Posts Tagged ‘playstation motion controller’
Michael Pachter predicts Project Natal to cost 50 bucks
Now I’ve never been one to put much stock into the speculations of industry analysts but Michael Pachter has a good track record and his latest analysis is one I like, so I shall tell you about it — Pachter predicts that the motion sensing technology from Microsoft currently entitled Project Natal will cost no more than $50.
He elaborates by saying that Natal is just a single camera and when compared to the PlayStation Motion Controller it will most likely cost a great deal less as Sony’s offering is both a controller and a camera.
Whatever the case, Microsoft is going to have to price Project Natal very competitively as it is essentially an add on for the Xbox 360 and they will have to do so to keep up with both Sony and Nintendo.
via industrygamers
Resident Evil 5 being played with Playstation Motion Controller caught on video
While Microsoft is evidently having a hard time implementing Project Natal into pre-Natal titles, Sony is hard at work showing off just how well the Playstation Motion Controller works with older titles. What you see above is a video from this year’s Tokyo Game Show that features a modified version of Resident Evil 5 being played with the said motion controller. As you can see, the person playing the game is holding both a regular PS3 controller in addition to a Playstation Motion Controller wand. There’s no telling if this is actually how games will be played when the new controller ships or if it was just used for demonstration purposes.
What’s even better is this version of Resident Evil 5 will actually be made available for purchase as the game’s Director’s Cut in Spring of 2010.
via vg247
Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada: New Wii in 2011, motion controllers for Xbox/PS3 not a big deal
Square Enix’s President and CEO Yoichi Wada has recently went on record to say that he strongly believes Nintendo is gearing up to launch their next generation Wii sometime next year. He doesn’t go into much detain but does suggest that the console could possibly feature a completely redone controller in addition to high definition graphics, which would make sense.
Furthermore, Mr. Wada has also said that while the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 motion controllers are cool, they probably won’t make much of an impact. He elaborates by pointing to the fact that game consoles now have a wide array of uses from a network terminal to a Blu-ray player and that the list of things you can do with these new motion controllers is quite small.
Read (Financial Times)
7 min Playstation Motion Controller video walkthrough
What you see above is a recently released 7 minute video detailing the PlayStation Motion Controller. While we heard briefly about the technology at this year’s GamesCom, we haven’t heard anything too substantial since its E3 ‘09 announcement.
However, this video may fill the void as it gives us a look at the controllers history, technology and a brief look at some early software. The interesting tidbit included in the video, however, is the fact that the Playstation Motion Controller will include both rumble capabilities and an analog trigger.
Well, Natal, are you scared yet?
EyePet coming to the US this holiday season
Despite having the Playstation Motion Controller right over the horizon, Sony won’t leave their Playstation Eye in the dust. In fact, they have recently announced that a game exclusivly utilizing the Eye, entitled EyePet, will be ready for a North American release by this holiday season.
If you’re not familiar with this game it will basically let players interact with a virtual onscreen pet using the Playstation Eye. This means the pet will use augmented reality to be aware of its surroundings and appear to actually be interacting with real life objects on screen.
via Joystiq
Sony to show off Motion Controller further next month
Sure, Sony gave us a pretty good glimpse of what to expect when the Playstation Motion Controller inevitably drops back at E3 but was it enough information? I didn’t think so.
Luckily, Sony has announced that they will again put the new motion controller on display neext month during the Develop Conference which runs from July 14-16 and takes place in Brighton, UK.
Don’t fret, we’ll keep you posted.
Read (Kotaku)