Rumor: PlayStation Motion Controller codenamed 'Sphere'
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Oct 5th 2009 at 11:25AM } 
One name Sony may be using with developers is "Sphere," a word that highlights the glowing, colored orb central to the motion controller's technology. Sega producer Yasuhito Baba and his translator both referred to the controller as "Sphere" during an interview at Tokyo Game Show last month. Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi also talked about the PlayStation Motion Controller when we asked him if Gran Turismo would support the "Sphere" peripheral.
Sony representatives we chatted with admitted they were unfamiliar with the "Sphere" name, meaning it may be strictly a development codename for now.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
abelpc @ Oct 5th 2009 11:27AM
nice and safe name... Glow Worm is out.
NaeemTHM @ Oct 5th 2009 11:44AM
They should call them Dual Interactive Cordless Sticks, or DICS for short...
Jerk Face @ Oct 5th 2009 11:52AM
@ Naeem - You win. Ha ha ha!
Elranzer @ Oct 5th 2009 12:07PM
I'm sure they'll go with "Dual Dildos" upon retail release.
Space @ Oct 5th 2009 12:09PM
I'd like to double-fist those DICS!
wait...what?
Duke @ Oct 5th 2009 12:34PM
NaeemTHM - awesome name!
Elranzer - FYI, the subtlety is what makes for a winner here.
Shaun @ Oct 5th 2009 12:47PM
Sony Sphere. I like it.
BigD145 @ Oct 5th 2009 1:26PM
They should have called them "balls" and just gotten it all over with.
"Hey Bob, did you want to play with my Balls or my Wiiwii? ...Sorry, I have a stutter."
commen-cents @ Oct 5th 2009 2:04PM
safe and boring name... i would have preferred something more creative, like Merlin or something relating to a wand...
Extinction @ Oct 6th 2009 12:46AM
I'd have called it The RaySphere, what with inFamous being an exclusive
Maulok @ Oct 5th 2009 11:28AM
Certainly better than "Dual Balls on Sticks (TM)"
Rocks @ Oct 5th 2009 11:29AM
Yeah? really? you go on...
vidGuy @ Oct 5th 2009 11:31AM
So I guess Disco Stick is out?
Solace @ Oct 5th 2009 11:36AM
that shit pretty much looks like one too
Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 5th 2009 11:31AM
Interesting...why not call it 'PSX' like the initial version of all their technology?
Gamer4Life @ Oct 5th 2009 11:33AM
I still think the name BioCock fits best.
el serpiente @ Oct 5th 2009 11:56AM
...in your mouth?
Space @ Oct 5th 2009 12:10PM
BOOYAH!
eNrique @ Oct 5th 2009 12:31PM
OH SNAP!
GiggMan @ Oct 5th 2009 11:33AM
I've kinda gotten use to calling it the Playstation Motion Controller. I also think Natal should stay the same also. Wasn't the name Wiimote unofficial until everyone started calling it that and it stuck?
vidGuy @ Oct 5th 2009 11:35AM
It is still unofficial. The package retains the name "Wii Remote."
Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 5th 2009 11:42AM
There was that trademark issue preventing Nintendo from using Wiimote because it sounded too close to Weemote.
kentuckyfried @ Oct 5th 2009 12:43PM
PMC's has a nice ring to it. Unfortunately people might inadvertently think you're talking about MGS4, or other worldly news affairs...
aaronx_x @ Oct 5th 2009 11:34AM
that face. :)
Shane_Kim @ Oct 5th 2009 11:36AM
[banned]
Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 5th 2009 11:37AM
Even Shane Kim knows the truth...
Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Oct 5th 2009 1:27PM
Hey, Halo Pony's back!
JACK @ Oct 5th 2009 11:37AM
PMC is better imo. But sphere isn't bad at all, just a little plain.
sonicspike41 @ Oct 5th 2009 12:08PM
They should just refer to the whole thing (camera/controller) as...
Playstation Motion System.
Moris @ Oct 5th 2009 12:43PM
Sony's PMS? ;)
on another note, i can't wait for this XD I hope the Tech Demos they showed (such as the archery one) will be released to the public :)
the Sawyer family @ Oct 5th 2009 11:39AM
Ok guys, one more time. This is the North Pole and this is the South Pole. Any questions?
Levi (God Hand Defense Force) @ Oct 5th 2009 6:58PM
This picture is just begging for a caption contest
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio [Planeteer | Power of the Anti-Fanboy Bitch Slap] @ Oct 5th 2009 11:39AM
There isn't anything attractive about the name "Natal".
Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 5th 2009 11:41AM
Only in Portuguese...where it means 'Christmas'.
Solace @ Oct 5th 2009 11:42AM
Natal sounds like some village somewhere in Africa
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Oct 5th 2009 11:50AM
Or perhaps a rectal shampoo.
Orion @ Oct 5th 2009 11:52AM
All I know is that I don't want a Natal for Natal.
Space @ Oct 5th 2009 12:07PM
Nintendo has people playing with their wii
Microsoft has one named natal which is related to birth and in some cases the buttocks
and sony is developing a motion that resembles a pair of vibrators....
343 Guilty Fart @ Oct 5th 2009 2:03PM
Whenever I hear them use the word 'natal' I think of baby fetuses. I really hope they change the name.
Luke @ Oct 5th 2009 3:40PM
Nu-Tall
Nathan Keller @ Oct 5th 2009 11:43AM
That thing looks like a vibrator.
Jack Tretton @ Oct 5th 2009 1:06PM
The Dangerous Dildo
If it ain't one thing it's another
You must walk very careful
You must not lean against it
It can get on your clothing
It can follow you in
As you walk to the bedroom
And you take all your clothes off
While you're sleeping
It crawls off
It gets in your bed
It could get on your face, then
It could eat your complexion
Who the fuck wants to clean it?
It's disgusting and dirty
For some reason, the triangle button
Is stinky and squirty
(With apologies to F.Z.)
David @ Oct 5th 2009 2:11PM
We have heard that miilions of times before dude..
dood @ Oct 5th 2009 11:47AM
That dude holding one in each hand like that, he reminds me of Edward Penishands the movie.
zefur @ Oct 5th 2009 11:49AM
I wonder what firmware the playstation they are using is on because my trophy list doesnt look like that
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Oct 5th 2009 11:49AM
Named as such for the sphear it will install in your heart when you find it in your moms bedroom drawer.
dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 5th 2009 12:25PM
That was kind of a stretch, man.
No, I'm not saying your mother's stretched out. It's fine. I promise.
skyzbig @ Oct 5th 2009 11:50AM
PlayStation Motion Light is what i should be called, as it creates the rather awesome acronym, PMSL.
Warlock @ Oct 5th 2009 11:58AM
Where are you pulling the 'S' from?
Akronon @ Oct 5th 2009 12:00PM
Check your acronym dictionary again.