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Wonderbook: Harry Potter Book of Spells Game
This is a new product by Sony. A Playstation game with a story written by JKR in which you can perform spells. So it´s actually an advanced version of spell casting in Pottermore.
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Please let there not be a line of knock-off video games based on HP.
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This doesn't look half bad, the 'brand new writing from J.K. Rowling' sounds promising.
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Not sure this is a good bet for Sony. I know they are wedded to their hardware, but they would probably make a lot more money by creating this sort of product in the Tablet gaming market and creating a 3rd party app for both iOS and Android.
Almost nobody who does not already own (or intend to own) a Playstation is going to enter the Playstation market simply in order to purchase this product (i.e., I don't see the product itself selling a significant number of Playstations). And by limiting the product to the Playstation, Sony is eliminating a lot of other potential revenue streams. I'm not sure how this becomes a win for Sony.
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Sony owns the rights to the Pottermore site, so there may be some kind of exclusivity there. Similar to having Mario be exclusive to Nintendo game systems. I don't think it's necessarily a marketing ploy as much as it is a company simply owning the rights to a brand.
I already own a PS3, so I am really kind of excited. For myself and for my kids... ![]()
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I am intrigued, but very wary, of this Book of Spells. I am not familiar with all this new technology by Playstation, so that much is beyond my head already. But I find it interesting to see how JKR is continuing to bring the technological generation into Harry Potter. I knew the partnership with Sony was not limited to the free, online Pottermore, so it is nice to see what the team is envisioning for incorporating Potter into technology (or the other way around). EDIT: After browsing around a bit more about this, I am even further engaged. To me, the "game" and the Wonderbook itself seem like they would wear on me, but the content does sound exciting. Already I can read about the 1544 wizard Hobart and his invention of Wingardium Leviosa. The content is something no fan should lack, but I do not think I could struggle through the Wonderbook to get it. [Link]
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As for the game itself. Meh. Interesting technology, but it doesn't really look any fun. The novelty of "OMG I CAN CONTROL BY WAVING THE CONTROLLER" wore off about six years ago. |
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Sony also needs a reason for people to buy the peripherals necessary to play this game. Plus the PS3 is old technology (released in 2006) so this is likely a way to boost sales of the existing units before the next generation is released.
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I think Sony can make a lot more money by creating a sister product for the tablet market (missing the specific game-controller features that would be peculiar to the Playstation) and thus diversify their game revenue model. That way, there would still be an element of exclusivity to the Playstation, but Sony would also have an eye on the future.
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Sony btw also makes software, and has done so for years - especially in the consumer music-creation and video-creation markets (Acid and Vegas, in particular).
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So . . . owners of PS3 are going to get HP information unavailable to the rest of us, even those on Pottermore???
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This looks good, I think. Although that advert made me laugh, when it said that the images are simulated and they actually appear on the screen. I've already got a PS3 and I think we've got a move and an eye somewhere, so it should be OK- I mean even if we haven't got a eye and a move, they aren't that expensive to buy second hand
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I got beat to market by this product and the new Warner Brothers game, but I am designing a product that would be platform agnostic and could interface directly to the Pottermore site, assuming all the necessary legal agreements and technical interfaces could be worked out. And I would add additional capabilities beyond what this WonderBook product provides that would make the experience extremely more immersive but challenging at the same time.
Does that interest anyone here? I will keep working on my prototype regardless, but I would like some feedback, positive or negative. -WormwoodPhoenix212 |
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I have a PS3 and the Move, but I'm not going to buy another accessory just to play a Potter game that - take out J.K.'s content - looks like it would get boring very quickly. I'm not bashing it - it would be great for kids and see how it would be very enjoyable for them. From the footage I've seen, I can clearly see this aim and how it's only trying to draw in the more older players with the new content. But besides the new content, I'm not interested to buy a game I would forget about in a couple of days.
I'll read about Rowling's content some other way. It'll end up on Pottermore eventually.
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And sooner or later it'll end up on youtube in one way or another.
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