It's surprising to think that the Wii has been on sale for nearly four years, and we're only now seeing true competition from Nintendo's rivals. Of course, considering the half-hearted motion controls of the Sixaxis, it's probably wise for Sony to have been cooking PlayStation Move slowly since its introduction 15 months ago.
The PlayStation's motion controller sticks much closer to the Wii's mould than Microsoft's Kinect, with E3's Move tagline being "This changes everything". Hyperbole aside, Sony is aiming to take the technological high road, as it does with all things PS3, and beat the Wii on precision and movement accuracy.
The technology used is actually pretty similar to Nintendo's, but on steroids. The Wii's sensor bar sits by the TV and gives out infrared lights that a camera in the remote picks up in order for the pointer to function.
Move flips this around, with a camera next to the TV picking up the glowing ball on the end of the controller. The PS3 can then measure distance from the controller using the size of the ball as a reference.
The Move controller also has all the movement sensing bells and whistles of the Wii remote and MotionPlus attachment, demonstrating that Sony's thinking was obviously that they weren't attempting to reinvent the wheel so much as make it a little rounder.
Move controllers are available alone for £35, or with the PlayStation Eye camera for £50. The Navigation controller (the equivalent to the Wii's nunchuck) is £25, though we haven't included it in our testing it here.
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davidc
September 10th 2010
6. so, if i want to play 2 player games with the move i need to spend £50 on the starter pack, another £30 for another move controller and 2 x £18 for navigation controllers?...thats £116...makes the Kinect seem better value to me!!
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milkymoo
September 7th 2010
5. I'm trying to resist buying move, but as the launch date comes closer, I'm getting more and more tempted.
Damn I'm a sucker for new gadgets.
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jdigitalseven
September 2nd 2010
4. @ almo42 Nice try, but your fangirlism gave away. The PS Move has been shown over and over and over again to be the most accurate motion control out in LIVE DEMOS. The kinetic took forever to be demoed live and shows lag when it finally was. Being butt hurt over something doesn't make it ****....Live demos can prove that alone.
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almo42
September 1st 2010
3. I would recommend people watch the reviews for the games (such as on www.gametrailers.com) as the Move appears to be even more unreliable than the standard Wii remotes, let alone Motionplus :(
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linkandnavi
September 1st 2010
2. @si_smith
You do realise that the controllers on play.com for £17.99 are the nunchuck controllers? They're called the navigation controllers. The move controllers themselves are £29.99 on play.com
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si_smith
September 1st 2010
1. Looking forward to it. Already have the camera, so have preordered a couple of controllers for £17.99 from play.com
Not bothered with the nunchucks initially, as I can use the regular sixaxis for that if I need to.
The only downside is there is no pack for PS3 owners with a camera already. You can get the sports game bundled with camera and controller, or you can get controllers and cameras seperately.
They need to offer the sports game as a PSN download.
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