Thursday, March 11, 2010

Sony Unrevils Move

On Wednesday, Sony unveiled Move, its motion-sensitive controller.

A small device that looks like a microphone -- but with something on top of it that looks like a ping pong ball with an LED inside -- Move is Sony's bid to gain control over the motion controller wars that are currently led by Nintendo, with its Wii controller, and which many think will be dominated by Microsoft and its Project Natal controller system.

To Sony, releasing the Move is an obvious move for the PlayStation, given it believes it started the motion controller era with its Eye Toy. Sony held its press conference during the Game Developers Conference here.

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Bloggers: Do you think this is a good move for Sony or will Wii still over power Sony?

1 comment:

Cassandra Chow said...

I believe that marketing wise, Sony will have a tough time competing with the price of the Wii, seeing how it has been out long enough for the price to go down to an affordable price. On the other hand, the Move has arguably greater precision and the fact that it is wireless.

I think that Sony may be capable with effective marketing to steal Nintendo business.