.

Oh uh, back on topic. I miss my Dreamcast. :(
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:23
bhive01
Did it break? Red Swirl of Death?
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:26
aborto thefetus
@Natedizzle

Hmm, a comprehensive list of craptastic titles with a few good ones and one or two great ones thrown in along with some that also have been rumored to be coming out on 360. You have some great journalistic prowess natedizzle!

And if you were paying attention to what people've been saying here you would notice that the Dreamcast did have a lots of games.
And I'm surprised that nobody has brought this point up in this discussion: according to Kotaku, Sony has lost 2 billion dollars through their videogame department. Seems to me that the ps3 is going to share the same fate as dreamcast to me.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:26
Niero
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:28
bhive01
Niero FTW!
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:32
aborto thefetus
Also on another note, I agree with what Moore says. To me, Home just looks like a prettied up version of Hobba hotel.

And also after looking over that list again, I noticed even more flaws with it, such as parappa the Rapper which has been announced exclusively for Wii, along with some that it looks like you got out of a ps2 back catalogue.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:34
Nick Chester
I think the Viva Pinata show is adorable, but I totally heart the game.
Natedizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:46
Natedizzle
@aborto thefetus

In case YOU didn't read my follow up post I pulled that list from the PS forums. As for my "journalistic prowess" how is this for my next story?

"aborto thefetus is a hatin bitch"

I like it.
Aex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:54
Aex
@bhive01

I don't know what you are talking about. The Dreamcast Dpads might as well have been made of razor blades. They were made of hard plastic and protruded like a cm out of the thing. My thumb was in so much pain after playing MvC2 on one of those things for like an hour. I hated them. Tho, don't get me wrong, This is not to say there are not dpads that have been as bad or worse, this is jsut to say I hated the DC ones hehe.
Alaphic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 14:59
Alaphic
I don't really understand why it's alright for Peter Moore to be a smug prick (especially considering he blew a game launch and killed a company), but when Sony (the leader for 2 generations) gets a little arrogant it's a sin.

Can you say "double-standard?"
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 15:00
bhive01
I hear ya. I had some serious blisters from Soul Caliber back in the day. Probably the worst blisters were back in the NES days when I played for the whole day. Marble Madness was a big cause of most of those blisters.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 15:18
Crunshii
I broke a nes controller playing mabel madness...
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 15:29
bhive01
I didn't know it was possible to break an NES controller. Except with a hammer or a wall.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 15:39
BluDesign
Chief who Tusk Minstrel Jig...?



brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 16:47
brainderailment
@ aborto

You M$ fanboys are all the same, call them out on their ps3 hate comment "itz gotz no gamz y0" by showing that there are in fact games, and then "thoz gamez R crappzor y0". And the cycle doesn't end.

The reason sony is losing money on there game division is because they are investing in the platform by taking a $250 loss on each console. If you think sony didn't expect this, you are a super space dumbass to the max extreme freestyle edition. Sony planned on it.

Actually there are 34 games for the ps3 now. At this time last year, the 360 had 39. So why is everyone saying there aren't any games? It's because M$ fanboys feel threatened so they get on forums and flame.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 16:52
brad drac
If anyone wants a perspective on the 360 vs. ps3 war that's actually informed and based on reason, read [url=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/03/21/loot-redmond-we-have-a-problem-or-what-s-wrong-with-the-xbox-360.aspx]n'gai croal's take[url] on the whole affair. One of the best games writers around, without a doubt.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 16:53
brad drac
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 17:07
tazarthayoot
Niero wins the pot.
cryocide's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 19:09
cryocide
The Dreamcast I remember had some decent games, but not a very wide selection (see also Jaguar, Saturn, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox360, PS3). The system was also well-known for Sega's bad decision to use a nearly-outdated media technology (see also N64, Xbox360) and a bulky controller (see also N64, Xbox, and to a slightly lesser extent, Xbox360).

At least PS3 has an excuse for the first one--it's still in its infancy.

This Peter Moore guy reminds me of one of those Boss fights where the guy taunts with the old "You've no idea who you're messing with," laughs his fool head off, then dies from an overdose of bad irony.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 20:35
Sharpless
Peter Moore is full of win.

What the fuck, with all these comments? I'm not reading 'em. Damn.
UltraViolence's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2007 22:33
UltraViolence
Cryocide it's funny how you don't list the Wii in those first two categories, but you try to bash the 360 in all three.
cryocide's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 00:25
cryocide
UltraViolence, true enough, but like the PS3, the Wii is in its infancy so it's going to lack titles for awhile. It also lacks the hardware to ever demand a larger storage medium, IMO. It's not a next-gen system, so there's no reason to expect it to behave like one.

Here's why I picked on the 360 this time. Nintendo's campaign focuses around enjoying the game. Sony's focuses on raw power and flashy graphics. Microsoft's focuses on Wii and PS3 bashing. I'm just using their own tactic against them for the sake of balance.

Don't bother labeling me as a fanboy--I leave those arguments to the younger crowd. I have all three current-gen systems, I buy games for all three, and I enjoy all three. I really do find it amusing when people get so bent out-of-shape around here over the so-called factions in the console wars. It kinda reminds me of the old ANT Live Games/Hecklers Online area from AOL (still sucks!!) 10 years ago.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2007 08:00
aborto thefetus
@ Natedizzle
Yeah you got them at the forums. Keyword: FORUMS!!! You can't trust everything there. Half the stuff are rumors, 35 percent projects that will never see the light of day, and the other 15 percent have a 50/50 chance of being good or bad. Not to mention most of the stuff on that list sucks. I mean come on, Pursuit force, popolocrois, Atv offroad fury, coolboarders, etc. are all terrible games to begin with. I'm not saying the ps3 doesn't have any games, I'm saying they don't have any good games. There's Resistance sure, and God of war 3, and mgs 4 if it doesn't go multiplatform but not much else.
@ inderailment
How did you get MS fanboy out of that? I said I like my 360 AND Wii. It's not like I said"Microsoft Roxors! STFU NOOB!!"
No, and I realize that sony was planning in losing money with the ps3 for awhile, but two billion dollars? That's fucking ridiculous! I Highly doubt they expected to lose that much money from this.
Don't get me wrong, I want to see the ps3 succeed but Sony being such cocky assholes is hindering their performance and scaring away the once faithful, like me.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2007 20:07
Im OK
There's a 360 vs PS3 war now all of a sudden? For the past several months it's been all about Wii vs PS3. Meh, I can't keep up with this stuff. *eyeroll*
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