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PlayStation Move Starter Pack Contents Revealed

SCEE will release a PlayStation Move Starter Pack with a recommended retail price (RRP) of €59.99 (UK price to be confirmed), comprising a PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye camera and PlayStation Move starter disc. The PlayStation Move starter disc will include demos of many of the Move games available at launch and beyond, including Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.

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CrazzyMan5094d ago

PlayStation Move navigation controller (formerly known as the sub-controller) will be sold separately.
This should be inclued in that bundle for same 60 euros, maybe 70.
Then Move would be a massive success, But it`s probably because of Nintendo, which also selling Wii nunchuck for aditional price.

The only problem, that all Wii have both controllers, while sub-controller for Move is not included in that bundle, and comes for additional price.
Hovever, that sub-controller will be needed in RE5 or Socom 4 and Sorcery game.
They should make 2 bundles, with sub-controller and without. What Sony is thinking...

yewles15094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

I think that's why they call it a starter pack, while a form of complete pack might be €10 to €20 more...

Update: Navigator is optional.

http://n4g.com/news/546367/...

GrieverSoul5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

The sub controller is comprised on the left side buttons of a Dualshock 3. Even though its not very easy to, you can use with the Move "wand" with a Dualshock 3.

Nitrowolf25094d ago

i wouldn't mind if they made a bundle without the game and added the sub controller

harv7115094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

Is this the UK starter pack? Because the US started package is shown with Sports Champion.

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...

falviousuk5094d ago

What no one has picked up on as yet, is that some games require the use of two motion controllers such as the fight game, or the archery game they have shown.

Starter pack =$99.99
Second motion wand = $49.99
Navigator = $29.99
comes to just under $180 US dollars, the you have to add on sales tax, so around 2 hundred dollars for the full single player experience with PS MOVE.

Then of course if you want to have two player, 3 player or even player started adding up the cost of extra motion controllers and navigators, thats a high price top pay for it.

siliticx5093d ago

I'm wondering how youre gonna have a "complete" single player experience. Seriously youre gonna need a 3rd arm. Kind of impossible to hold a navcon AND a 2nd move now does it?

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Leg-End5094d ago

as usual i bet the UK price is like twice the American one.. it always happens, they convert the price and then add more for some reason its crazy.. If its 60 dollars it'll be like a hundred pounds for no apparent reason

ReBurn5094d ago

I think that in a lot of cases that reason is VAT, import and other taxes that many countries like pile onto consumer goods that companies subsequently pass on to consumers. They get you coming and going.

falviousuk5094d ago

When you see American prices listed they dont include the sales tax, similar to VAT in the UK. Sales tax is added when they buy the item as it varies from state to state.
In the UK VAT is always shown included with the price.

Leg-End5092d ago

I guess that kinda explains it, but like when the ps3 was first released in the united kingdom it was £420 (and for some retarded reason i actually bought it).. i mean it surely was never that much in the united states because i rememebr so many people complaining about how sony was charging so much more in england....

Pocker5094d ago

how much is 59.99 euros in dollars? 100$?

Michael-Jackson5094d ago

roughly $75, UK will be a different story though.

CrazzyMan5094d ago

Games HERE also cost 60 euros. Not 60$. It`s Europe.

You can buy 1 new game or you can get this bundle. The only problem, that there is no sub-controller bundle for now, it should come at 70 euro and will be a must buy.)

MajestieBeast5094d ago

Actually a nice deal now i aint forced to buy sports champions and 9i can just buy a sub controller and socom 4. 59,99 is 81 dollars.

ElementX5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

So I'll have to play $99 for the bundle, plus another $49.99 for a second Move, plus $60 for 2 navigation controllers? That's $210 plus tax! :(

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A disagree? I'm talking U.S.

ReBurn5094d ago

Well, whether people like to admit it or not that appears to be the cost of entry based on the information available. If you don't have a PSEye it's looking to be as much as $130 USD to get Move up and going for one person, then $80 USD for each additional person.

falviousuk5094d ago

some move games require two glowing ball move controllers, so you need to add that price in as well for the full experience. Another $49.99 on top of the $130 plus also you need to add tax.

Newtype5094d ago

Don't need to add tax if you buy it from Amazon. I got prime....there might be game credit later on for it....just buy it from amazon...NO TAX AT ALL.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai4d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19723d ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

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@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19723d ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz3d ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay3d ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

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Profchaos33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers32d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken32d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g32d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing32d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H932d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola32d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66932d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle32d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

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jznrpg33d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos33d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola33d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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