Sony’s “Doctor Move” Talks Kinect
He's got a PhD in common sense.Published: 13:30, 30/08/2010 by Staff.
16Despite the PlayStation Move being released in a little over two weeks, Sony have been incredibly mature about the advantages their motion controller device has over the competition’s, with particular respect to Microsoft and their ‘controller free’ Kinect. Incredible accuracy, perfect 1:1 mapping and games that fit in with the console’s pre-existing market and ethos are points that we’d have expected the Japanese publisher to be shouting about – but no, instead they’ve been concentrating on making the games and ensuring lovely people like us have the device so we can tell you all about it in advance.
In an interview in this month’s Edge magazine, though, Dr Richard Marks, SCE’s senior researcher on the Move project, has spoken out about Kinect, Microsoft and the types of games the Redmond giant are launching with. He’s still a gentleman, though, don’t expect snide soundbytes or glib digs. He does say that Microsoft’s position of “one controller is too many” isn’t quite right, though – saying there’s “some stuff you can’t do as well” with just a camera, and there’s some stuff “you could never do as well”.
He goes on to answer a question based on Kinect requiring Microsoft to come up with new concepts around gaming, whilst the Move can just slot into existing ones. “I think whether Microsoft succeeds or not really depends on whether or not people think that buying Kinect for that set of experiences makes sense,” he said, countering that by saying with Move “no matter who you are, you’ll really want [it].” It’s all about the games and the market, with Move’s line-up, despite being slightly more esoteric than we’re used to just now with the PlayStation brand, it’s not as ‘out there’ as say, Kinect Adventures, which might well jar with the 360′s userbase.
Time will tell, of course, and both publishers are already working on the next generations of motion control games. “A lot of the teams didn’t know what Move would be able to do when they started making their game designs,” said Marks. “When you get the controller in your hand and start to play with it you realise there’s new possibilities to work with. Just as with any new platform, it takes time.”
Edge issue 219 is out this week. We’ll have the Move’s launch games reviewed on September 1st. You can read more from Edge Magazine here.
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30/08/2010 at 13:50
Member since: Dec 2009
Richard Marks is always awesome. I’m very much looking forward to Move.
30/08/2010 at 19:19
Member since: Oct 2008
Ahem! That’s ‘Doctor’ Richard to you :)
30/08/2010 at 21:13
Member since: Dec 2009
Should be Sir Richard to be honest.
31/08/2010 at 10:46
Member since: Jun 2009
or Doctor Dick Marks
30/08/2010 at 14:01
Member since: Aug 2009
^^ Awww, aren’t we all just getting along? ;) ^^
Sony haven’t be perfect gents though in the New Controller War have they? I seem to remember a certain Sony VP making certain ‘pew! pew!’ noises in a certain advert a while back… :D
30/08/2010 at 14:11
Member since: Jul 2009
lol, some areas of the country need better playschemes by the looks of things
30/08/2010 at 14:01
Member since: Nov 2009
Not really interested in the waggle stuff since I already got a Wii but looking forward to the FPS games that will support the move (and table tennis :) ).
30/08/2010 at 14:13
Member since: May 2010
i think it has a chance to sell. and also think kinect has no chance.unless ms can prove it works and one to tsa for preview
30/08/2010 at 14:14
Member since: May 2010
edit send one
30/08/2010 at 14:20
Member since: Mar 2009
I still believe that Kinect will sell a lot better than Move, because MS wi Market the crap out of it!! I personally can’t see something like virtua tennis 4 being as good on Kinect as with move!!
Are we going to see demo units in shops any day now?? If Sony could get this right it could be massive! I don’t even think it’s right to compare it to the wii it’s so much better!!
30/08/2010 at 14:30
Member since: Apr 2010
That’s a lot of hidden comments, I’m guessing there was some dispute over which peripheral is “l337″. I am going to be really interested to see how well Move does on launch, it has got the advantage of coming first, but MS have been marketing the crap out of Kinect. Personally I hope Move does well as I think it offers a more versatile gaming experience, but Kinect may force developers to think outside the norm and produce some truly original games, much as the NDS did. Or both could do just reasonably well, while the Wii continues its iron grip on mankind!
30/08/2010 at 14:44
Member since: Aug 2008
Some people are so mature :)
30/08/2010 at 15:45
Member since: Feb 2010
” but Kinect may force developers to think outside the norm”
Yeah, just like the wiimote forced developers to think differently right? We didn’t just get a bunch of waggle fest games, we got classics like ninja bread man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGPEnsrCZJA
lol j/k i’m sure something good will come out of it.
30/08/2010 at 14:39
Member since: Aug 2008
Awww I thought it was Anton talking about Kinect, he’s mine and PushSquare’s man crush.
30/08/2010 at 14:55
Member since: Apr 2010
He does have pinchable widdle cheeks! *cough, excuse me.
30/08/2010 at 16:31
Member since: Mar 2009
Ah, is it that soon! Who here will be buying it at launch?
30/08/2010 at 16:55
Member since: Aug 2010
I will be getting the starter pack and maybe R.U.S.E.
:D
30/08/2010 at 20:11
Member since: Aug 2009
ME!!!
30/08/2010 at 18:41
Member since: Apr 2009
JESUS! it comes out that soon? dam i better find some pennies
30/08/2010 at 19:39
Member since: Jul 2009
I poo you not… Asda has Move boxes with “Pre-order now, for December 2010″. Saw them today. I’m guessing they haven’t a clue right now.