PlayStation Move: Not just a copycat.

After a long time, Sony presented yesterday, Thursday March 11, in San Francisco the final design for the PlayStation Move, which is scheduled to be launched in fall 2010, and it will be sold at less than 100 USD (Japan and USA), including the PS Eye Camera and one game.

Sony has pointed out that this is the most advanced hardware of this generation, for it's extremely accurate. It's design with advanced motion sensors, including a three axes gyroscope, a three axes accelerometer, a ground magnetic field sensor and even a color-changing sphere (which is what the camera tracks). It can track very well the gamers actions, either they are fast actions (like a drive while playing tennis) or slow (while painting carefully). It's also said that the PlayStation Eye Camera can capture the user's voice or image, letting them experience reality on its own.

Now we've got the device, cool. What about the games? The following companies are committed to release games for PlayStation Move: 505 Games, Activision, AQ Interactive, Arc System Works, Atlus, Bigben Interactive, Capcom, CCP, Crave, Cyberfront, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, FromSoftware, Game Republic, Gust, Hudson, Irem Software, Koei, Konami, Majesco, Marvelous Entertainment, Namco Bandai, Ongakukan, Oxygen Games, Paon Corp, Q Entertainment, Q-Games, SEGA, Sony Online, Spike, Square Enix, TECMO, THQ, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and Zoo Entertainment.


The Move itself. (named sub-controller). The control is (very) similar to The first thing to know? Well, I think you already noticed the first thing. Yes, we think (know) it's a Wii controls copy, just improved. You get a main control (named Move) and a nunchuckWii's, but with significant changes. For instance, there are as many buttons in the Move as in the DualShock, the response is a lot better, and the use of the PS Eye is really good, making a real difference between Sony and the big N.


Let's be fair, copying and improving the Nintendo franchise doesn't deserve a reward for innovation. Besides, Sony's making (or probably will) the same mistake as Nintendo leaving the hardcore gamers apart. Let's just pray they get to be really creative with this new stuff. But let's be fair again, the only thing the Wii had over the PlayStation 3 was the Wiimote. Now that PlayStation has its own Playmote (?), only the real fans will be behind Nintendo. This will force Nintendo to make new high quality hardware really soon, or start thinking of a new version of Wii. Would you try out this new stuff or are you the biggest Nintendo fan ever?