Why though? Why does it make motion control a non-gimmick when that's what the wii has been labelled as for all this time?

Because you don't HAVE to use it for alot of the games.

So it's better because I spent an extra $50 on something I won't use too often?

You buy a game for $50 that you won't play too often, correct?

I see where you are going with this but before you do let me stop you.

If the PS3 move is fifty dollars this means that once I have five move titles I have been paying an extra ten dollars on top of the retail price, ten move titles is 5 dollars more.
In essence I pay more for the move games than a normal game and generally the move titles i've seen offer less from what I actually want in a game.

Plus I am unlikely to ever own that many move titles.

Also note that since gaming companies hate Australia we pay double the American price even though our dollar is no where near that weak any more.

Unfortunately...that argument doesn't work on the P2P MMO players. XD

I'm not one, but I'm stating it won't fly for some people. But I completely understand where you're going with that.

Well there are now free P2P MMO's out there so people have to ask themselves what kind of extra value are they getting from their monthly subscription.

Which is the point with the move too. I just don't personally think that the extra charge is worth the new feature is all. Not yet anyway, give it two years and they might start doing good stuff with it, like they did on the wii.

HA PS3 WINS AGAIN AND 1st! It's just a wining kinda day!

DAMMIT!

The PS3 needs no motion control because it is built into the 6-axis controller, in which 6-axis control works perfectly and is utilized in every PS3 title and has truly made all other joysticks and d-pads obsolete :P

I almost didn't catch the sarcasm for a moment ( -_-)
Damn you inflection.

Yeah, I was just being silly, but everyone forgets that PS3 has had motion control from the start ;)

PS3 Move is trying to compete with the Wii. Wii still is better to me.

PS3 tries so hard, it's almost cute.

Sure seems that way. I suppose it's an obvious move in light of sales, but how can anyone abide by this with a straight face after years of bad-mouthing what is essentially the same approach to video game interaction?

Plus the X-axis thing too...it's like...just...stop. Do your thing, let the Wii do it's. I play my Wii for my reasons, I'd play a PS3/X-box for other reasons.

Sixaxis came out before Wii. :P Plus, without Sixaxis, we wouldn't have one of the best downloadable games on PS3: Flower. :D

Yeah, I doubt that.

Don't doubt it until you've actually played it.

PS3 move: A stylized wii motion plus controler and nunchuck, wireless so it's easy to lose, and with a stupid looking glowing ball on it.

Sony, let's see you make something new and fresh for once. Seems like you're always better than Nintendo... years after they make a ground breaking innovation.

People seem to want a wireless nunchuck for Wii too, ya know. x3

I have both a PS3 and a Wii, I gotta say that PS3's motion control looks a lot more fun than it is on Wii...simply because you don't have to use it all the time as you do in Wii and you are able to actually move in a 3D space.

*Nods* I know that the PS3 move is way better than the wii is. I just always wonder if Sony would have bothered with it if the wii hadn't included motion control.

I find it hilarious that Sony is taking Nintendo's motion control idea and building on it, and that the Xbox is taking SONY'S motion recognition control ((Eyetoy)) and vamping it up ((Note that I realize these are GROSS simplifications))

i find it hilarious Atari took Colecovision's "cartridge-based television video game system" and built on it (atari 2600), and that the Nintendo is taking ATARI'S "cartridge-based video game system" and vamping it up ((note that i realize these are GROSS simplifications))

ripping eachother off and doing a cooler job is the only way we get any fun toys!!! give playstation a break man PS3 is still way too expensive for the wii's target demo anyway. let them innovate a little it's more cool toys for us

Umm the Atari 2600 came out in 1977 while the Colecovision came out in 1982

no shit! okay i thought colecovision was older than atari... why did they go with that dated "dial and number pad" design if joysticks had been invented? that's totally nuts

They were too cool to rip off someone else's design ;IO

well they weren't too cool to rip off intellivision apparently!!

maybe some video game prophet told them the future of analog controls and 12-15 button controllers and they just implemented that design in the WORST WAY POSSIBLE

I do love getting cool toys I'm not harping on Playstation, just Playstation move. I love how the Playstation introduced us to epic cut scenes, even if the Playstation's orgins are a bit... devious. I'd love to see what these companies could bring to the table that's brand new and innovative. If Sony had the tech to make eyetoy not... broken it would've been awesome. It just seems that Nintendo's been making newer ideas for games, like touch screens, and now the 3DS. Seems to me that Sony focuses on graphics, nintendo on new ideas and the Xbox... focusses on... not catching fire...?

yeaaah eyetoy always seemed like a total gimmick. nintendo's games have been really cool and i'm loving the retro revival stuff that's been going on on their system too. the wii version of punch out was a total ace of a game, i was really impressed. and i know it's not fair to credit nintendo with mega man 9 and mega man 10 but i'm going to anyway because i'm dense

You must admit, nintendo's marketing is GENIUS. Bring back lots of awesome old games, remake a few of them, make healthy games, get people that wouldn't buy their products TO buy them... Even if they don't have the greatest console Nintendo is the best. They've got a much larger demographic than the PS3 and Xbox 360.

wouldn't it be fun to travel back in time 4 years when everyone was making fun of the name and concept of the "wii" man who saw it coming.

