EA Sports already working on Active for Natal/PS3 Motion Controller

by Justin McElroy on Jun 4th 2009 12:40PM

EA Sports is the very definition of an early adopter. During a lengthy interview with us, the company's Peter Moore confirmed that his teams were working on how to bring the mega-successful EA Sports Active franchise to PS3 and 360, taking advantage of the PS3 Motion Controller and Project Natal respectively.

"Absolutely," Moore said. "Natal is the perfect example of what you could do there. If you could imagine EA Sports Active done via Natal ... and we are working on that right now, we saw Natal a couple months ago and we started thinking about how we could bring health/wellness and fitness to a Natal-type experience. Same with Sony with the motion controller, how can you utilize what they showed on Tuesday to bring fitness to that. But I think Natal is a huge opportunity."

Tags: e3-2009, EA, EA-Sports, EA-Sports-Active, EA-Vancover, Electronic-Arts, Electronic-Arts-Vancouver, Exercise, Fitness, Microsoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (38)

Here we go >_>

EyeToy Kinetic says hi.
From about 5 years ago.

Not surprising. I think it will be more successful on the Wii, though.

:/ Hmmm... I think I'm gonna have to disagree there... I actually have this game and I can already see with a 360 version your movements most likely wont be so limited because of the Wiiremote/chuk wire being in the way, especially if the chuk pops out your leg pocket during some exercises that requires you to jump. PLUS (sometimes) my movements can't be read with the remote when I'm doing some exercises right, but that was with I first had the game. Now I know to pace myself closer to the trainer model so my movements picks up. The workouts are still kickass though, and they will kick YOUR ass.

I agree that the game and workout will probably be better, but I think there will is more of a market for it on the Wii.

And BAM there it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzXqK4fh-A&feature=related

I wonder if MS is still paying Peter Moore??? He still can't get Madden to run the same on both the PS3 and 360....

There is no conspiracy. Peter Moore is not the reason the PS3 hardware is inferior and can't run Madden as well as the 360.

Blu-ray is the reason.

@Mics

"Peter Moore is not the reason the PS3 hardware is inferior.... Blu-ray is the reason"

Do you think before you type or do you just shut down your brain and let that inner fanboy come out?

Blu-Ray has nothing to do with the specs of the hardware on the PS3. The PS3 could be using 8 tracks and EA still wouldn't know how to program for the PS3. Before you say something stupid again, realize that EA has had bad reputation of crappy code jobs on the PS3.... While almost every other company has found out how to make PS3 and 360 versions identical, EA still struggles with Madden, The Orange box and their refusal to port L4D...

I still wonder if someone is still seeing bonuses... Hey if they paid $50 milli for GTA4, what else won’t they do...

Ok.... shoot.. I'm all eyes, I'm curious for details..

Each console will be better at different things.. (my flag is in the green corner)

This is great news.

I don't understand how this can be true. Do PS3 Motion Controller dev kits exist? I know that MS specifically said they were distributing dev kits for their Natal system, but I don't recall hearing the same from Sony. And the quote from Moore isn't specific about if they're just conceptualizing how they're use the new PS3 device, or if they're actually programming for it by now.

Can anybody point me to a spot where this was said in a clearer way?

Peter Moore confirmed that his teams were working on "HOW to bring" the mega-successful EA Sports Active franchise to PS3 and 360

It wasn't said working on the PS3 Motion Controller but "on HOW to bring the mega-successful EA Sports Active franchise to PS3"

What was clear was "via Natal ... and we are working on that right now"

Natal - EA working on it now!
PS3 Motion Controller - working on "HOW"

I think the natal will shine with mini-games.

Yes the ps3 is capable of Natal via the pseye.

@ SeNiLe911: That's what I fear. I was just hoping somebody would strike my comment down and say No, there are dev kits and I have proof! But let's be real... this smells like me-too vapor from Sony. Their presentation of 1:1 swordplay is like a replica of Nintendo's presentation... from *last* year, and their motionplus is just now coming to market.

Odd that it is posting under different names... I didn't ask for that.

why did Inect get so meny minuses? what he says is true some how. that milo progect is posible on the PS3, the eye´s microphone can detect were you are in the room, can scan your hole body like natal and can read obgects like that ball controller in full 3D 1-1 scale. so meny people think natal has an edge over the eye and motion controllers the ps3 has. thik of it as a natal with super Wii controllers.

I think Natal will work better than PS3motes for fitness titles.

I agree

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/04/impressions-eyepet-ps3/
check the video before you downvote...
Sony's new motion controls combine Natal-like camera and Wii-like controllers
But Natal (especially Milo) are Mightily Impressive, good job MS!

this is why wiimote sucks.. even with the plus.. its still just one motion controller and one piece of shit joystiq..

while ps3 has equivlent of 2 wiimote pluses and a camera.. and natal is its own beast

Peter Moore is just another Microsoft Fanboy...

But anyways, i think all 3 motion controllers are tons of fun, i'm really, really thinking of buying me a PS Eye and this motion thingy, have you guys seen that bow and arrow gameplay? WoW...

If i had an Xbox i would buy Natal too..

But keep in mind that my decision is based on weather they'll have good games for it or not... If they announce things like "Super mini-game for girls" i won't buy it...

dangs it and i sold my ps EYE a while back ago thinking i wont need it =(

Sorry this was suppose to be a reply...

..and that's the way the cookie crumbles.
And by cookie I mean 'Wii'.
=)

Bye bye Nintendo!

Why hasn't there been a kinetic 2 for the PS3 released?
And why hasn't EA been working with the Playstation eye?

Because it sucks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBNQf_-JWe4&feature=related

This is the PS2 Eyetoy game. You can track your body/face movement, but it looks limited to 2D.
I'm assuming the Playstation Eye improves upon this.

I've been saying this for a long time: Give us some fitness games on the 360 and all the fat kids (including me, though neither really fat nor a kid) will loose several pounds for the sake of achievements.

Because real workouts are too hard to do...

They aren't hard to do, however they aren't any fun to do.

I'm a PS3 fan... but I gotta say Natal looks way more interesting than a Wiimote with a ball on top.

I'm not really interested in working out... or playing games with just my hands etc. but as an interface it looks very promising. Plus it can scan objects....just think.... soon we will be able to scan our cocks... and use them as clubs in tiger woods.
(dreams can come true after all)

-now..... back to colleting shards.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/04/impressions-eyepet-ps3/
check the Video out...
Sony's new motion controls combine Natal-like camera and Wii-like controllers!

I think the Wiii has another 2 years and it'll be over for them. Unless they come up with a way to innovate the Wii to do something different than what MS and Sony have planned they can hang it up.

And if innovation means reading my pulse then I think it's clear they've spent up all the talent and innovation they had left.

Mario on PS3 and 360? Maybe PS4 and 720. Either way I don't see them making another console after losing their ace in the hole to the competition.

Early adopter my ass. Remember EA and Dreamcast?

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