Whilst many expected Microsoft’s motion game controller to become the first on the market when it hit shelves in November, Sony have announced that they will launch their similar product in September. If it remains on schedule, Sony’s bid will see them make the first move in the next big gaming market device, ahead of Microsoft’s Project Natal.
Marking the next stage in the gaming market for gaming console companies including Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, the beginnings of such an intuitive system which uses the body’s movement within the game, came from Nintendo’s Wii. Whilst inferior in technological standard to both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, Wii continues to outsell both products.
President of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, Robbie Back explained at the Las Vegas based Consumer Electronics Show that motion control was vital for gaming console firms to continue to develop and gain market shares in the gaming sector. “Project Natal brings in consumers who wouldn’t traditionally have thought of themselves as an Xbox or a gaming customer,” he said, adding “Now we are an entertainment device, which creates a tremendous new opportunity for us.”
Details of Sony’s device, currently with no name, emerged, showing that the wand-like device was connected to the PS3 using a camera which picked up motion. Microsoft’s Project Natal however uses no controller, instead using an extra box on the console to detect body movement with an inbuilt camera. The system then analysed the movement and integrates it into the game.
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MARK MY WORDS.
NATAL WILL DIE A DEATH
PS3 GEM/ARC WILL DO WELL BUT WONT BARGE WII OUT OF THE WAY.
PADS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY ANY GAME.