IGN: Why We're (FINALLY) Excited About PlayStation Move!!

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Arius Dion said:

ArnoldRimmer said:

What's funny about those "complete Wiimote rip-off" statements is that they usually come from people who would never accept an EyeToy-Kinect comparison.

Yet when looking at the Hardware side, Kinect is actually a lot closer to the EyeToy/Playstation Eye than Move is to the Wiimote:

EyeToy/Playstation Eye = RGB camera 2 microphones

Kinect = RGBZ camera 2 microphones

PS Move = RGB camera 2 microphones buttons 6 axis acceleration sensor light emitting bulb for position tracking

Wiimote = 3 axis acceleration sensor Speaker Infrared light emitting sensor bar infrared tracking sensor buttons

I think it's a safe bet to assume that Move was inspired by the success of the Wiimote, but buttons and an acceleration sensor are actually the only parts both systems have in common - and you can hardly accuse Sony for stealing the concept of buttons. Acceleration sensors on the other hand aren't anything special today either - pretty much every mobile phone has them builtin these days, and they were also built into the standard PS3 controller right from the start.

And these people seem to forget that the Move controller is just one half of the Move hardware. I still think the Wiimote-Move-comparison is understandable because both are one-handed controllers which leads to a similar look But if one sees the similarities between Move and Wiimote, how can he deny the similarities between Kinect and EyeToy?

Suuure.

Any way, I love how the gaming media is now just getting on to Motion after 4 years. I really feel its basically the dog herding the sheep. Because they spent so much time bashing the Wii and motion, they now have to do an immediate about face in order to salvage millions of $'s. The funny thing is to see the actual sheep go along with it.

I've no respect for those that bashed the Wii and motion until Move/Natal was announced. but I've great respect for those that hated Motion on Wii and hate it for their consoles of choice. That's how you can distinguish the fan from the..fanatic I guess.

Apparently Move will be displayed this week accross retailers, I'm not interested in it in the least, but I'll look for myself instead of listening to the hype machine at work.

Still feel both This and Kinect are going to be massive flops.

I agree, but only where the criticism was of the control scheme. There are certainly valid complaints to be made regarding the Wii (as there are for all consoles). If the basis of the complaint was that "motion control is a fad/gimmick that is shit", then people who act like Move/Kinect are the holy grail of gaming just look like idiots. If, however, you're excited for Move because you like Sony first party and don't like Nintendo's, that's understandable, so long as it's accepted that it was the games, not the control schemes, that were the reason for the original criticism.