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Sony unveils Move, its PS3 motion controller

Postby djarvik » Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:05

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San Francisco, California (CNET) -- On Wednesday, Sony unveiled Move, its motion-sensitive controller.

A small device that looks like a microphone -- but with something on top of it that looks like a ping pong ball with an LED inside -- Move is Sony's bid to gain control over the motion controller wars that are currently led by Nintendo, with its Wii controller, and which many think will be dominated by Microsoft and its Project Natal controller system.

To Sony, releasing the Move is an obvious move for the PlayStation, given it believes it started the motion controller era with its Eye Toy. Sony held its press conference during the Game Developers Conference here.

Now, the Move, which will be available this fall in a starter kit that begins at under $100 for a Move, a PlayStation eye camera and a game, is its attempt to jump ahead of Microsoft's Natal and to begin winning over Wii users.

"We like to think that the migration path between Wii households and PlayStation households is a natural path," said Peter Dille, Sony's senior vice president for marketing and PlayStation.

Shuehei Yoshida, Sony's president for worldwide studios, said Move will "demonstrate that the motion controller for PS3 will be the solution for both casual and hard-core gamers alike" and that the types of games Sony can create with it are "amazingly diverse."

Among the types of games Move will work with include those that involve swords, bows and arrows, guns, punching and much more. The idea is that Move will provide players with a realistic and precise feeling of holding whatever kind of thing the game calls for, be it a sword or a gun.

Sony first talked about its new motion controller at E3 last year but didn't have a name or any kind of timing. Now, by unveiling the device's name it can begin what Dille said will be the company's biggest video game marketing effort of the year.

While Sony is expecting consumers to use Move with a range of brand-new games, the company also clearly thinks that it will enhance game play in existing titles. As such, it showed off how Move can be used to move characters around in its hit title, Little Big Planet.

Further, the controller comes with its own accessory, known as a sub-controller, which will accentuate what's possible with Move. And later this year, the forthcoming game SOCOM 4 will incorporate both Move and the sub-controller.
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Postby SoundfSilence » Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:59

It was only a matter of time the PS3 was going to get this. There'd be no excuse for more delays of Grand Slam Tennis on PS3.
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Postby Mike Rotchtickles » Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:23

Nintendo innovate and Sony tries to imitate innovation. :lol:

I understand that Sony wants to charge as much as one hundred bucks for the Move starter kit.
That's probably ok in terms of providing a 'new and unique experience', but the noise from them thus far is that they want to make inroads into the 'casual market', to go after new consumers. If that's the case, then it's not only the $100 that it's going to be costing that new consumer, these new buyers have got to factor in the price of the console as well.
So basically it all comes down to the value that Sony is providing, whether that value equation is in the consumer's favor or not? Maybe not, imo.

Bottom line appears to be that Sony and Microsoft will always be playing catch-up in this current generation of video-game consoles. Whatever they do I don't think will have any major effect on how Nintendo goes about their business.
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Postby andman666 » Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:44

Did you not read?
They will be selling the Move pack for UNDER $100!!!
And there will ALSO be a pack with MOVE, Eye Dual Shock Controller, Game and PS3 SLIM!!!!!
I say that's a pretty damn good deal
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Postby Mike Rotchtickles » Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:03

andman666 wrote:Did you not read?
They will be selling the Move pack for UNDER $100!!!


Oh snap, I must have missed that :!: Under $100? So something like $99.99? :wink: :lol:

andman666 wrote:And there will ALSO be a pack with MOVE, Eye Dual Shock Controller, Game and PS3 SLIM!!!!!
I say that's a pretty damn good deal


You're missing the point completely here.
Let me put it to you this way:


For $270 from Walmart (source their website) you can get a Wii, two controllers, and a game. That's already pushing it for how much people want to spend. For a PS3(slim), the move starter kit, and a second controller, you're spending at least $400(probably more, they haven't said anything about the price of a second controller). And what you get is better graphics.
And that price differential can very likely be even higher than that because chances are Nintendo will probably adjust their Wii pricing as well.

Now let's be fair and take your point into account that Sony has stated that they will be releasing a full bundle that has the slim and the move packed in. So let's speculate a little on that price and probably say that they will be shooting for around $350 for the package (you always get a better deal with a bundle).

However, your average 'casual gamer' that Sony is seemingly actively hunting for, don't care enough about graphics to spend extra when all they are looking for is something fun for themselves or to plant in front of their kids. They've proven that definitively with the Wii.
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