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Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« on: December 17, 2009, 08:43:14 AM »
Sony Computer Entertainment America exec John Koller has said the company is confident in the power of the PS3's new magic wand.

"We look at motion control as being that much more than what exists on the market," he told GamePro. "The Holy Grail of gaming is placing you as a consumer into the game physically. When we provide further details, people will see exactly where we're going."

According to Koller, the PS3 wand will work with games from "a real wide variety" of genres. "The areas that are going to be really critical to our success will be family games, as well as shooters and sports games," he said.

"Those are going to be the areas that will really define success, because they're areas that quite honestly, I think Project Natal and the Wii are going to have trouble matching, from a differentiation standpoint."

Sony's "three big pillars" for 2010 are motion control, 3D gaming and PlayStation Network. You can also expect plenty of firmware updates, excitingly. "A lot of what you'll see in terms of changes to the PS3 are going to be done through firmware for the foreseeable future. There's a lot features and functions we have planned there. I think that 2010 will be a big year for that," predicted Koller.

Then there are the games, of course. "Going into the back half of the year, we have a number of key launches. We haven't really announced all of them yet, but the titles that will be launching at the time are going to be very exciting," Koller said.

"Some of the big franchises, as well as new IPs have new ways to game, not motion control gaming, but in other ways. It's going to be a really strong lineup."


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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 11:48:37 AM »
I have to admit that I was damn impressed with the demo at E3.

The "concept" of Natal is amazing, but I'm not sure how well that translates to gameplay.  Sony's "wand" has a much more obvious gaming application, and looks leaps and bounds beyond the Wii.


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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 06:42:53 AM »
The PS3 wand is called Arc - report

Sony's going to call the new PS3 wand Arc, according to a new report circulating this morning.

VG247 claims to have confirmed the name with a trusted inside source. Sony declined to answer Eurogamer's request for comment on grounds of "rumour and speculation".

Sony's yet to announce a proper name for the motion sensing wand, which appears to have slipped out of a much-publicised spring 2010 appearance and into a murkier "this year" arrival. A delay, however, has not been confirmed.

Names linked with the PS3 wand have included Sphere and Gem, although the latter turned out to be "an early code name for the product".

Console rival Microsoft also enters the motion-sensing market this year with the ambitious Project Natal, scheduled for autumn. A slip for "Arc" may bring about a head-to-head collision.


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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2010, 04:20:57 AM »

Sony's new PS3 wand controller is expected to support ten titles when it launches later this year.

According to Kotaku, a report in Japan's Nikkei Newspaper claims that the games will range from sports to pet simulators.

Sony has already confirmed nine releases that will make use of the new control scheme: Ape Escape, Echochrome, Eccentric Slider, Sing and Draw, Champions of Time, Motion Party, The Shoot, Tower and Under Siege.

However, the platform holder is yet to reveal which of the named titles will be released in 2010.

Games also slated to utilise the device include Flower, Pain and Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition.

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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2010, 01:55:40 PM »
I suppose they could poke this where the sun don't shine!

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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2010, 05:13:59 PM »
Yes I think so :D But I am an xbox fanboy/girl whatever :-\
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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2010, 02:20:19 AM »
Yes I think so :D But I am an xbox fanboy/girl whatever :-\

Me too. ;)

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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2010, 05:17:19 AM »
I hate the 360, strictly PS3 for me now  :)


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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2010, 07:47:02 PM »
I hate the 360, strictly PS3 for me now  :)

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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2010, 01:36:50 PM »
Those are fucking big pockets. We have an an Atari Lynex. Its not as good as the Gamer Gear ;D Fanboy arguments FTW!!
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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2010, 12:32:18 AM »
Those are fucking big pockets. We have an an Atari Lynex. Its not as good as the Gamer Gear ;D Fanboy arguments FTW!!

pfft ...

I had a Game Gear, but I only used it to play a Spiderman / X-Men game, and watch tv.

I played my Lynx so much I wore the black finish off of side grips.  I had a minor addiction to S.T.U.N. Runner.

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Re: Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 Wand
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2010, 02:17:41 AM »
Those are fucking big pockets. We have an an Atari Lynex. Its not as good as the Gamer Gear ;D Fanboy arguments FTW!!

pfft ...

I had a Game Gear, but I only used it to play a Spiderman / X-Men game, and watch tv.

I played my Lynx so much I wore the black finish off of side grips.  I had a minor addiction to S.T.U.N. Runner.



Had? Yeah right...still got my game gear with colomns inside it.Still got a couple of other games floating around somewhere. :-*

 

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