Playstation Move Price and Release Date Move Into Focus
March 10th, 2010
Sony today took the wraps off of their new PlayStation Move controller system, their much-anticipated answer to the Nintendo Wii-mote and Microsoft’s Project Natal.
The PlayStation Move is actually a set of motion controllers, sort of like the Wii-mote and Nunchuk. However, the PS3 Move components connect wirelessly via Bluetooth, so there’s no annoying cable between the parent and child controller. The Move works hand-in-hand with the PlayStation Eye camera, and as such can be used to create augmented-reality objects inside games on-screen. The Move controllers are designed to provide a highly accurate gesture and motion tracking on new games and Sony says they’ll be able to create much more precise gaming experiences to appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers.
The main Move controller looks sort of like a Mr. Microphone, but with a color-changing LED ball at the top. I’m not exactly sure what purpose the ball serves other than to look silly, but it might be used as a key for the players to know which controller corresponds to their on screen characters.
Sony plans on releasing the Move in three versions, one with just the pair of Move wands (if you already own an Eye camera), a PlayStation Move Starter Kit that includes the Move wands, a PlayStation Eye and a game. They’ll also be selling a bundle with the PS3 Slim and the Move Starter Kit. They expect for the Starter Kit bundle to sell for $99 (USD) and to ship the controllers September 19th, just in time for the busy 2010 holiday season. You can pre-order the Move Starter Kit now at Amazon.
[via PlaystationTEAM]
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the Wii only sales Gimmick has competition now, sucks to be the Wii.
this is so weird im stayin on the ps3
the move is so cool man
This is like arriving at a bbq party, 2hs late, carrying a pizza. Everybody’s full already.
Yeah, and now I have to make more room in there for the Kinect. I think I’m gonna throw up.
“I’m not exactly sure what purpose the ball serves other than to look silly,”
That’s how the Eyetoy tracks your motions, silly!
the orb thing is there to tell you if its on and so you can tell the difference between controllers
The orb thing is for the ps eye to track the remote with extreme precion and the colors are cool and good to see which player u are er somtin
yep he is right
The orb on the top is for the eye toy. It makes it possible for it to track the wand, whereas the wand itself just contains a gyro-sensor and an accelerometer. The orb changes color during play, which is used to send “color coded” instructions to the eye toy so that it can respond appropriately.
It looks cool….
The orb is what the controller is about! It is detected by the PlayStation eye and the buttons on it are to use it like the normal controller, so the orb is the most important. And it changes colours to show it status!!
Wow, all the kit for just 99$, a pretty cheap deal i must say. I just hope it wont be too complicated to operate due to its high and realistic sensitivity.
the orb is there so the camera can pick it up easily and you can change the colours depending on the background colour of the room
u all right any one that has seen cgi fight scenes from the making of any film would know that type of technology is used for speciall effects and blue scren it good to know it works lol
the ball changes colours to show to the eye toy which controller is which. the eyetoy can tell how far the away the controller is by the size of the ball.
this is amazing….i like natal but afta alot of research…diz iz gonna rape natal…no offense to x box lovers…love u guys!
this is definitly gonna give the natal a run for its money . this thing looks so awsome .
I cant wait for this, Sony always comes out with wikked stuff. Natal is a cool concept, but XBox is a rip-off…way over rated. I bet you’ll pay 200 bucks for Natal.
Go Wii!
I bought PS3 and Wii and Wii is the best. so entertaining! Wii all the way…!!
I’m getting PS move too.
Seriously people. You guys are materialistic. How do you guys choose a girlfriend apart from complementing on the boobs?
I don’t care how the machine looks like. All I care is what it can do.
all i know is all you guys need to go back to school and learn how to spell or type!
…spend so much time complaining on a particular subject but cant even address it properly. Brilliant!!
can wait to pick out a dress and talk to milo lol