Sony PS3 Motion Control Coming Next Spring with Magical Little Pink Ball
Sep 24, 2009 - By mikepayne
Sony PS3 Motion Control Coming Next Spring – Sony has officially confirmed that their motion control system will arrive in Spring 2010. Are we excited? HELL YES WE ARE! We can’t wait to wave a magical little pink ball around the room, slashing zombies and throwing stones down a bowling alley. We’re not totally thrilled about the titles that will work with PS3 Motion Control just yet– so far, only Resident Evil 5, Little Big World and High Velocity Bowling will work with motion control. We’re not going to run out and buy one until My Little Pony: Pretty Pretty Petting Zoo, High Velocity Hollywood Liposuction, and Fantastic Tod’s Interior Decorating really show us what that cute little pink ball can do. In short, we salute Sony’s focus on next generation design sensibilities for it’s “me too” motion controller. Don’t mistake it for an ice cream cone, gamers. [more at gamercrave and crunchgear]
Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:26PM
Actually, Sony copyrighted the motion control concept waaaay before Nintendo…….so I wouldn't say that its a "me too" motion controller, but rather a "me first at copyrighting the idea" ,(so that Nintendo has to pay royalties to Sony for borrowing their Ideas), followed by a "[me first] at collecting royalties for MY ORIGINAL motion controller concept, and me 2nd at implementing MY ideas into MY hardware." From Sony's standpoint not only do they get to collect royalties/make more ca$h for being first-to-copyright-concept, but they also get to introduce a waay more accurate form of motion control via its video input juxtaposed to sensor bars, and accelerometers from the competition!