Both Sony and Microsoft have thrown their respective cards on the table to let everyone just how many of their nifty new motion control packages have sold. For Microsoft, they’ve sold an impressive 2.5 million Kinect units in the first 25 days. For Sony, they’ve sold 4.1 million Move controllers in the first 2+ months. Huzzah!
So what do we know from these numbers, exactly? Well, Move had over a month head start on Kinect and many gamers have bought more than one controller, so that 4.1 million number isn’t indicative of total number of system owners that have purchased the attachment. So what we really know is that Sony has sold a base total of more motion control peripherals than Microsoft in nearly double the time. Splendid. Both are sure to continue a good sales pace through the Holiday season, so we’ll have to see who ultimately ends up on top through the end of 2010.
We can expect more corporate chest beating as the Holiday season goes on and more fanboy banter on which is better. I’ll give you a hint: they’re both good. Neither is truly interchangeable, so both can play solid roles in your gaming setup. With that said, yes I do own both, and we want to hear from you. Have you gone out and contributed to either company’s bottom line for motion controls?
Growing up, I spent a lot of time in arcades pumping quarter after quarter into video game machines. Life was good. There were two genres back in the day that always grabbed my interest: fighting games and light gun shooters. In the latter genre, Time Crisis was always a favorite. The game did and still does fit the arcade style perfectly. With Razing Storm, Namco Bandai somewhat flipped the tried-and-true formula on its head with very mixed results.
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I used to play a lot of sports before blowing out my knee in my senior year of college. I played semi-pro baseball and a ton of pickup basketball, among other things. Since I no longer have any cartilage in my right knee, most of my sporting activities are relegated to the non-running type. I’ve always been an avid golfer, but the past few years have seen my handicap drop into the single digit territory. Yes, that’s real life. Be jealous. It’s only natural that I’m a big fan of golf games because of this, so John Daly’s ProStroke Golf caught my eye at E3 this past year. The game impressed us in its early state, but does the final product sit close to the pin or slice off into a hazard? Read on, friends. Read on.
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I’m a big fan of bowling. You’ll find me in weekly bowling leagues and sporting a greater than 200 per-game average in real life. When motion controls hit the scene with bowling games in tow, I was pleased. Early titles such as Wii Sports bowling hit the nail on the head and were expanded further with Wii Sports Resort and a few other third party titles. Fast forward a few years to the release of the PlayStation Move and Brunswick Pro Bowling as a launch title. You would think that an extremely precise motion controller with a full retail bowling title would provide even a modicum of fun, but you would be dramatically wrong. This is the worst bowling game I’ve ever played.
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The pet care genre has been a huge hit for Nintendo of late. With solid motion controls now in its arsenal, Sony is looking to capitalize on the market with the latest version of EyePet. The previous iterations have done well, but having a solid form of motion control really adds to the interaction. Even though I’m not an avid pet game player, I still enjoyed EyePet.
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After Kung Fu Rider, my next least anticipated PlayStation Move launch title was Start the Party. And given the fact that I actually enjoy party games (and have Game Night at my house on a regular basis), this might come as a shock to some of you. However, the games included just don’t appeal to me. I spent a good deal of time playing the game both solo and with friends, and none of us came out impressed.
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If there’s one game that you absolutely need to grab from the PlayStation Move launch, it’s Tumble. Think of it as Jenga meets Boom Blox, but in an awesome motion controlled experience where you can manipulate all objects in three dimensional space. It’s hands down one of the best games I’ve played with the Move and it truly shows the precision the controller can provide.
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If there was one game I was not excited to play that Sony sent with the PlayStation Move, it was Kung Fu Rider. Based on everything I’ve seen and heard, I expected a rather long and arduous review session. That exception was spot on as I did not enjoy a single moment with Kung Fu Rider. Want to find out why? You know the drill. Read More »
One of the game types I rather enjoy with motion controls is tennis. After getting my hands on with Sports Champion‘s Table Tennis mode, I had high hopes that Racquet Sports would further my enjoyment by bringing a solid tennis game with one-to-one motion controls. Sadly, it didn’t deliver that experience. I swung for the fences on every shot and never ended up with a monster smash down the line.
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The pseudo flagship game of the PlayStation Move launch, Sports Champions, is one of the first I played on the new motion controller in my own home. I’d gotten brief hands on sessions at earlier media opportunities, but nothing beats diving into a game in your own living room. It’s clear that Sports Champions is Sony’s attempted answer at Wii Sports Resort. Is this HD edition a hole in one or a shank to the right? I’m not telling you in the first paragraph.
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