Sony: Arc will have more Games than Natal
For better or worse it seems that ‘motion controllers’ seem are the future of gaming, all thanks to the overwhelming success of the Nintendo Wii. Forget a rock, you’d have to had been living under a mountain if you didn’t know Both Sony and Microsoft are introducing their own motion gizmos this Fall. While Microsoft has all the buzz right now, Sony is laying down the proverbial gauntlet and is ready to talk some smack about why they believe their ‘Arc’ will have more games than Natal.
In an interview with IndustryGamers, SCEA’s Senior VP of Publisher Relations, Rob Dyer stated that he believes the currently code named ‘Arc’ controller will have more games than Natal simply because it will be easier to develop for.
It’s easier to develop for. You can use the same code base that you currently use for PS3 or 360 or even the Wii in order to get a motion controller game out. You can’t do that with Natal.
Makes sense to me. Whoa..wait..go back and read that ‘Even the Wii’. Uh oh. We all know that the major complaint of the Wii is that tons and tons of shovelware titles are dumped on the system each and every month. We certainly don’t want our favorite console of choice to have crappy ‘Imagine Baby Party games’, do we?
Then again, the PS3 does lack appeal to younger gamers and “Arc” could certainly help to give the PlayStation 3 a more family friendly image. I know that PS3 owners tend to be more hardcore than the other two systems, but if the Arc/Gem/Whatever it’s called succeeds, it could be a major advantage for Sony in the overall Console War.
I think we can all agree on one thing: when you combine Sony’s Motion Controller along with all the major exclusives and multi-platforms hitting between now and the end of the 2010, it’s going to be an amazing year to be a PlayStation Fan!
10 Responses to “Sony: Arc will have more Games than Natal”
BOOM! put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Pow! Choke on da smoke and die natal
I wonder if Heavy Rain will support this. If it does, then I am buying one of these to experience Heavy Rain in a new way. If you guys have not gotten Heavy Rain and yet and looking for something new and out of the norm of what we call video games, then I highly advice you guys to buy/rent Heavy Rain.
Oh dear god we’re screwed! As if this is a good thing, it just means the games companies will know they can do what they did to the Wii to the PS3. Shovelware’s coming to the PS3, that’s all it means I just hope Naughty Dog and all the other first party developors continue making the games they make mindless of this new controller.
Still not interested!
there will be no shovelware on the ps3, sony always approves or rejects games on their console, unlike others
Jesus…hey ‘idiots!’ WTF do you want them to say? “Well…I don’t think there will be as many games with the ARC than with Natal, but we will try our best to compete with the 360.”
Seriously…get real. Just more PR from Sony. As I’ve learned in the past, never trust anything that comes out of the mouth of Sony OR Microsoft.
I don’t need the PS3 to have a more family friendly image…I think they have that covered with Buzz, ModNation Racers, LittleBigPlanet, etc. If they get any more family friendly then the hardcore gamer will start to see less support…All I want from the Arc is the ability to play some hardcore games with motion control.
idk how much different heavy rain experience would be… im pretty far into it currently and using ARC would just make it a little easier…thats all..because if you do the movements with arc they want you to do on-screen, it doesnt feel like youd be doing the actual movements so i dont know how much better this experience would be…easier yes….better…ehh not so much.. but then again ive never used it so i reallllly dont kno
Natel = PS2 eye … LMAO!