Singapore gamers will be among the first in the world to get their hands on the much- anticipated PlayStation Move on Sept 15.
Last week, Digital Life took a first look at Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s motion controller for the Wii console.
In essence, the wand-shaped Move senses human motions and gestures and translates them into on-screen actions.
From mimicking a table tennis paddle to a bowling ball and an archer’s bow, the PlayStation Move – when combined with the PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console – is expected to bump up the realism of games without the need for dedicated game peripherals.
The Move is said to be more precise than the Wii remote, or Wii-mote. It is also wireless. For the Wii, a wire connects the main Wii remote to a different and less responsive secondary controller, known as the Nunchuk.
So in games where you need to use two controllers, say in a duel where one acts as a sword and the other as a shield, the Move allows for more natural gameplay as there is no cable that hinders movement.
Also, since the Move uses two main controllers, it follows that there should be greater control in such two-handed games compared to using the Wii-mote.
This is evident when comparing archery games available for the Wii and PS3, in which a pair of Moves beat the combination of the Wii-mote and Nunchuk in sensitivity and gameplay realism.
For fans of shooting games, the Move with its trigger button on the rear, can be used as a highly precise virtual gun when coupled with a shooting attachment. Using it to play Time Crisis: Razing Storm beats any shooting game on the Wii.
It must be noted, however, that the PS3 has a faster processor and more realistic graphics compared to the Wii.
The Move allows gamers terrific control of the speed of virtual objects, such as a volleyball during a serve, pass or spike. However, the lack of force feedback means it still has some ways to go before it can deliver truly life-like gameplay.
The Move works with the PlayStation Eye camera, which tracks the colour sphere on top of it.
Up to eight wands can be connected to a single console for games that support up to four players, with two wands for each player.
One caveat: at $69 for each Move wand, a full set of controllers without the Eye camera and other accessories will set you back $552 – more than the price of the PS3 console itself.
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PlayStation Move Controller
