This morning at just-gone midnight (GMT), Sony representatives put on a live “conference” to show off their soon-to-be new and shiny PlayStation Move (PSM). Originally, I had heard nothing of this, and so I took a gamble on staying up until 1:00am watching the streamed video. Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
In anticipation to watching the conference, I reminisced about how gaming technology (and technology in general) is so wonderfully innovative. We’ve had Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Cartridge Games, Nintendo 64, PS1, PS2, PS3 – I jumped the timeline there but the point still stands tall. I thought that I was really lucky to be a failry-young person growing up in such an innovative society, but then I realised that everything is always progressing at any given time. Take Space Invaders, for example – when it first came out it was mind-numbingly awesome (my father said), and that is the same for every other new gaming console, we are constantly shocked by the progression of technology.
The show was, in a way, scattered: the format was that of a guy in the centre talking about the “invention”, and then game-play was performed at each end of the stage (two consoles) as to probably save time loading a new game up on one of them. The first game I actually saw (I wasn’t really paying attention at first) was a more family-orientated game. It involved lots of mini-games, but it seemed to be a lot like Wii Play – a “demo” game released to show the Wiis capability when the Wii was first on the market. Most of what I saw was like Wii Play, and the controller is, obviously, like the Wii controller. A fighting game was arisen: Wii Boxing? Admittedly, yes, it looked a hell of a lot better than the Wii, but I had to see game-play to decide whether it was A) stolen, and/or B) better.
Upon seeing the gameplay, I was astounded. The motion detector sensed the Demo Guy’s every movement. It was like they had stolen Wii technology, and then pwned it by giving it a make-over, and improving it. So in answer to my aforementioned letters, it was both A and B. I disliked the fact that the PS3 had stolen a concept, but I liked the fact that they had made it a lot better. The conference then pushed itself into a more action-based discussion, which left any viewer as surprised as they were at first.
Apparently, according to what was said, Socom 4 will be released in the Summer as a PSM game. This left a question; How were you able to move and control your player with two stick-shaped motion-sensored wireless controllers? An answer was given: by stealing off of the Wii. It annoyed me when the guy reached for an object and pulled out the so-called “PlayStation Move Sub-Controller.” I mean, really? Sony should have called it the “nunchuck” controller to be more original… however, I digress, the actual game-play, whether it was stolen or not, mixed with modern-day PS3 graphics (that apparently still need work!) combined to make Socom look like it’s going to be a highly-anticipated game. Everything was just perfect, and that is how, if stealing the Wii concept is "justifiable", PSM games should stay in order to "justify" their actions.
PlayStation Move Trailer Link: http://tiny.cc/PlaystationMove
Please tell me if you have felt the same way.
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