So you’ve got yourself a PlayStation Move and a Shooting Attachment, but you’d prefer to switch out your official plastic pistol for an official plastic rifle? Well then Sony’s got the product for you, today announcing the Sharpshooter, which will apparently “offer the most intuitive and immersive control experience ever found in a shooter game”.
“PlayStation Move was designed with the goal of providing the most engaging and intuitive motion gaming experience possible, from a diverse range of genres,” says Sony US’s director of hardware marketing, John Koller. “When coupled with stereoscopic 3D support, such as in Killzone 3, the PlayStation Move sharp shooter represents a new step toward the ultimate goal of any cutting-edge video game: placing players directly in the game experience.”
The Sharpshooter will hold both the main motion controller and the navigation controller, and as well as the trigger will feature face buttons on the side of the gun casing, a reload button, and a firing mode switch for games that support it. The official product shots show it in a grey and orange model (it will apparently come with Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4 stickers), but James Gallagher of the EU PlayStation Blog has his hands on a dashing red model in the video we’ve embedded below, but it’s unclear whether that’ll be available in store, a prototype device, or the version of the Sharpshooter available in countries that don’t allow realistic-looking fake weaponry (remember the orange GunCon 3?).
Engadget have got their hands on the attachment, although whilst they say the buttons are all easy to get to, they note that “having to move the entire submachine gun to aim felt more unwieldy than simply twisting a wrist like you would with the first-party Shooting attachment (or the Move controller by its lonesome).” The Sharpshooter has been “designed specifically with games such as Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs in mind”, but will be compatible with any Move shooter. There’s no UK/EU price yet – it’ll retail at $39.99 in the US – but the Sharpshooter will be out before or simultaneously with Killzone 3 early next year.
Source: press release
MrBlack
i might get this to go with my fancy dress outfit for a party next year. I’m going as a complete twat.
cam the man
All these add-ons for Move will make Sony a pretty packet.
How much will Microsoft make with add-ons for Kinnect? None!
Dany2Step
do you work for sony or something?
kivi95
eh they have the boat lol.
JoshHood
That’s third party though!
gogol309
Sign me up for this, the wii zapper sux.This is exactly what these motion controllers needed!
sesameseed
We’re gonna have to compare control methods in kz3 meets… I’m rubbish, but if the sharp-shooter makes me less so, I’m sold!
Jim H [Teabags]
I was thinking of picking up the pistol attachment, but this might be a better purchase for me, despite the price hike.
project84music
Hmm, not quite sure what to make of it… Seems to do the job just fine, I’m just not sure how much of a difference it will make. I played through Resident Evil 5 without any attachments, I guess at the end of the day I’m really using the move for its accuracy and the ability to point, rather than simply using the analogue stick.
Rocket_345
Was planning picking up the handgun attachment once i get Move for Xmas. Dunno whether to wait and just get this or get both.
Foxhound_Solid
Its cool, I like it!
Foxhound_Solid
Its cool, I like it!
gazzagb
Looks cool, but I doubt this will be very practical for online FPS’s. Single Player (on easy) maybe, but I can see people being at a huge disadvantage over DS3’s.