According to VG247, the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 motion controller will be called Arc.
The new “wand” has yet to be officially named, and so far it has only been known as codename “Gem.” President Kaz Hirai had said last year that the wand would be available by March, but the company has now changed its timetable to just “this year.”
The Arc will include a wand, with a trackable ball on top. It will work with the PSEye.
As is standard, Sony said: “We don’t comment on rumor or speculation.”
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According to Sony executive Robert Wiesenthal, the company is set to launch a PSN-esque online service across a multitude of its hardware products.
The service could start as soon as March 2010 and would link Sony’s online content more closely to their HDTVs.
“TV is where we have to win,” added Wiesnthal. “We can no longer afford to only offer great TVs. Otherwise, we set the stage for someone to become the Google of the TV.”
Sharing content between TVs, PCs, cameras and other devices will be made much easier, says the report.
Kaz Hirai, president of Networked Products and Services adds:
“It’s now a matter of what all the services need to look like for each device, and coming up with a roll-out plan. It’s like city planning here, and we can start small. We don’t need to build New York City overnight.”
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Following Microsoft’s presentation yesterday, it was Sony’s turn today to woo the crowd at the E3 Expo and for the most part they did.
First off was the announcement of the worst kept secret PSP Go! updated handheld. Kaz Hirai even made a joke that one of the company’s nickname for the device was “The worst kept secret of E3.”
As already leaked, the Go! strips the UMD drive and has everything running off 16GB internal flash memory. The design changes to a “slider” and Hirai says the handheld is “50% smaller and 40% lighter than original PSP-1000.” Also notable is the integration of Bluetooth. Users will also have the ability to download music and movies directly from the PlayStation Network.
A few of the new apps coming with the Go! are “Media Go” and “Sense Me.” Media Go replaces the current “Media Manager” and integrates easier with the PlayStation Store. Sense Me will “use a 12-tone recognition system to analyze your PSP music library in order to deliver playlists based on moods you select.”
Hirai also noted the classic hit Final Fantasy 7 , first available on the PSone, would soon be coming to the PlayStation Store along with 50 other classics.
The company will not be dropping UMD or PSP-3000 support either, says Hirai. How much will the new handheld cost? An unjust $250 USD.
Among notable games the company demoed: Uncharted 2 - Among Thieves, MAG, Assassin’s Creed 2 and Gran Turismo PSP stole the show.
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