No, it’s not the PS3 Arc and for sure not the Wand, it’s the PlayStation Move. Moving through GDC like a fresh breath of wind, Sony’s motion device has injected new life into motion gaming again.
Over 20 first party titles, 36 third party supporters and many more to come in the future. Sony has also announced that titles like SOCOM will have full Move functionality and even God of War III might allow you to slash the gods using your new toy. It’s all looking good, titles formerly cornered as Nintendo Wii exclusives are already jumping ship and sharing the love, and although it might be a tad too early to tell, still we can predict, and the verdict of that prediction is Sony has a potential winner on its hand. So what about Natal? Well, Microsoft had better come good.
We’ve seen Natal in action but not for long, and the action demonstrated was a guy dancing in front of a TV screen. That’s not enough. We’ve heard talk from Microsoft execs hailing Project Natal as the next step in gaming; even going as far as to say it can change the world.
The full roster will be revealed at E3, Microsoft’s CFO Mindy Mount said at the Jefferies Annual Global Technology conference in New York last Monday, saying “we’re going to have some great stuff”.
“We have very strong first and third-party developer support for [Natal]. Needless to say, we’re putting some of our best people on coming up with great game ideas for this, and we’re going to have some great stuff.
“As a history, Microsoft works very strong with third-party developers, so we’re hoping that we’re going to get some great titles from that. You’ll be able to see more news about that this summer at E3. We’ll show you the full lineup.â€
Going by what the company’s Chief Financial Officer said, there will be a slew of third party support for Project Natal, however, just like with games, the device will lack a robust first party lineup.
Sean G. x Project Natal from Matthew Pantoja on Vimeo.
I believe both Natal and Move stand a good chance of making some inroads into the market dominated by Nintendo’s Wii, and to some extent the success of either motion device does not rely on how great they are, but instead the company who puts on the biggest advertising campaign will reap the most rewards.
Another factor will be who has the head start. Both companies will release their devices this fall, but Sony’s Move might arrive on the market first.
It’s a leveled playing field, may the best team win.
Well, at least the name makes sense, arc seemed weird, wand sounded super gay, move is actually far better.
…for a wii controller rip-off
Haha, yeah, whatever you say Tester!
I’m looking forward to the games though..
I fail to see how it’s a wii rip-off…. this tech has been around far before a wii. Nintendo definitely made it somewhat mainstream. But they for sure didn’t originate motion controls. Either way I’m excited to see what sony makes with move and how if at all it will affect Nintendo.
I fail to see either.
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/quiz-wiimote-of-playstation-move/a-2010031018145354069
I fail to see either.
Whatever guys, it’s not a ripoff, Sony had this type of technology way before the Wii debuted.
I’m with you on this ernice!
Not according to patents, no.
Not according to documents, no.
It’s no wonder why Sony didn’t do this before Nintendo Wii was a success. And why are their trailers so reminiscent of Wii ads? It’s a ripoff, c’mon. Don’t be obtuse.