it would be like using a scroll ball, except that this would require some serious skills and precision.

Just call it the PS3mote. Or even the PS3 Wiimote. Nobody would care ('cept maybe Nintendo).

It's the OoGhiJ MiQtxxXA.

@mr spooky If I remember correctly wasn't the ps9 a hallucinagen just stored inside a sphere, an not the actual sphere itself?

Sphere is a dumb name because it makes you think you'll be holding a sphere, not that it's a wand with a sphere on it. They should just stick with PlayStation Wand and just leave it at that. It's simple. It makes sense. It evokes the right imagery. Tah dah.

No, Sph3re

'The Ball that does it all'?

I hope not,"ph" sounds are among the most annoying to make in the English language!

Then again, this is coming from the company who came up with "sixaxis." Gah, too many X's!

@mr spooky
Thought the same thing.

Nobody made the obvious Odama Gamesphere joke?
I thought there were South Park fans here.

PSWand or maybe magic wand.

NO this whole thing is a [b]PisS take.

um, motion control isn't a fad. it IS the next movement in the videogame industry. aren't you tired of playing the same games remade over and over? it may not be perfect, but at least it's a turn in the right direction. shit, sony's had the same control scheme for over a decade now. how much variance can you really get from that sort of "innovation"?

@Shadowiii
A fad that's gone on for three years and has had massive business success? That sounds like the opposite of a fad. That sounds like straight-up change.

By the way, why is it that when anybody mentions controllers (hmm?), they neglect to mention we haven't been using the Xbox 360 controller for the past 30 years. Pong and a couple older consoles used a dial, Atari had the Joystick, and Nintendo brought in the NES pad. Since the NES, we haven't bothered changing the controller, only "improving" the last one (pad). Nintendo has found the next steps (touch screen, Motion Control), and has started their company (and all of gaming) on that path.

Motion controls are the future. If you can't accept them, you'll be left in the past with the old farts who still moan the death of the Atari Joystick (they exist). Someday they'll be good enough for you (that day is probably now with Motion Plus, and you just won't be enticed until some good games are made with it (and I won't fault you for that)). Otherwise... (Games just to be good back in my day!)

Did you ever see that nickelodeon show about those 2 kids and one of them tried to stop junk food and the other was holding off on playing his gamesphere? I can't remember the show... probably had the name "Cody" in it or something... I just remember that episode is all.

Called Sphere or not, this whole MoCo thing has shown where these corporations priorities are!

Sony - develop a motion control system, similar, but more advanced than what's currently selling well, aim it at your core market, aim to enhance your current market's experience, spend a long time developing it, probably delay it, don't worry about naming it yet, such things are less important than the actual tech, use unfinished, funny looking development hardware to show it off, allow silly names like Sphere to just drop onto it as development progresses.

Microshaft - Develop a simple camera based motion control system that'll grab some of those casual dollars, develop some pretty looking demo, give it a funky name, get some hype going, get some marketing ready, launch, wait for cash to roll in.

It kind of highlights why i refuse to give MS my money and why i'm always happy with my Sony purchases. It's all about SUBSTANCE whereas Microshaft are all about MARKETING.

All show, no go.