Sony PS3 Move not Arc – Motion Controlling Wand gets Named and Shown off

by Jay Garrett on March 11, 2010

Sony has been showing off its Nintendo Wii baiting motion controller. They’ve also officially named it: PlayStation Move.

Sony created a bit of a stir at the PlayStation presentation held at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco.

The naming of the Move may have lost a number of people money if they’d been betting on Sony naming the motion controller Arc.

The PlayStation Move requires the use of a wand-like device a bit like a rounded Wiimote, with Sony’s Eye camera used as the sensor to track your movements – Sony are bragging that it’s the ‘most precise’ and ultra-sensory device of its kind.

The good thing is that the Move can be integrated into more established PS3 titles – games of choice for underling this was big-hitters SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals and Little Big Planet. LBP was shown using The Move Subcontroller (see gallery) as well as the main Move.

At the presentation Sony broke out a number of Move games which by all accounts looked pretty Wii-ey with the likes of ‘Sports Champions’ a sports compilation pack which includes such mini-games as archery, tablet tennis, and Gladiator Arena (duel fighting).

The PS3 Move will come in three bundles; the first packing the PS3 Move control for those who already own the Eye cam, or you can buy the Move with the Eye cam and a PS3 console. I reckon that the most popular will probably be the third option: The Move motion control with the camera and a game which Sony is saying will cost under $100 (£66).

No news regarding an official UK price but there is a rumbling that the August 2010 launch will be a global affair.

Have a gawp at the PlayStation Move and the PlayStation Move support controller in action below :)

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BHUPENDRA March 30, 2010 at 9:56 am

What would be the cost of PS3 move.

Jay Garrett March 30, 2010 at 1:14 pm

Hey there Bhupendra.

Latest word is that Sony will probably be aiming under the $100 (£66) mark – for that I’m guessing you would get the Move motion controllers with the camera and a game.

J

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