TGS 2009: Sony adding motion to existing titles, new RE5 with motion coming Spring 2010 [update]

by Ben Gilbert on Sep 24th 2009 1:30AM

During Sony's second press conference at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom's Jun Takeuchi took the stage to demo the PlayStation 3's new motion controller with his game, Resident Evil 5. That's right, Sony will be bringing motion control to a handful of existing titles, including a re-released RE5 in Resident Evil 5: Director's Cut this coming Spring.

Sony also showed off LittleBigPlanet being controlled by two people, one wielding a motion wand while the other used a DualShock 3. Apparently a mess of other titles will be getting the motion treatment -- 13 in total (~~seen here, mostly in Japanese~~ see update below) -- with Flower and Pain standing out as notable examples.

Update: We've got the full list right here.

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Tags: alternative-edition, capcom, directors-cut, flower, japan, jun-takeuchi, littlebigplanet, motion-control, pain, playstation-motion-controller, re5, resident-evil, resident-evil-5, resident-evil-5-alternative-edition, resident-evil-5-directors-cut, sony, tgs, tgs-2009

Reader Comments (77)

Having to manipulate a DS3 in one hand while wanding with the other for some games is going to make this child unfriendly.

I'm guessing they were trying to show how you can have a hybrid controller scheme where you don't have to stick to one or the other.

Spyder Taco ... I didn't reference the shown game...I said for 'some games'.

I'm pretty confident that "child friendly" games wont need 2 controllers anyway so I wouldn't worry about it.

In regards to sames such as Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, having to manipulate a DS3 in one hand while wanding with the other for some games is going to make this fap unfriendly.

What does a game's rating have to do with a control scheme?

@Anthology: I don't he was referring to content. Often times more difficult and awkward control schemes aren't as easy for children to use and thus, less child friendly.

@Myself: Wow. Reading comprehension for the fucking fail on my part. I reread your comment Anthology and realized you were replying to Spyder, if my thinking is finally correct. Bah, stayed up too late playing Batman.

Where has anyone read about using a DualShock3 AND Wand? Is English your second language?

"LittleBigPlanet being controlled by two people, one wielding a motion wand while the other used a DualShock 3"

See it said TWO PEOPLE, not one person using TWO controllers! In other words it was showing off that if you like LitteBigPlanet it's your choice. You could play multi-player & if one person has a wand they can play with that, while the other player could use the DS3 both in the same game.

*sigh*

It might work well. The motion controls were amazing for the Wii RE4

it also had an analog stick.

Good job Sony!! Make a better Wiimote and forget why Nintendo had the Nunchuck.

awesome cool

When I first heard it I was disappointed, then I thought "ok RE5 Wii edition basically"...then they described how it would work, and I realized that I'd probably prefer the current, awful, RE5 controls instead.

Or you could just play RE4....

I can see this making RE5 more interesting and a lot of fun with other people around.

But I'm still not keen on them re-releasing RE5. Even for a "director's cut."

Is that oval thing some sort of newly-designed analog stick? I hope it is. I don't see how games like Resident Evil 5 would work well without one.

As long as most of these existing titles receive support via free updates, I'm all for it. I'm a big fan of both this and Natal, and there are definitely some games that could benefit from motion control.

I'd still rather see a one of these with a slightly longer handle than have to actually hold a DualShock 3 while I use the motion controller:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7814/dualshocthird.png

puah ha ha

I'm really curious as to how we're supposed to hold the DS3 in our left hand and still use the wand in our right.

Easy all you would need to use on the DS3 controller would be the analog stick and the triggers. Of course it might be a little easier to use the ol' sixaxis as a second controller since its lighter.

@Kinsey
I believe that using the triggers and the analog of the DS3 and a motion wand would be really difficult. Unless you have 7 fingers. Or 3 hands.

Will Sony release their own Wii Sports or other starter game to bundle with this?

It is really surreal to me to see this motion controller for the PS3, I always thought the Wii and 360/PS3 would be very distinct from each other but the lines get more blurry and blurry.

This is one hell of a console generation.

I'm hearing RE5 directors cut is on 360 as well.

But of course the 360 version will not have motion support

or could it... Jun Takeuchi along with Kojima are speaking about natal during TGS.

if you are right then i will be so happy heres me thinking its ps3 exclusive and i am also hoping that you have a choice to use natal or not!

As long as the motion controls are an option, not a requirement, that's fine. I may like them, I may not. But don't force me to use it for every game made after the controllers release.

Oh, and don't release an add on three years after launch saying 'Now it works the way it was supposed to!"

Do I dare...
Bring up lair...

Good thing I held out from buying this game

I'm honestly surprised to see so many existing games gonna be patched with motion support. Are you sure we're talking about the same Sony here?

This is the New Sony, the one who's realized how arrogant they were and want to fix it.

Hopefully it's not too late.

Fix what exactly? Motion controls will add to the experience, not fix what is already there.

This IS the same Sony that FINALLY added Analog control to Lair though.

factor5 did lair not sony

moron

Good christ, I am so ashamed.

Good thing Sony paid for, produced, published, own the IP and associated copyrights and trademarks, and distributed/controlled the release of Lair and associated content including post-release patches. In other words, they greenlit an analog control patch and they allowed it on the network when it was finished.

asshat

again, factor5, not sony, Sony never told them to go motion sensing only, and did not tell them to patch it. especially since the analog controls were present from day 1 using PSP or sixaxis-less USB controllers

moron

Downvoted and treated like shit for complimenting and defending Sony's initiative, I love it. This site really has gone to the fanboys.

Joystiq High School at its best.

This might actually entice me to finally buy RE5.Sony did a great job at making the motion controls look nice, hopefully they'll play just as good.

so Microsoft announces support for natal, and sony announces games for the PS3... i wonder if getting their motion tech out sooner will give them the upper hand, ive got to say any wiiHD that might have been coming just became obsolete(except for first party titles). PS3 is now likely to be the best of all worlds, the only thing to compare now are exclusives. I cant wait to see if Microsoft actually has any uses for natal...

I'm a little confused by this, but looks quite promising.

this is going to be interesting cant wait.. I wish they were releasing an FPS with motion controls eg MAG with motion controls would be awesome also if they can do it with Resident Evil 5 why not Uncharted 2 for the multiplayer it would make it very interesting..

Because it would follow the argument for faster aiming and being unfair.
For example the keyboard and mouse against a console controller.

It was so obvious, I couldn't believe noone that this in the comments when the controllers were announced.

EDIT
It was so obvious I can't believe no one predicted this in the comment section for whe they announced these controllers back in July.

Good. Nothing would be worse than only launching the new product with a tiny portion of games. Announcing this now brings hope that more will jump on the bandwagon in future.

I feel like this should be a free update for the existing RE5 owners. Re-buying RE5 AND buying their new motion control/PSeye isn't very appealing.

Hopefully this will improve the game, the best version of RE4 was definitely on the wii, and from the demos, sonys controller is pretty impressive.

The probably have to rework the data, hopefully this will be a cheaper version.
If its full price, no way.

Even if it's half price, no way. Maybe in the form of $10 DLC? I really think Sony should make it free, it'll help people quickly get into their new controller and help their platform overall.

Oh BOY

*Starts the Quantum Leap title sequence*

This is great news. motion control is just the start, wait till body and head tracking enter the equation. Add some 3D and you have an experience no other curretn gen console is capable of.

Except that even the wii could do 3d and head tracking if the developers really wanted to?

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