Sony is about to launch its PlayStation Move controller, but it still can't shake the perception that it's just an upgrade on the Wii motion controls. Speaking at the Kaufman Brothers, L.P. Investor Conference [thanks IGN], Take-Two CEO Ben Feder gave credit to Nintendo for widening the audience, but at the same time he noted that many of these people are "graduating" to more powerful platforms.
To elaborate his point, he talked about how his son received a Wii when he was 9 years old, but now he's in his early teens and is "too embarrassed" to bring his friends over because he doesn't have an HD system.
"What Sony and Microsoft have really done with Kinect and Move, especially Move, is provide a bridge for guys that are used to playing the Wii system with the wand and bringing them over to a HD system," Feder explained. "The PS3 with Move, in my view, is the Wii HD system. I think maybe Mom isn't playing, but the kids are 'graduating,' and Microsoft and Sony have both provided a bridge to bring them over.
"I do believe Nintendo did widen the audience; I can't tell you how many people are going to 'graduate,' but I do believe they raised a generation of kids to play videogames that are now growing up and wanting a true HD experience," he concluded.
3 Comments
September 15, 2010
What a cheap CEO...can't be bothered to buy his own son a PS3 or 360 :P
September 15, 2010
Yeah! Holy Moly, he's probably too embarrassed to bring his friends over, cuz his dad's a supreme tight ass!
September 15, 2010
I thought Take-Two was doing pretty well considering that Red Dead sold more than 5 million copies worldwide but apparently even thats not enough if the CEO can't afford to buy his son a $199 Xbox 360. Guess this recession is tougher than we thought.