Abriael said:
guilemaster said:
Nintendo had the Wii motion plus (not the wii remote) a long time before they ever had this announced. Sony's move thing is poor attempt to hop on the bandwagon.
Do I need to remind you what's the first motion controller released this generation? It's named Sixaxis
MadocComadrin said:
I doubt the Move will be any more precise, since it would bloat the price of controllers too much. Unless Sony wants to absorb that along with the money they'll lose on their next console at launch.
Actually from what I've seen it's pretty damn precise, much more precise than the wiimotion plus. The sorcery demo at E3 followed the movement of the wand in an extremely precise way, same for the table tennis demo I saw, it was definitely quite amazing.
That's because Move combines camera tracking with gyroscope technology. By combining the two it can achieve near perfect precision.
Sixaxis was
announced AFTER the Wii's motion control, and was viewed as a half-baked attempt to jump on the bandwagon. It basically used the same, but beefed up, tech as Kirby Tilt'n'Tumble (Game Boy Color).
Second, those are demos. Since they are meant to show off the controller, they have their motion control optimized and since there is barely any other content, the programmers didn't have to work on other game play mechanics, balance, mapping, immersion, story, etc... all the other things that make games good. The Wii's demos showed the same promise.
Third, the Wii combines infrared tracking (triangulation) with gyroscope and accelerometer technology. That can get the same amount of precision, if not more efficiently than the Move's Glowing Bulb. The only thing it can't do is capture video data, which isn't used by the Move itself, but just the Eye. Nintendo could, however, develop a camera accessory as well to even the field.
Finally, the Move and the Eye are not standard peripherals, thus lowering the available demographic available for developers wishing to use the technology. This means less profit potential, which means less incentive to use the technology, which means less quantity demanded for the tech itself at supply-demand equilibrium.
The only way Sony could succeed with motion is by releasing a new console; however, Nintendo, who has turned a massive profit (tripled stocks anyone?) could develop something to equal or surpass Sony's attempt. So it's a risky move.
Edit: Also, that glowing bulb looks stupid; it makes the controller look like a sex-toy for clowns