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Hirai: We built PS3 with Move in mind

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Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has said 3D, Move and Blu-ray technologies were some of the reasons PS3 was so expensive at launch.

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SonySoldiers5061d ago ShowReplies(8)
CrazyForGames5061d ago (Edited 5061d ago )

at this point i don't buy this for a second

MNicholas5061d ago (Edited 5061d ago )

Sony had patented something like Move years before the Wii came out.

However, they completely missed out on implementing effective motion control using the PS2 hardware as the base.

They had the tech and patents 10 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

They had the PS2 at $99 five years ago with mature engines pushing almost as many polygons (15-19M/sec in-game) as some launch next-gen games.

They had the Eyetoy. (Adds less than $5 to the manufacturing cost)

Glowing LED sticks cost about $1 to manufacture. Add a bunch of buttons and you get a usable motion controller (no gyro needed) that cost under $5 each to produce.

But they failed to bring it all together into a new low-end platform (not called PS2 or PS3) to compete against the Wii.

kneon5061d ago

Here is one of the relevant patents which was filed more than 10 years ago. It shows the use of the ball on a stick motion controller, what is now called the Move

http://www.google.com/paten...

Sony wasn't copying Nintendo, actually Nintendo bought all the wiimote tech from other companies.

Aquanox5061d ago

This is getting hilarious. If they made the PS3 with Move in mind they would've relesaed it years ago not 4 years after the console's launch and with a last minute lineup. Considering the massive success the Wii has had, saying such thing and releasing the device so late in the generation with such poor software support is understimating people's intelligence.

kneon5061d ago

oops, sorry, broken link, here is the correct URL

http://www.google.com/paten...

This is just one of a number of patents related to Move. I like this one as there is one drawing that looks pretty much like the Move.

kingdavid5061d ago

Hirai is on the TOP 5 most Wanted List for Bullsht artists

ClownBelt5061d ago

"Hirai: We built PS3 with Move in mind"

Right......

takohma5061d ago

Exactly that's why it looked so short last year at E3 right?!? Something unfinished. If that was true it wouldve looked how it did this year last and been out already last holiday season. I don't buy it one bit. Lol

Karooo5061d ago

3d you need HDMI 1.4. thats why the ps3 was expensive

MNicholas5061d ago

It's simply a firmware update.

The Great Melon5061d ago (Edited 5061d ago )

PS3 has the 1.3a specification. Although 3D requires that one must have the 1.4 specification to ensure that 3D will work at the 720p and 1080p resolution, the version that the ps3 has plenty of bandwidth. If the PS3 had version 1.2 3D would be possible but it would not be the standard used for everything in the future because the bandwidth of the 1.2 is less than half that of 1.4. Essentially resolution would have to suffer to maintain a good framerate.

kneon5061d ago

1.3 and 1.4 have the same bandwidth but I have yet to see any confirmation that the PS3 can be upgraded to 1.4 via firmware. It's possible that it's true, but I've seen no proof or official statement from Sony.

JustTheFactsMr5061d ago

No it can't be upgraded to HDMI 1.4 for the hardware portions. But for the software portions like those required for 3D it can. Instead of the HDMI 1.4 chip doing the frame-packing for 3D the PS3 does it and ships it off. The TV or whatever doesn't know the difference. SInce 1.3 has the same bandwidth to ship the data over it works. HDMI 1.2 used in the 360 is half the bandwidth and doesn't work with this new standard.

So it does have 1.4 capability just not everywhere. That's the confusion.

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dizzleK5061d ago

revisionist history much? you saw the wiis sales and wanted a slice. period. end of story.

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Sony makes its ‘Move’ into PS3 motion control

Sony’s answer to wireless motion control offers three advantages over Nintendo’s technology: the movements are a lot more precise; because it’s a camera-based system, many games can put you in the game (such as seeing yourself on the screen in “Start the Party” and “EyePet”); and the PS3 offers high-definition graphics for a more photorealistic experience over the Wii’s standard-definition visuals.

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Pandamobile4984d ago

Generic Move pun title #1325

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GameSpot: Tumble Review

This clever puzzle game has plenty of variety and makes great use of the PlayStation Move.

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Scotland-The-Brave4984d ago

Wow this game looks interesting, I cant see it working co-op style as a friend helping would probably lead to an argument lol. Its only $10 so i will give it a try.

Rip-Ridah4984d ago

Well worth the price of admission. There is a demo in the PS Store if you'd like to try before you buy.

Lovable4984d ago

This game is the reason to buy a Move. It's absolutely addicting. Like I said before, it's simple, yet so good.

PirateThom4984d ago

Tried the demo, while I doubt I'd buy the game, this may be the best "demo" for Move, accuracy, depth... just insane.

despair4984d ago

yea the guy who reviewed it is an idiot.

jack_burt0n4984d ago

gametrailers 8.5/10
joystiq 4.5/5
eurogamer 8/10

-IronMan-4984d ago

Cant spell Ignorance without IGN.

kaveti66164984d ago

I don't follow. If everyone else likes something and IGN doesn't, that makes IGN ignorant?

Do you guys think before you post over-used slogans and mantras like sheep?

coolbeans4984d ago

That's one of the biggest problems with the internet as a whole. Your reasoning is sound, and hopefully others will at least contemplate what you've said. (bubbles :D)

callahan094984d ago (Edited 4984d ago )

Yes, Kaveti, it does. This game is excellent. IGN giving it a 3.5 is disingenuous to their readers and unfair to the developers who poured their lives into making this game for however long. It has an impeccable presentation with crisp, pretty graphics, good music, a very soothing voice to the actress narrating everything, lots of variety in the missions, fun multiplayer, and incredibly accurate and impressive controls that do an excellent job of showing how the Move is a unique control scheme: this game couldn't be done on the Wii or Kinect, it requires the precision of the pointing device, which Kinect lacks, and the 3D depth tracking that the Wii lacks. It's a brilliant and inexpensive showcase for Move offering compelling puzzle experiences.

A 3.5 out of 10 is just simply the WRONG score. No opinion about it. It completely fails to acknowledge the factual features present in the game, from design to presentation to control and implementation of those schemes. It IS a good game. And the fact that IGN is the only reviewer that didn't like it is more evidence to the fact that the game itself is good, well-made, deserving of praise, and that IGN failed to see the title for what it is and tore it down for lack of that understanding.

foss34983d ago

IGN used to be good... until years ago when they started putting ads everywhere they went to the shitter.

They were one of the first sites that redirected you to a full page ad before sending you to your link. I remember seeing those and writing an email to IGN telling them I would no longer use their site because of all the spam.

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DeathGazer4984d ago

Probably because they didn't get the exclusive first review.

IGN isn't relevant anymore.

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Movemodo review: Racket Sports / Racquet Sports (PS3 / Move)

Quoting Movemodo's James Newton:

"With other Move titles making strides in gaming control, Racket Sports feels like a dinosaur; the motion-sensing is unreliable and could have been more accurately and enjoyably served by a button press, a disaster for any new motion control title. Racket Sports is precisely the kind of title we don’t want to see on Move. Save your money for the promising-looking Virtua Tennis 4."

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