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Sony’s new motion controller for the PS3 console, which hit shop shelves this morning, has largely been a hit with the critics thus far in reviews.
Review aggregate site Metacritic has reported that Move has bagged four “Great” reviews, eleven “Good” reviews and just one “Mixed”.
IGN gave it 8.5 out of 10, and called the system’s motion tracking “incredibly accurate”, but also noted that “frequent recalibration and readjustment can be a pain”, so it lost some marks on ease of use.
TechRadar gave the motion controller 4/5, and said: “Move won’t be for everyone, if only because of its steep price as an optional extra, but those that do invest will find an excellent piece of gaming technology.”
Engadget commented that: “What we’ve seen so far is very promising,” but also that “like its rival, the success is going to be largely dependent upon the games that support it.”
And indeed, the initial line-up of games hasn’t been received with quite as much enthusiasm.
Metacritic averages indicate Kung Fu Rider has been panned, while EyePet: Move Edition and Start the Party have received pretty lacklustre reviews. Sports Champions has done reasonably well for itself with a 75% average, and RUSE is also Move enabled, and has picked up 78%.
Plenty more games are planned, of course, and support for existing games will be rolled out too. Heavy Rain is set to be patched up with Move support next week, for example.
I’m definitely getting this today!!!
If it was just competing with the Wii then i’d be impressed, but, how will this fare against the XBOX Kinect? it seems yet again, Sony has responded with too little too late.. im truly surprised that they opted to copy the Wii’s controller…
Just bring me GT5. I can see me accidently throwing the control at the plasma. That would be bad. GT5 GT5 GT5
Look the motion plus is as accurate as move and most games dont need all the accuracy of M+ or Move they need basic motions to work when promted and with move u get lag and it will always be present thats why wii dance games are more accurate because zero lag is better and with wii now having M+ built in the controls ie wii remote + u get the same as move now in terms od accuracy but in a more grown up design Move looks kiddie end of and with Black ops wii coming with VIOP and back patching who need laggy socom and killzone when the best shooter aroud will be on wii with IR 1on1 controls all these fake reviews of move when people play enough games liketigerwoods which i played on move and is rubbish not even comparable to wii TW11 sorry where is the proof that move is more accurate i dont see it