Playstation Move Impressions at launch and onward...

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

...while our previous ongoing conversation fell through a space time rift, I'll summarize for the sake of anybody who wants a thread to continue to share their thoughts/opinions on the hardware.

A few DP users, myself included picked up Move hardware and Sports Champions at launch.

Thoughts on the hardware seemed to be that it was ergonomic, easy to set up and use, accurate, and while as expected it functioned similar to the Wiimote and/or Wii Motion Plus, it had some extra layers of functionality that the Wii can not at the present time achieve (spatial depth tracking, integration of on-screen camera display, augmented reality graphics mapping).

Sports Champions seems to be a standout game which similar to Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort highlights some of the best abilities of the hardware.

I also enjoy Tumble, a puzzle game in the style of Boom Blox which does a great job of showing of the spatial depth tracking of the Move Wands.

I didn't like Eye Pet Move Edition based on the fact that it was built around the PS Eye technology, not the Move, and it's more heavily reliant on the PS Eye Camera, which can be flaky at times compared to the more accurate Move hardware.

We also touched on the fact that the Navigation Controller is not used at all in many of the launch titles.

There was some debate as to whether or not the Move setup was worth the price of entry. So far I personally think it is, but I'm the kind of guy that will drop $150 on a 2 player setup for Samba De Amigo for Dreamcast knowing that I'll never be able to use those controllers for anything BUT that game. I'm sure some people have dropped a pretty coin on single-game specific peripherals (Steel Battalion, Buzz Quiz, Flight Sticks, high-end Dance Pads, etc.) that won't see half of the software support that the Move likely will.

Move looks like it's going to get some nice support for the immediate future, and if it sells well, we'll probably see it supported through the rest of the PS3's life.

The hardware works well and it's all in the hands of the developers moving forward.

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This week's PSN store update added a Move patch for the PSN game High Velocity Bowling. As a huge fan of HVB, I tried the patch out for a few hours and was very VERY frustrated with the "spin" mechanic ... while bowling the ball down the lane is essentially identical to Wii Sports Bowling - the game software appears to be overly sensitive when tracking "spin" put on the bowling ball when twisting the Move wand ... 9 out of 10 times I couldn't get the degree of spin I wanted OR the game would track the spin in the wrong direction. I would HOPE that could be patched in a future update, if not I'll keep playing that game with the DualShock3's motion sensors.

There's also a demo out for Kung Fu Rider ... which I thought while a bit wonky overall was pretty neat. Not worth $40 IMO, but I'll probably snag it when it's on the cheap.

That's all I've got for now, feel free to pick up where we left off ... hopefully this conversation doesn't get vaporized.

[kupomogli]

According to VGChartz, the Move sold an estimated 300,000 in the first 10 days. I guess you could say the sales are decent.

[NayusDante]

I'm personally waiting for something completely new before I invest in either of the new motion-gaming technologies. Give me something like .hack, where your character accurately reflects your expressions and maneurisms, not this "first-gen" stuff that we've seen on the Wii already.

At the moment, I'm still interested in hearing about how it works for an FPS. I'm still a PC purist, but I would give it a try if it's more accurate than, say, Metroid on Wii.

[megasdkirby]

Not much demand over here, at least where I work.

From what I can tell, I was the only one that sold the new PS3 combo w/Move. No others have sold the console nor have they sold the camera and/or Move.

So it's pretty "meh" around here, at least for now.

[buzz_n64]

At my work, a lot of people are looking at it, and demoing it, but it's basically not selling.

[Swamperon]

I've set to see it sell out anywhere over here in the UK and there doesn't seem to be much of a buzz about it.

Perhaps, in the eyes of mass consumers who don't care/know about technical details see it as a another Wiimote and therefore as 4 years out of date. Maybe sales will pickup as we near Christmas?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I saw a huge demo kiosk setup at The Garden State Plaza in North NJ over the weekend.

For those that want some hands-on time with the device, I assume it'll be set up similarly at a major shopping mall near you soon.

[kupomogli]

I know Frankie was talking about this before. Saw it while looking through Amazon.



http://www.amazon.com/MOVE-Champions...91241&sr=1-140

[NayusDante]

Sweet, It's a bat'leth! Oh wait.. you're telling me that's a bow?

Now that I think about it, I would play a Klingon hand-to-hand combat game if it used the Move.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I know Frankie was talking about this before. Saw it while looking through Amazon.



http://www.amazon.com/MOVE-Champions...91241&sr=1-140

DEAR LORD!

I don't recall talking about that crap unless I was mentioning ridiculous plastic ... crap.

If my memory serves in the previous MOVE thread I did mention the "augmented reality" features where the Playstation Eye actually maps a sword onto your move controller on the screen which is very VERY cool, but that stuff ... come on, did anybody over the age of 5 ever buy that stuff for their Wiimotes? Who the hell do they think are going to buy it for the Move.

[kupomogli]

You mentioned how using an actual ping pong paddle would probably make it easier to play. I was mainly adding that picture because of the ping pong paddle. The rest of the stuff is retarded to even be in there. The other stuff could be given to kids to play with though.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Yeah, the ping-pong is pretty hyper accurate.

I suppose that add on would help you determine the tilt of the paddle.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Hopefully merging this with my old MOVE thread will fix the page structure error.

Either that or the universe will collapse in on itself.

Here goes nothing!