I actually purchased one directly from Penguin United's website. Got an email confirming shipment, so I should have it in hand by the end of next week. I'll let you guys know how it performs when I get it.
The video game industry has seen its fair share of technological innovations during its long and storied history, but some of the most important advancements were met with confusion and outright disdain: 3D graphics accelerators, optical drives, even mice as gaming controllers all had to force their way through varying degrees of resistance before they became de facto standards.Recently, the console space went through some growing pains with newfangled motion controls. The Wii blazed the trail in this field, of course, but many hardcore gamers still turned their noses up at what they termed a glorified “gimmick” more suited to housewives. So perhaps the PlayStation Move, backed by stalwart Sony and its powerful PlayStation 3 console, will finally bridge the gap between the “elite” and motion controls. But don’t judge the Move by its cover: it easily bests the Wii Remote in just about every technical aspect, and enhances games that even the most hardcore gamer would be interested in playing.Because it’s the natural thing to do, I have to start with the inevitable technical comparison between Move and Wii. While it's probably unfair to compare the two directly (Sony, after all, had ample time to study the Wii to see what they could improve), that's exactly what I'm going to do because they’re more or less the same product. Thanks to its more ergonomic shape, the Move's controllers are more comfortable in your hand than the Wii-mote/nunchuck combo, and the PlayStation Eye, which acts as the sensor, is both more accurate in its tracking and easier to balance on top of your TV than the Wii's. Moreover, the Move's Z-axis tracking is not only superior to the Wii's (just the fact that it exists is enough for that), it allows more flexibility in your movements, allowing you to move closer to your TV in order to put more power into a bowling throw or to back up in order to absorb a powerful slam at ping pong. The camera also incorporates real, 3D body movement as well, leading to a more intuitive sense of realism.Beyond the Wii comparison, though, the Move impresses from virtually every technical perspective: both the accelerometer (which tracks how fast you're swinging the controller) and the angular rate sensors (which track in which direction you're moving the controller) are, to quote My Cousin Vinny, dead-on-balls accurate. Tracking is crisp with very low latency, and motion is represented as you'd expect in real life, meaning assimilating to new games is simple. The Move's controllers even include a magnetometer and complex inertial sensors to track its position by dead-reckoning, allowing the PlayStation to know how the controller is moving, even when it is obscured from the PlayStation Eye (for example, when you reach behind your back to grab an arrow from your virtual quiver).
*Groan* Anybody having any issues with the 3.50 update? It might just be me because about 4% into the download the PS3 shut off and gave me the blinking red light (managed to turn it back on and try again... same thing). Oi! It could just be my console on the brink again... but I just wondered if anyone else was experiencing any issues. I may just try updating via flash drive and see what happens. I'll keep ya'll updated... well on my blog for sure.
I want to know if there are any FIFA 10 competitions in trinidad or COD???ON the PS3
Whats version ps3 did you have guy, starting to worry about mine it seems to flicker every now and again, this only seem to happen when using composite outputs.
How do I check the game sharing limits? I know it used to be a max of 5 but it was reduced to 3 right? Just trying to figure out if mine is 3 or 5, next thing I get ylod and I lock out from my own stuff lol.
