Sony’s PlayStation move might’ve sold 15 million units, and while it’s some pretty good, accurate tech, it just hasn’t resonated much with core gamers who want actual games, and not just sports and fitness nonsense. Sony needs to do something to make Move viable. Cue the Hybrid controller.
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Sony’s sold how many PS3’s?
Quick! Which is the top-selling HD console in the world right now? The safe guess would be to assume that it’s the Xbox 360; that’s what the media keeps saying and it did have that year-long head start. You might even be right – but not for long.
Sony hot new Move controller?
Man, I really wish that motion-controlled gaming would go away now, making way for the next big thing (which is probably VR…again). It doesn’t look like it will be going away any time soon though. Nintendo’s Wii U still uses motion, Microsoft’s undoubtedly working on Kinect 2.0 and it looks like Sony’s keeping the Move alive, if these new patents are anything to go by.
Starcraft Developer–PlayStation Move integration “made me want to kill myself”
Kotaku has been interviewing the Starcraft 2 lead designer, Dustin Browder, about all things Starcrafty and one things for sure from this discussion and that is that Starcraft isn’t coming to the PS3 anytime soon, well at least not with Move integration.
Sorcery review – Harry Who?
Follow the story of Finn, an orphan cum apprentice Sorcerer. After his master, Dash, heads off to town to do some shopping, Finn heads off to cause some mischief. His talkative feline friend, Erline, berates him for his action, but accompanies to watch the disaster unfold.
Securing a wand and drinking a potion of arcane mastery, Finn is off on an adventure against undead, creatures of nightmare and twisted faeries.
Dancing Eyes has been canned
Now imagine you were a miniature monkey running over the outside of a teenage girls body cutting little squares out of her clothing.
Now doesn’t that sound like the perfect story for a videogame for the PS3 and its Move controller? No? Well no wonder Capcom have decided to cancel this highly unknown (in the West) game.
New Sorcery trailer is magical
I put on my robe and wizard hat…
Sony’s released a brand new story trailer for its upcoming PlayStation Move game, Sorcery, detailing a little bit of the story. It focuses on Finn, the sorcerer’s apprentice a talking cat (never a good thing!) named Erline - and details the shenanigans they got up to that lead to them crossing paths with the Nightmare Queen and endangering the entire world.
It’s hardly news that PlayStation Move - wonderful, and wonderfully underutilised motion control technology - just isn’t selling as well as anyone’d hoped. the biggest reason for that is the dearth of intriguing, fresh Move experiences - and Sorcery might just be the thing to sell Move, and get those of us who already have it to dust the things off.
The game’s out on May 22 in US, and May 23 in Europe.
Orb 2-in-1 Universal mount for Kinect and PlayStation move review – Stand by me
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got all sorts of controllers, cameras and needless accessories situated on, or around your TV. Thanks to the proliferation of motion-controlled gaming, it’s worse than ever. I’ve got a Wii sensor bar, a PlayStation Eye and a Kinect unit all vying for space where there isn;t any - so where do you put ‘em all?
Orb’s universal 2-in-1 stand for the Kinect and PlayStation Move tries to solve that problem.
The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Motion controlled Game
Thanks to the proliferation of Kinect and the PlayStation Move motion controlled games are more prolific than ever. More people are waggling their arms (or their whole bodies!) for the purpose of gaming than ever before. With all three console manufacturers having jumped into the fray, there were many great examples of motion controls pushing gaming in a new direction.
Here are the nominees for best Motion controlled game:
Child of Eden
The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dance Central 2
The Gunstringer
And the award goes to:
Sorcery’s back – and it looks magical
If there’s one single game that made me buy a PlayStation Move kit, its Sorcery; a better Harry Potter game than the actual Harry Potter games. It was shown off at E3 in 2010, blew people’s minds, and then pretty much disappeared. Well it’s back with a dash of revengeance. Sony’s sent out a press release not only reminding us that Sorcery exists, but also detailing just how it works.
Is this the game Move owners have been waiting for?
Carnival Island Reviewed–That makes no sense
A little while back Sony was kind enough to send us a whole pile of Move titles that are being pushed for this holiday season and we’re going to try and get the reviews out for all these titles in the next week or so.
These reviews are going to be shorter than normal simply because most of these titles are pretty small and designed for our children for Christmas. So without further delay let’s take a look at Carnival Island.
Look at this box I got from Sony…
One of the perks of this job - and it really doesn’t happen all that frequently - is that we sometimes get some pretty impressive, original, or interesting press kits. As I said, it doesn’t happen very often, but it did today.
Here’s a box I got from Sony’s local distributor. What’s in it?
E3 2011 Press conference round-up: Sony
As a certified and proud PS3 fanboy, two things have been on my mind since I popped my proverbial E3 cherry. In what manner would Sony apologies for the PSN breach, and would the NGP be everything we want it to be? Two question that for me, if answered in the wrong way, could ruin a potentially outstanding conference.
After a somewhat boring Ubisoft conference, we walked out onto a slightly overcast Downtown LA, boarded the shuttle and headed to the 2011 E3 Sony conference. What was waiting for us was not what I ever would have expected! Hit the jump for more.
Wii successor rumour round up
With the multitude of sources, it looks like an almost sure thing that Nintendo will be unveiling a brand new HD console at this year’s E3 in June.
We told you when the rumours first broke out that it wouldn’t just be a re-jiggered Wii; this bad boy was set to recapture the hearts and minds of hardcore gamers.
Sony has sold 50 Million PlayStation 3’s
At what sales figure do you reckon you’ve achieved mass market penetration? The much-loved PlayStation 2 can certainly claim that, having sold over 150 million units during its lifetime. It’s younger, but bigger brother is well on its way to that accolade too, with Sony confirming they’ve shipped over 50 million PS3’s worldwide. That doesn’t necessarily mean that there are that many actual consoles in homes, but it’s gotta be pretty close.
In addition to that, the company is proud to announce that they’ve shipped 8 million PlayStation Move units, something that might pick up even more once there are actual games available. Sony showed us such cool applications for their Move tech, where’re the games? Of course, the same could be said of Microsoft and Kinect. Still, that’s a fair amount of accurate waggle going on.
I’m still of the opinion that the more affordable PS Slim was the system’s saviour; it brought the console in line with the Xbox 360’s pricing, and put side by side, the PS3 just offers a better value proposition – mostly thanks to that Blu-ray thing. How many of you were early adopters, and how many picked yours up when the cheaper slim became available?
Hyperbolic press release (with footnotes!)Â after the jump!
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