Anton Mikhailov has become a rockstar of sorts, headlining a global tour with his favorite instrument — PlayStation Move. Armed with a collection of new tech demos, Mikhailov and our Research & Development group have spent the year demonstrating the technology and precision behind PlayStation Move to developers and the larger gaming community.
With camera and PlayStation Move controllers in hand, Anton and I locked ourselves in a room and captured a new peek at what you can expect to see from titles on the PlayStation Move. You may have seen PlayStation Move tech demo videos before — including the PlayStation.Blog’s three-part tech demo tour from E3 2009. But you’ve never seen them like this!
You’ll notice that Anton was comfortably sitting on a couch when using the PlayStation Move controllers and the PlayStation Eye never reacted negatively to its reflection from our wall of monitors. These aren’t gesture triggering animations, folks, but true 1:1 gameplay.
With Killzone 3, R.U.S.E, Dead Space: Extraction, Tumble, and The Fight: Lights Out already using some of the tools shown in these tech demos, developers — and gamers — will have plenty of high-tech new toys to play with.
Thanks for the demo Anton. Keep the info coming.
Ray Maguire’s recent comment regarding word of mouth sales was spot on in my opinion. I think that initial sales might not be immense; although, the impact that the Move will have on people will be so great that anyone who has been disappointed in the past by the motion control i.e. the wii; will be itching to fill that unsatisfied void. The gesture based controls that the wii provided to ~100 trillion people (disappointed people mind you) will act as an entry point for the Move and PS3.
Motion control is what the people wanted, but the wii fooled them with gimmicky gestures and by referring to it as motion control. The move is exactly what I need to convince my excruciatingly honest wife that this time around motion control is real and will required human like movements and not just flicks of the wrist. She loved the idea of the wii but couldn’t get past the gimmick. The people that had a taste but want more will upgrade, maybe not right away but eventually they will. Especially, as blu ray becomes more and more of the standard and the PS3’s capabilities are the added bonus.
I can’t wait for the PS Move, I couldn’t have designed the device better myself.
very cool when is it coming the 2 remotes and the ps eye
A few thoughts:
Do we have different DS3s, or am I freakishly strong, or some just freakishly weak, because I have no problem holding it with one hand.
It’s kind of strange that it didn’t occur to me before, but Anton’s right: an analog stick on the Move would be kind of awkward, especially in more frantic situations where both had to be used at the same time.
Of course, my idea of an “analog touchpad” still could’ve worked, but if an analog stick was running the bill up, I don’t suppose that would be any cheaper.
Demon’s Souls Move Edition anyone?
One of my favorite games ever. I’m with you on that!