Sony's PlayStation Move takes the Wii's motion controls and adds a dimension, making them more sensitive to your movements. Except it hasn't been the runaway success some predicted. So what happened?
Well Sony's UK VP and MD Fergal Gara was pretty candid in an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine. He admitted Sony "could have done a better job" with the games, and said the range of applications was "probably not so great". Cripes. Read on for the full statement.
Asked whether the PlayStation Move would get more of a mainstream push, Gara said: "What I'm thinking is that it's better suited towards the casual market, certainly, but we also are pretty clear that we could have done a better job on the titles we've had and we've brought to market for the PlayStation Move.
"As you've said, great tech, probably not so great applications so far. So there's a job for us to do on the strength of games, and having seen what's forthcoming gives me great hope that we can do a better job with Move as we look forward. So we're certainly not forgetting about it."
He went on to confirm it is "still being worked on".
So it sounds like Move owners have something to look forward to, though what that is is anyone's guess. I think the problem is Move is kind of a halfway house for gamers: not as casual and family friendly as the Wii, not as involved as Kinect. So it's understandable if Sony doesn't know where to take it. It'll be interesting how the Wii U stacks up when it's released. And the Xbox 720, whenever we see that.
What do you make of the Move? Did you buy it? If not, why not? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, or on our Facebook page.
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anonymous 11 March, 2012 11:35
I wish they brought out something like the kinect for the PS3 but unfortunatley because they have pumped soo much money into the move, i doubt this will ever happen.
pyub 12 March, 2012 13:41
that would be the eyeToy then remember ps2 the bit on the left of the photo above. It wasn't as good but then it was last gen. The move is, as stated above, gr8 tec but with no good software. The kinect is also good hardware but with better software. The move actually has, for me, more potential but it hasn't been taken advantage of yet, here's hoping it will be...
anonymous 28 March, 2012 16:57
I got the Move in a PS Bundle last year to get the system & move all in one. Like pyub said it has great potential, it just lacks some quality games right now. There are a few that are pretty good or even seem like they'd be awesome, but if it's a game that is PS Move playable (not required) normally you can do better in the game without the Move and I don't like being bad at a game because of what I'm using compared to others as the sole reason.
But sounds like there are going to be a few PS Move Required games coming out for Move Only! Should be interesting.
anonymous 21 May, 2012 18:11
Makes a change when devs agree/admit that they haven't done enough. I have move and kinect and especially the kinect hasn't lived upto what was shown the controller is capable of. All there really is is sports/mini games. Move has changed my view on fps, I used to hate them but now I have the sharpshooter I really enjoy them. Used to think kinect was the mutts nuts but I've got bored quickly of the same style games.