Best and worst "PlayStation Gimmicks"

[super_etecoon]

SvennoJ said:

super_etecoon said:

I pick Playstation Move. It literally looks like a light up sex toy and it was an obvious and awkward attempt to cash in on the motion craze (that Nintendo realized had already gone bust). I remember being at the E3 when it was revealed and the cringe in the room where it was unveiled was palpable. It didn’t help that they really didn’t have a good presentation planned for it either.

Presentation was bad, but Sports champions gladiator duel worked real 1:1, blocking and sword fighting worked perfectly. Pixeljunk 3AM was a great way to make music with Move, table tennis felt like real table tennis, moving back and forth to the 'table', Tumble was awesome and using Move with KillZone 3 was quite fun.

Plus it led to PSVR and allowed many like myself to jump into VR without having to buy a camera and new controllers.

Was it to cash in on the motion craze? Maybe. Eye Toy was long out on PS2 and plans for Move existed since 2003 or so
https://web.archive.org/web/20080106230108/http://www.joystiq.com/2005/10/03/sony-has-its-own-magic-wand-in-the-works/

December 2004 Sony filed a patent for Move.

But sure the release in 2010 was likely because of the success of the Wii Mote.

I get all the supporting stuff you’re saying, but Eye Toy was not a success. And patent or not, Sony probably wasn’t in a rush to release the controller until the Wii hit. But that presentation was specifically what I was referring to. Nintendo broke both Microsoft and Sony that gen. Sony absolutely recovered and Microsoft is still trying to get up on its feet and didn’t know if they were supposed to fight Sony or Nintendo and just flailed in all directions. But I wish I didn’t have to be in the same room as that presentation. It still makes my skin crawl with cringe.