Sony's Motion Controller Delayed Until the Fall
Sony has reportedly delayed its motion controller, pushing the device way back to the fall.
When it was announced last summer, Sony's PS3 motion controller was set for a Spring launch. However, yesterday Sony announced that it will be delaying the device's debut until the fall. President of Sony Computer Entertainment, Kazuo Hirai, hinted that the reason for the delay could be that, at the moment, there just aren't enough titles for the technology.
"We have decided to release the Motion Controller in fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles that will deliver the new entertainment experience to PS3 users," Hirai said in a statement.
The delay could also have something to do with the fact that Microsoft's Natal platform is also set for release in time for the holiday period. Did Sony delay the launch in order to better compete with Microsoft's own motion sensing platform? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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I think they might have just not perfected it yet. Waiting for game developers to tell them what's missing from the controler.
I fail to see why they would want to launch at the same time as MS and not before.
They probably looked at the launch of other peripherals like any light gun ever released and there own Eye Toy for PS2 which had 1-2 games available on release. They saw the lousy sales numbers of those games and devices and thought, "Lets make 25 crappy games for release instead of just 1-2 to make up for it! GENIUS!" *coughwiisalesmodelcough* In the end they can brag about the devices sales numbers and omit the crappy sales numbers for the games. Personally I hope it works out so that at least 1 game will be fun and not a dust collector used to acquire some magic wand.
It makes sense. Line yourself up closely to release your new product around your competitors new product and you avoid yours from becoming 'old news'.
Hopefully, Sony puts this extra time to good use as opposed to just delaying a product for no other reason.
I've never understood the hype of this. The wii is fun for like a day.
I think they might have just not perfected it yet. Waiting for game developers to tell them what's missing from the controler.I fail to see why they would want to launch at the same time as MS and not before.
if your going up against the WII you have to be on your game and not have games plagued with bad controls like tony hawk skate.
well its good to know that they not drop that motion stuff.
i imagine playing online MLB using motion sensor. thats realy fun!
Maybe they signed an exclusivity agreement with some other company or they're waiting to work out some patent issue.
I wish they would come out with it sooner
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