VG247 is reporting that its sources have indicated Sony has settled on a final name for its PlayStation 3 motion controller -- "Arc."
While VG247 will only cite "concrete sources," we suppose "Arc" is about as good as calling it the "Wand" or "Gem." Or simply just referring to it as "Sony's motion controller thing with the ball on top of it." The controller is said to hit "this year," but not likely the March release date that Sony Computer Entertainment CEO and chairman Kaz Hirai had pegged it for. Unless Sony really wants to surprise us.
VG247's follow up with Sony Europe yielded a "We don't comment on rumour and speculation." Note the "u" in there because they're British; that much is confirmed.
Rumour – PS3 Motion Controller is called Arc [VG247]
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8:20 AM on 01.19.2010
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Can't wait to see what they can do with this tech.
*gets coat*
STICK
Brilliant.
I loved Gem. I'm a buff for transgender cartoon characters of the 80s
Wii?
Arc?
Dohoho.
Prove me that waggle still has potential by showing games that use it, not just funky hardware that allows it.
That is the name of a mouse peripheral they still market...
UGHHH, i get it!!
Nintendo got its day in the sun with blatantly obvious innuendos, its only right that Sony names their penis-shaped peripheral the "Wangdoodle".
Microsoft doesn't have the legal rights over the word "Arc." Saying so is like agreeing with that silly man who thinks he owns the rights to the word "Edge." That and there would be a lot of Math professors out of the job. Unless I'm mistaken, Sony should have no problems using the name as long as they make no claims that it does the same thing.
I, personally, vote for Giant Clitoris.
That's what I think when I see the thing.
-Dildo
-Sphere
-Stick
-Dildo
-Gem
-Dildo
-Arc
Thats the evolution of the PS3 motion controller...
fun. I love waggling and moving around as much as possible when I game. Sometimes I even hang from the cieling.
And I totally trust Sony to make motion controlled games even MORE fun than Nintendo did. After all, they're so hardcore!
I before E, except after C.
LOL SONY.
Seriously though, it can't be worse than that Sixaxis BS.