Nintendo revolution WAS a kickass name... why'd they call it the Wii, just cause of the lame pun what will Wii do together?

I was just thinking about that after all the E3 Hullabaloo this year.

Though frankly speaking, and despite the content of this journal, I was pretty unimpressed by Nintendo's conference :/

Seems like I'm the only one though.

Oh I don't doubt that.

If Nintendo never included motion control, then Microsoft and Sony wouldn't have either. :P

True story! Though it's hard to measure what innovations they WOULD have had.

There was the eye-toy, for example >_-

consoles these days are so terrible

Yes, it makes me inconsolable to think about it.

oh you silly~

I just hate the whole motion-control thing in general. I want to sit down and press buttons dammit!

That glowing orb on the top of the PS3 more thingy reminds me about the glowing orb that was in the nose of that farmer girl in the movie Evil Aliens. It started sparkling like a christmas three and then she went bananas. It also reminds me about the orb Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled out of his nose in the movie Total Recall. Do Sony have an orb-in-the-nose fetish since they designed the mote thingy that way?

That scene in Total Recall made me flip my wheels when I was a kid. Those special FX were untouchable back in the day.

And now it's all pretty goofy to watch, sad face.

Personally, I'm just happy that the PS3 move isn't REQUIRED for alot of the games. I hate alot of games for the Wii due to that.

But, wasn't that sort of the POINT of the wii?

Yes, but when the controls could work better WITHOUT the Wiimote, that says something. -_-

It was...but the Classic Controller was also made and developers could easily use that instead of the Wiimote.

It's just that Nintendo has been hyping that damn Remote SO much that no developer will ever touch the Classic Controller (or the GC controller). =/

Nothing beats an eight direction joystick and an a and b button IMO >,>

I don't like either of them. The wii remote is shoddy when it comes to actually sensing clear movements and the ps3 move feels like another "gadget" for a system when you don't need it. like the PS3 and its blu ray player remote for $50.
you have to get a few things for the move to work
Sensor
remotes
games that actually incorporate motion detection

Its almost cheaper to just buy a whole new system. Check out Microsoft's Kinect project

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=294

LOLOLOLOL <3 vg cats

wow. And all you had to do was post "ps3 - wii"

What really sucks is I don't think I got any response to the actual statement, which was a comment on the labels gamers give one another, and not which one is for the win -_____-

flamingbeaver is such a troll

Soo.. You're going to play Sony's clone of a 4yo Wii game then?

PS3 Move looks more like a sex toy. Thus it wins.

But does it vibrate ;O

I hope so. It's going up someone's butt either way.

I have to say, they're both unrefined. The thing I hate is that neither of them were made to be interchangeable with a normal controller. Sometimes I wish both of them made games that could be played with a controller or with motes. But, for the record, Wii came first, and the only ORIGINAL PS3 game is LittleBIG Plannet, which is definitely a controller game. Anything else is on PC or XBox.

Last thing to hate about motion control: In the end, games that were hard with a controller become an insane shake-fest. All in all, I say Wii because they're already perfecting their motion controll and PS3 is just following their trail.

ps3 move FTW

As usual its my job to show people there are 3rd party alternatives for this platform. All the accuracy and intuitiveness of the Move, without throwing your arms all over the place *snickers* That and no waiting for upload patches to make it work with older titles, plus its a lot cheaper through Egghead.

I give you the Split Fish Dual SFX Revolution:
http://www.splitfish.com/index.php/.....-sfx-evolution
Egghead Inventory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16879644001

Interesting... but being a PC gamer it would only be a regular controller split in two

But with an edge, much like with the old Sindwinder Dualstrike. I ruled FPS games with that tehnological bugger

I honestly haven't given the ps3 move the slightest thought.
All the games i've seen for it offer me nothing I'm interested in since the novelty factor was gone when the wii was released.

Better graphics? don't really care for graphics too much.

Better acuity? Probably but honestly not worth putting down the extra money for.

Also yes the wiimote is for seven year olds. The ps3 move is for seven year olds with lots of money :D

lol ps3 sucks