Get Ready to Play PS3 Games With One Hand
Sony introduced the world to its version of a motion wand during E3 with an impressive live demo of the technology. Unlike part of that demo, however, you do not need two wands to play any motion-controlled games.
Sony seems to be wising up to this global economic crisis, as evident in the PS3 Slim and price drop announcements. It also looks as though the new motion wands, due out Spring of 2010, won’t break the bank either. Shuhei Yoshida, Senior VP of Product Development for SCEA had this to say about the controllers:
“…because of cost-of-goods and, you know, people have to have the PlayStation Eye camera as well, we are approaching the launch by making sure that all games that we create can be played with one controller and the camera. We will also introduce options for if you happen to have more than one controller available. Experiences will be enhanced if you purchase a second.”
Perhaps the wands will be sold in pairs for those who already own the Eye, as well as a set with one wand and the PlayStation Eye. No word on price, but we can hopefully expect to hear and see more about this interesting product at the Tokyo Game Show.
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12 Responses to “Get Ready to Play PS3 Games With One Hand”
No Thanks!!!!
just sell 2 wands together!!!! games to me would be better that way
I WANT THEM NOW!
I think Sneeches probably feels this is just a gimmick and will be another peripheral that will never see full support (I know a lot of people fear this will happen). But I don’t see that as the case at all. I think full motion control is the next giant leap for gaming, aside from the Wii’s efforts. If done correctly motion control could make games feel extremely life-like. I don’t like the idea of Project Natal because I feel AI is just not good enough to provide a great experience and I really don’t understand what it has to do with games at all. Even if I can interact with someone on the screen it would only be a partially realized concept if I have to hold a controller in order to perform any actions.
Sony’s far more creative than Nintendo.. im sure they will make better games that everyone can enjoy and not just soccer moms.
l guess the rumor that Sony was going to ship the motion wands with the new ps3 were just a rumor
shouldn’t be too expensive, PS3Eye is $30, and the wand is nothing more than a WiiMote with a Light at the end, so I’d say it should be $40 (if not less) for a Wand.
we shouldn’t go into how much Natal is going to cost right now (as Xbox360′s original camera cost $70, and that’s not HD nor does it have 3 sensors)
I was going to purchase the PSEYE but once I heard about the Motion Controllers & how they worked with the PSEYE I had a feeling that they’re going to sell them as a Bundle Together and so for that reason I wait to see if a bundle appears.
As far as Sneeches and his “It’s a gimmick that won’t recieve full support” well.. there are a lot of companies already trying to support the Wii. My thoughts is that we’ll see some PSN titles that support it (hopefully) pretty quickly but Sony is also working on trying to make the feature backwards compatible. I mean all it is, is a control aparatus. So it could be possible to do such a thing with the right preparation.
The wii was built from the motion controll in priority.
the PS3 is always a harcore’s machine – priority on Dualshock/sixaxis control.
it will be supported but not really a gimmik but also not really a full pledge product.
the PS eye was supported but it sucked. SUCKED!
Imagine – is Activision really gonna give a damn about this? or will they keep making they’re games. I cant imagine guitar hero and call of duty with this.
Activision and EA are being boycotted at the moment.
its up to ubisoft, konami and the other companines out their.
@Makai – while hopefully upcoming titles do give this lots of support, because it has some great potential, I seriously doubt the backwards compatible thing. At most you might be able to play the old games with this controller, but no enhancement of controls (no motion sensing). Each game would need a major patch to incorporate that, requiring work from developers that should be focusing on the up and coming. My real question here would be about any upcoming games that may plan on incorporating this? Could GOW3 have you swinging some blades of chaos around? etc.. etc… Will there be full retail games supporting this, or will it go the way of the eye, with small PSN download games? I’ve heard nothing regarding that, and its hard to get excited about the controls when I see no games.
Meh we will see.
Give it to me! My wife is really planning on getting the Wii. No delays sony. I’ll distract my wife from buying the Wii. I don’t want to spend $250 for some crap! Not to say those costly accessories.