So:

You've seen the commercially available PSwand to judge its look? If there's one thing you should trust Sony on (still) it's that they don't make shitty looking hardware. If the PSWand looks anything like the dev prototype it'll pretty much be the first time Sony has made an objectively crap looking product (other hardware isn't to people's taste looks-wise, but they definitely have aesthetic appeal to many. The lollipop wand would offend everyone's aesthetic sensibilities, except maybe those of an infant). Sony isn't going to get a massive marketing campaign into gear until they have the final look of the wand nailed down. Don't expect to see any big press until then.

And yeah, Sony has only spent who knows how much money on the R&D for the PSWand because they have sooo much money they can afford to throw it away on technology they don't believe in and aren't too worried about making a profit from.

Do we know the PSWand doesn't have 3rd parties on board? The only 3rd party studio I've read about who mentioned Natal also said they are working on the Wand too. And isn't RE5 made by a 3rd party...which is confirmed as having PSWand functionality? Only the VG geeks really care about names of studios lined up behind a new peripheral device with no announced games for it. The mass market will only sit up and take notice when the games themselves are announced, and better yet when the trailers for said games get released.

You may have a point on the ease of use, we'll see I guess. I would find it very surprising if the PSWand ended up as only capable of being used by people with 18+ dexterity, and still being fiddly.

What I wrote is still true: it will come down to software for both devices.

I have the PSEye already, if the PSWand has reasonable aesthetic style and it releases bundled with a kid friendly minigames title (that isn't total crap) at a reasonable price, then I'll be getting it fairly soon after release (provided I don't have another $1500 car repair bill between now and then). I WILL avoid the PSWand if it has the lollipop style, no matter how good the games.

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Natal is just a nice addition to controls but it won't be required by many games. Those third party developers which support Natal are going to release games which use Natal as an optional control but you can play game without it just as well. It is just logical because there are a lot of 360 owners don't have Natal and they want to sell games to them too. I doubt that for example Fable III is going to require Natal because game sales would drop drastically with requirement (Natal is going to be used as option though). A lot of Fable fans don't want motion control.

If Natal would have some huge exclusive (first-party) games to showcase controls from the start then it might be huge success. Without huge games Natal can't be a success because controller is bought for games. Even Wii wouldn't have been nearly this successful without Wii Sports. I would say Wii Sports and other Wii games have been bigger console sellers than wiimote itself.

The very proof that you follow me and pick up on my every word. I didnt even create the thread yet you single me out like this. Change the channel now, it's getting boring. It's my opinion.

First: i don't believe sony has put much money into the development of the Wand. because, and that's the beauty of it, they don't need to! its all put together from their existing technology, like the sixthaxis and the PSeye!  Compared to developing something like natal, Sonys dev cost is practically zero. They simply stuck a glowing ball to a sixthaxis and they had a motion controller with sub-pixel accuracy recognized in a full 3d Invironment. the only real Dev cost will be the software to detect the ball trough the PSeye and the final design of the wand.

..wich brings me to second: if by "lollipop style" you mean the glowing ball, then i can assure you it will have one, because the ball is how the system works! The PSeye detects the ball, and recognizes how far away it is by its size.

No it cant. They something prominent and of a easily seeable design. Something that when it moves further away can detect it shrinking in size. The eye on it's own cannot do depth unless it sees a glowing object that changes in size. So they could do Natal, but would have to where a glowing suit.

software will decide how well these motions tings will do, remember that. i reckon ps3 wands gonna have way better software, sony have so many 1st party developers whereas microsoft got hardly any.

OkeyDokey, I just thought you were trolling everyone this whole time. What are you doing? Do you really believe what you're saying?

Hmm, how would "detecting a glowing ball" be the way to go, when detecting the size, distance and movement of (for example) three separate points/slits/circles/whatever on a controller basically gives you the same thing? (what am I missing that means a HUGE dot in front of a controller is required?) :s