Well it’s been a good two weeks now since the glitz and glamour of E3. It will be interesting to watch over the coming months how many of games, technological advances and other bells and whistles that we saw displayed or promised for the PS3 in the coming months will fulfill their expectations. I am particularly interested to see if Sony can deliver on their version of the motion sensing controller and bring games that will appeal beyond the casual gamer and the dreaded mini game movement.
The presentation for the motion sensing device for the PS3 was admittedly a bit of a let down in terms of flash in their presentation when compared to the infomercial style presentation of the Natal project. Let’s face it they had Steven Spielberg come on to their stage to sing the praises of what it may possibly do some day. Again to me that whole Natal presentation to me came of very impressive but if you strip away the fancy video and Steven Spielberg it becomes a juiced up version of the PS Eye Toy. I did enjoy one bloggers commentary about the demonstration for the Natal and that was I’ll take holding an actual steering wheel peripheral over holding my hands in the air any day. Sorry but certain things like games need that tactile sensation of a controller or buttons.
As far as I see the landscape over the next year and the promise of all this motion sensing coming to the real next generation platforms. It’s the land of the unknown right now because we have not seen any tangible games yet and what developers are planning for the PS3 motion sensing device other than the fact that it will be released in the spring of 2010. I suppose that means that if we want to use this new feature we will have plop down some money on getting the Eye Toy since they will be working hand in hand with each other.
There is great potential for true 1 to 1 motion sensing especially since it recognizes depth perception as well. As a hardcore gamer it’s obvious to think of the potential use in some of our favorite games this will all be on the developers though and like I said before I hope they will push beyond the casual and mini game trash that the Wii has bought to the gaming table. I guess spring 2010 is not that far away and hopefully we will start to see some previews of things to come now that they have announced a time frame for the release.
Here is the PS3 motion sensing live demo from E3 in case you have not seen it yet.
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