There you have it, folks. At the Sony segment of the GDC, Sony has officially given “Arc” a name – The PlayStation Move.
Seems kind of like an obvious name for a motion controller, but I suppose it also succinctly explains its purpose.
The PlayStation Move will come bundled with a PlayStation Eye, a game and the controller itself for under $100.
In addition, PS3 games LittleBigPlanet and Resident Evil 5 have been confirmed to support Move functionality. A new title, Sports Champion, will feature several sports-related mini-games for use with the PlayStation Move.
Very much looking forward to Microsoft’s motion controller, too! Everyone stay tuned for Microsoft’s This Camera Tracks Your Movements!
It still looks like a marital aid…
@Herman S. Lilleng, So wrong.
What’s with the Sailor Moon Wand thing?
@Tony Bradford, *laughs*
The light at the top is used to detect the angle and direction of the “wand”, or the Move as we probably have to call it now, in real time.
@Michael O’Connor, Boy the Wii could do that without looking redic-…
Wait, never mind.
and I have to ask, what is it with companies putting ridiculous names for motion-controlled consoles?
First it was Revolution for the Wii, which sounded cool, then bam, dick jokes. Now Sony is just stating what you do with their console.
@Tony Bradford, “Move” isn’t as bad as it could have been. Besides, it’s not so much about the name anymore, but how you market it. “Xbox 360″ is a horrendous name, it tells you absolutely nothing about the product, yet Microsoft has managed to make us associate that name with gaming instantly. The same goes for the Wii, to a certain extent.
Well imo ’360′ is better than the ‘Microsoft You-fucking-play-games-on-it’.
Though direct and right to the point.