SubscribeMove over, Wii. On Wednesday, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that its PlayStation 3 Move motion-based controller will launch in the fall. The controller has been discussed by Sony for some time, and was initially expected to be released this spring.
Reportedly, the delay gives third-party developers more time to create game titles using Move’s capabilities. Sony said 36 developers and publishers are supporting the platform, and it expects more than 20 Move-related games to be released in its 2010 fiscal year.
‘Unlike Anything on the Market’
The success of Nintendo’s Wii video-game console has been built, in part, on its unique motion-sensing controller, allowing multiple players to bowl, wield a tennis racket, and other interactions. Sony is touting its new controller as “offering a motion-based, high-definition gaming experience unlike anything on the market.”
Accompanying Move’s launch will be the Move sub-controller, which enables what Sony described as “intuitive navigation of in-game characters and objects,” and the Eye camera to detect precise movement, angle and position.
Sony said the three components provide a level of accuracy that, by implication, Nintendo’s Wii does not. The controller has a three-axis gyroscope, a three-axis accelerometer, a terrestrial magnetic field sensor, and a color-changing sphere that the camera can track. More than one blogger has described the device as looking like a toy flashlight with a colored ball on top.
The company said this “unmatched” resolution of movement allows the PS3 to track fast as well as subtle movement. A user can swing a tennis racket as with the Wii, but can also paint with a virtual brush.
Feedback — such as different colors on the controller’s sphere or rumble — responds to the game action. Transmission to the console is via Bluetooth, and power is supplied by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The controller kit is expected to sell for under…
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