It's the moment we've all been waiting for. The PS3 Wiimote has a release window, as an enraptured world
finally gets to experience what life with motion control can be like. The innovative, fresh approach to videogame interaction that is sure to change the way we think about gaming
has been slated for a Spring 2010 release.
And thank God.
"We are slating it for spring of next year," states polygonal SCEA boss Kaz Hirai. "One of the things is that we just don’t want to put out the controller. We need a great software that supports the controller at launch. It’s something that we’ve been working on for the longest time."
Hirai's right, of course. Software is important. I wonder what the odds are of it launching with some sort of sports game that includes tennis, boxing, bowling and golf. Sony could even follow it up with a sequel set on a resort island. I think that would be an awesome game, because of innovation.
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3:20 PM on 08.24.2009
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If sony can produce good games like MP3 on a regular basis, go for it.
I seem to recall Developers having a very difficult time getting developement kits for the Sony Wand due to an extreme shortage post E3. I can't imagine the situation doing a complete turnabout in under a month, as games take between two and three years to produce, while the developement kits for the wands were only recently released for a date only nine months away.
At the very least, there won't be any games made for the ground up for the wands, because to start from scratch requires years, not months. PS3 titles with motion controls tacked on as an afterthought or low quality PS3 titles seems like the most likely outcome.
@article: I'm surprised this is coming so soon, and I'll be even more surprised if it isn't delayed. How long did it take for Home to come out, again?
1.) Games
2.) Graphics
3.) Blu-Ray
Not for crappy motion ripoff. Though I admit the Controller+Camera approach is an interesting one, and it will probably work better than Natal.
they said at e3 it would be coming in spring 2010? is it news that this hasn't changed? seriously...
here's the live blog from the e3 press conference...
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-09-sony-press-conference-live-blog-update--134515.phtml
"12:40
Brad Nicholson: Due for release in Spring 2010 "
just because another site posts old news, seriously wtf?
I guess this should be headed "This has tits" because in the england channel where the monocle man is from that(tits) means bad news. hahaha I made a joke involving foreign continents, am I internet superstar yet???
But yeah what ever floats your boat.
Why not have everything though? Games, graphics, blu-ray, and motion control. What is bad about having more options?
It's definitely a ripoff, but ripping off is what makes the games industry go round. Every cartridge-based game console ripped off the Odyssey. The difference between this motion control and Wii's motion control is that it actually functions as intended and advertised. They actually got up there and demonstrated just how precise the motion controls are, and how they would be applicable in a video game.
The motionplus is a step in the right direction for the Wii, but Nintendo's kind of shot themselves in the foot by splitting their consumers between "ones with motionplus" and "ones without motionplus". I'm sure most people that own a Wii don't even know that the motionplus peripheral exists, so I doubt Nintendo's going to make a ton of games that require it.
Sony (and Microsoft) did well in actually developing the technology to a point where it recognizes 3D movements rather than just having accelerometers that detect preset movements and a modified superscope device for a screen pointer.
If no one is going to support motion plus (packaged with what will probably the most popular game of this year), what makes you think they will support a motion add on for sony/microsoft half way into the console cycle?
If Nintendo can't satisfy you with satisfactory motion controls either in Metroid Prime 3 or in Wii Sports Resort, then there is no way a first party Sony game will do the job.
Being the first to take another companies ideas and make them your own.