Gaming Faceoff: Project Natal vs. PlayStation Move
On November 19th, 2006, Nintendo launched its fifth home console to the world. The Nintendo Wii was both ridiculed and praised for its unique controller system — the Wiimote — which detects movements in three dimensions.
Three and a half years later, the Wii has dominated the market, shattered sales records, and put its two main rivals, Microsoft and Sony, on the defensive. Both companies are responding with motion-based controllers of their own though.
Microsoft has generated some big buzz with the revelation of Project Natal, a new camera-based system that requires no controller, just the movement of your body to function. And yesterday, Sony officially announced PlayStation Move, a controller setup that utilizes a camera and a remote-like controller to interact with the screen.
Here’s the question we have for all of you gamers: which next-generation controller system excites you more: Microsoft’s Natal or Sony’s Move?
Our poll for this week’s web faceoff ends on Sunday, March 14th at 12:00 PM PT. Let us know your choice, and don’t forget to leave your opinion in the comments!
What excites you more: Microsoft’s Project Natal or Sony’s PlayStation Move?polls
PlayStation Move in Action
Project Natal Announcement
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9 Responses to “Gaming Faceoff: Project Natal vs. PlayStation Move”
March 11th, 2010 saat: 9:28 pm
wow… unfortunately both of those videos were incredibly lame.
March 11th, 2010 saat: 10:17 pm
wow… unfortunately both of those videos were incredibly lame.
March 11th, 2010 saat: 10:44 pm
wow… unfortunately both of those videos were incredibly lame.
March 11th, 2010 saat: 10:50 pm
I read about PS Move the other day and the controller just looked so strange that I immediately didn't like it, especially after seeing the incredibly awesome project natal preview. The one difference is, I'm debating how good PN could possibly be… Is the mo-cap really so perfect that it rarely screws up? And how about the voice recognition? Are these features just going to frustrate me and result in me cursing Microsoft at the top of my lungs?
PS Move doesn't look terrible, but it definitely doesn't look amazing. The controller in combination with the PS Eye doesn't seem that revolutionary compared to the wii's technology, and there wasn't a dealbreaker game associated with it (although the weapons game and archery both look decent).
This is the PS Move preview that Playstation released earlier today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ybHddDMgM
The one thing I like about this trailer is that everything involved seems possible…there were some moments in the natal preview when I said “There's NO WAY that is consistently possible and accurate.”
March 11th, 2010 saat: 10:54 pm
I read about PS Move the other day and the controller just looked so strange that I immediately didn't like it, especially after seeing the incredibly awesome project natal preview. The one difference is, I'm debating how good PN could possibly be… Is the mo-cap really so perfect that it rarely screws up? And how about the voice recognition? Are these features just going to frustrate me and result in me cursing Microsoft at the top of my lungs?
PS Move doesn't look terrible, but it definitely doesn't look amazing. The controller in combination with the PS Eye doesn't seem that revolutionary compared to the wii's technology, and there wasn't a dealbreaker game associated with it (although the weapons game and archery both look decent).
This is the PS Move preview that Playstation released earlier today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ybHddDMgM
The one thing I like about this trailer is that everything involved seems possible…there were some moments in the natal preview when I said “There's NO WAY that is consistently possible and accurate.”
March 11th, 2010 saat: 11:18 pm
I read about PS Move the other day and the controller just looked so strange that I immediately didn't like it, especially after seeing the incredibly awesome project natal preview. The one difference is, I'm debating how good PN could possibly be… Is the mo-cap really so perfect that it rarely screws up? And how about the voice recognition? Are these features just going to frustrate me and result in me cursing Microsoft at the top of my lungs?
PS Move doesn't look terrible, but it definitely doesn't look amazing. The controller in combination with the PS Eye doesn't seem that revolutionary compared to the wii's technology, and there wasn't a dealbreaker game associated with it (although the weapons game and archery both look decent).
This is the PS Move preview that Playstation released earlier today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ybHddDMgM
The one thing I like about this trailer is that everything involved seems possible…there were some moments in the natal preview when I said “There's NO WAY that is consistently possible and accurate.”
March 11th, 2010 saat: 11:21 pm
Natal is nice because you don't need to go out a buy controllers and specialized plastic holders to simulate guns, tennis rackets, etc. With Natal if you want the “feel” of holding a gun, grab a real AR15….or instead of swinging a mini fake golf club, grab a nice Callaway driver and swing away in your living room.
r4i
March 11th, 2010 saat: 11:55 pm
Natal is nice because you don't need to go out a buy controllers and specialized plastic holders to simulate guns, tennis rackets, etc. With Natal if you want the “feel” of holding a gun, grab a real AR15….or instead of swinging a mini fake golf club, grab a nice Callaway driver and swing away in your living room.
r4i
March 12th, 2010 saat: 12:21 am
Natal is nice because you don't need to go out a buy controllers and specialized plastic holders to simulate guns, tennis rackets, etc. With Natal if you want the “feel” of holding a gun, grab a real AR15….or instead of swinging a mini fake golf club, grab a nice Callaway driver and swing away in your living room.
r4i
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