Sony recently launched their highly-anticipated motion controller, the PlayStation Move, a system that should rival the Wii and Microsoft’s upcoming Natal motion system.
The Move is used in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye camera and allows for real-time tracking of the player’s body movements.
Standalone prices are still not confirmed but the company says that a “starter bundle” including a game, the PS Eye and the Move will retail for under $100.
Yesterday, Engadget Live showed off the Move in action, including ‘Minority Report’-esque augmented reality and multi-touch.
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Sony has launched their highly-anticipated motion controller, the PlayStation Move, a system that should rival the Wii and Microsoft’s upcoming Natal motion system.
Says Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment: “The migration path from the Wii household to the PlayStation 3 household is a pretty natural path, partly because of the experience that you can get on the PlayStation Move but also because of the content that we find on PlayStation 3.”
As viewed in the demo video, the Move is used in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye camera and allows for real-time tracking of the player’s body movements. As for accuracy?
“Nothing has ever been this precise,” say Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Electronics Worldwide Studios.
Standalone prices were not revealed but Dille says that a “starter bundle” including a game, the PS Eye and the Move will retail for under $100.
Big-time publishers such as Activision, EA and Square Enix are already creating games for use with the Move, among 36 developers that have already signed on.
Vids via Engadget:
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Reggie Fils-Aime, President and COO of Nintendo of America, has told Forbes that the company is not ready yet to begin work on a new home console to replace the Wii. “When the software developer comes forward with an idea that can’t be executed on the current platform, that’s when we start thinking seriously about the next system. We’re not there yet, from a Wii perspective,” he said.
Fils-Aime once against mirrored Nintendo’s general attitude toward including the latest technology in games consoles, saying that as an enabler, technology has to enable a new and unique experience for players. “So when people talk about high definition for the Wii console our feedback is that that by itself will not create a brand new experience,” he said.
“Therefore, we’re not interested. What we have to push for are groundbreaking new experiences. Technology has to enable it, not to be a means all by itself.” He said that Nintendo has no plans to sell virtual items like rivals, saying the company does not feel it is an idea that creates value for the consumer.
On the issue of the new motion controllers on the horizon for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (PS3), Fils-Aime cautioned that the competition will face its own challenges in terms of the need to develop compelling software and to offer it as a competitive price.
“They will be separately challenged because the motion-enabled part of their business will only be a small part of their line. For us, it’s core to what we do,” he said.
