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thismeintiel on 10 January 2010
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
Mummelmann said:
First off; the Sony Wiimote?
Second; maybe they realize its not going to be the second coming of christ. If they want it to be popular with the crowd outside of Vgchartz users and those like us, CES hyping won't be much use to them seeing as CES isn't exactly the epitome of casual coverage and insight.

It's the exact same thing in theory, it just adds more accuracy to the sensing. It basically is a Wii-mote with a camera instead of a sensor bar. Why should we use Sony's arbitrary rebranding of a device to refer to it when we have been using the device already, for years?

Also, Sony should have at LEAST rebranded it. WTH? We are still calling it the Sony wand? At least MS PR is smart enough to give their thing a name, so people can talk about it.

Also, I think that the Sony Wii-mote not being shown at CES this year is sending a very clear message:

Sony is doing the Wand thing, so they won't be left out of the motion-control race. It was a reaction to Natal, and it's not really a focus of the company going forward. I wouldn't be surprised if you saw a LOT less support for this from Sony than either of the other companies are throwing behind their motion control devices. This is a backburner second string project for Sony, or else they would show it more prominantly. Either that, or they are racing to get it finished and in a workable state.

How is the Wand a reaction to Natal?  Especially when the tech behind the Wand had been in development since the PS2 era.  If anything Natal and the increased interest of Sony in the wand tech is in response to the Wiimote.  You say that the Wand is, in theory, the same thing as the Wiimote.  I do agree with this, as it achieves the same result with different tech.  But couldn't the same thing be said of Natal and PSEye, as the same result is achieved, just with different tech?

As far as CES goes, as many have said, Sony has more than just the Wand to focus on.  Also I think it's a wise business decision to wait to hype the crap out of the Wand just a month or two before launch.  Now MS has been making a big push to hype Natal over a year before its release, and I think ultimately that might backfire a little.  They are never going to match the hype that happened after E3, with all the press and awards.  Speaking of awards, why in 2009 did we start giving out awards for what might be or could happen?  First Obama wins a Nobel based on a couple of weeks in office, then Natal wins all these 2009 awards when it doesn't come out until 2010.  Just saying.