PlayStation Motion Controller launching 2010

by Majed Athab on Jun 2nd 2009 3:50PM

Sony's much-rumored PlayStation Motion Controller is real and it will be launching in 2010. Sony showed off its new tech at Sony's E3 press conference and SCEA's Jack Tretton claims it's an experience "closer to real-life than anything you've ever seen."

The PlayStation Controller will work in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye, which will capture movements of the motion controller for "true one-to-one tracking." Sony showed off a variety of tech demos for use of the motion controller, including sword swinging fantasy, tank-based third-person shooting, archery, tennis and drawing -- all of which are meant only to demonstrate what is possible with the motion controller and is not the final software for the new peripheral (Those looking for a PS Sports title, sorry).

The developers made it quite clear that the controller itself is still a prototype, though the final product should be ready by 2010. Check out our on-going Sony E3 Liveblog for even more details.

Tags: motion-controller, motion-controls

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In case anyone has said this, sorry. Ever since Wii fit came out; I was thinking Kinetic ps2 eyetoy rip-off. In the tech demo for the motion control Sony Eye. I saw both body and joystick movement intergrated into one game. In the tech demo, the archery game stood out the most. As the guy kneeled, the AI kneeled to do a "Robin Hood" style bow and arrow shot. The Wii motion doesn't include full body movement and a motion controler. All the motion controls on the Sony Eye looks like they do is lower arm movement lag for the Sony Eye and improve real time 3D interaction, such as turning around. Making it not a complete Wii copy. Therefore, the Sony eye will have less lag time than the MS Natal. Remember Eyedentify? It uses voice commands. You might have to use a bluetooth but that's not that bad. I suspect Eyedentify to be released soon to mess with MS Xbox 360 Project Natal's voice command.

I was going to get an Xbox 360 as well, but games that looked xbox 360 exclusive got ported to the PS3. I also grew up on nintendo. I don't want to sound like a fanboy because I'm not. I just think the PS3 Eye and motion controllers stand by themselves and will be better than the competition. Still, Sony might screw up by not utilizing these gadgets. I will give MS a round of applause for including facial and voice recognition for Natal. Though I'm not sure of what the Sony Eye can do yet. The motion controls just gave the Sony Eye a much needed boost. Plus, it might extend the life-time of the PS3 to the supposedly 14 year time frame; extimated when it first came out.

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