Sony Says PlayStation Move Precise Enough To Play StarCraft

There's been a flood of information coming from Sony about the new PlayStation Move controller for the PS3, but Sony's technically inclined folks showed off some of the more technically capable members of GDC, getting down to the finer details.

PlayStation researcher Anton Mikhailov, platform research manager David Coombes and developer support engineer Kirk Bender ran through a handful of demos for GDC attendees, some fun, others a low level technical peek behind the curtain of PlayStation Move. Some of the more interesting things Mikhailov and crew talked about were related to the motion controller's level of precision.

[showtimefolks]

yeh hype your product that's what i want sony alwsy has the tech they just keep quite and their products sell with gamers telling each other more than marketing

and i like what they said at GDC we will treat this like a vertiual system launch

move vs natal

i want most of those wii games that were good in 720p with move and i am sold E3 sony blow the lid off get all those wii games in HD plus all the upcoming ones

FF13 versus with move(just a joke lol)

[Ps_alm3k]

MOVE aside NataL !!!!

[Doc Sony]

ha, good one...

[WildArmed]

Ok, I admit i had to read that 2 times to get it.

XD

[blair_enigma]

but but natal hath no buttons! bwahahaha LOL

[Meryl]

yay I can't wait

[Renewman]

I just remembered Civilization V is coming on consoles too! :O

[sid4gamerfreak]

Dream on, Civ 5 isnt coming to the consoles...

Well, the move is certainly "sort of" accurate, but pls we all know at the end of the day that a mouse +K is the best setup for any rts game.

But im happy if u ps3 gamers experience the wonderful genre of strategy games which have been exclusive to the pc all these years...

[WildArmed]

Civilization was awesome. I left off at the 2nd installment.
Got back into it recently with C4 demo on PStore.

The game was entertaining as i remember

[Handhelds_FTW]

Good luck in playing Starcraft at a competent level without any key bindings.

I sure Sony's Move is very accurate, but let's take a look at the whole picture when talking about Starcraft.

[Nicaragua]

Well firstly you can easily get around key bindings by having on screen icons for the key controls, or just mapping the main bindings to the various buttons.

Secondly the idea of playing it at a competent level is a moot point, since everyone else you will be playing it against will also be on the PS3 and will also have the same control system. So its not like you are disadvantaged by playing against someone who has a keyboard and mouse setup, while your playing with the Move.

[EvilJoey]

Well... Not Quite there Guy

I remember Reading an Artical about Blizzard and Consoles getting there games.

And They said that THEY KNOW consoles want all there games who wouldn't
And That it could be done, But the Catcher is that They would all have to beable to play with the PC people.

So We could have Diablo 3 on Ps3 / Xbox if both company's Allowed for it all to connect to the same Blizz servers that Pc's are on.

Now... See the catch there is if there all connecting to the same You caould have PS vs X-box matches and We all Know that will never ever happen.

X-box live will be the Constraint that Locks Xbox from getting any Blizz game.

How ever PS is a Bit more open Minded when it comes to there online...
Examples like Unreal Mods...

SO i think if sony agrees to Let People play vs PC's they may get both
Diablo 3 and SC2..

I WOULD BUY SC2 for PS3... Move for RTS's would be amazing.
Sure Key Bindings are helpfull... the Clickers of the would could deal with out them... I wouldnt use a mouse.. Keyboard / Move would be intresting set up IMO for games like this.

[MegadethAndy]

PS3 supports mouse and keyboard. It just needs to be implemented in game by the devs. Like Unreal Tournament 3, for example.

[dredgewalker]

Just the mouse and keyboard is enough for me for SC2. Im still pissed that a lot of fps games don't support it on the PS3 when its still the most comfortable control scheme for RTS and FPS games.

[WildArmed]

Or you can buy this:
http://www.amazon.com/PS3-F...
Works great with any game..

[NoOoB101]

You don't need key bindings for starcraft. I know some a lot of people use them but iv played starcraft for awhile and only used the mouse.

[Duffman8705]

It takes presice motion control for people to realize starcraft 2 is possible on ps3?!?!?!

Heres my theory, why doesn't sony release an official mouse + keyboard combo with starcraft 2? Or just a stand alone combo?

Then it makes the whole motion control moot and could save time and money on useless motion control. Make the game keyboard and mouse ONLY. Why not? People can use keyboards and mouses they already own and bam, an RTS (elitists claim is only capable on PC) on a console. How many more developers would be interested in making a game for ps3 especially if most RTS players had already bought a keyboard and mouse for starcraft or some combo?

[jack_burt0n]

lol very true, seeing as any mouse and keyboard will work on the ps3 :)

[yogaflame]

I just hope they promote this properly since natal is already being promoted even to actors and actress and being funded a lot. It is critical for Sony to start hyping this gadget, and i hope it will be compatible to most of our ps3 libraries

[Duffman8705]

I really wish they didn't focus so much on motion control rather than keyboard and mouse games. MMO's, and RTS's could be introduced and new games of those genres could be introduced instead of copying wii. Despite my biased opinion towards motion control.

[Odion]

Sigh another article from people who don't play RTS games and hence have no idea what their talking about.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

LOL! Sony says a lot of things that don't make sense.

[Perkel]

oh irony... as if you are making any sence now...

[bjornbear]

does that make sense?! =D

if this doesn't make sense, here's help

http://www.pbs.org/parents/...

[DelbertGrady]

They said it had 1:1 motion recognition as well and that turned out to be a big lie.

As usual an extremely ambigous statement from Sony. Kind of like when their devs talk about percentages. How is it measurable? The Wiimote is probably precise enough to play StarCraft as well. To just play it. Doesn't mean it's precise enough to play it in any comfortable fashion.

[bjornbear]

ehh...proof? go take your risperidone =/

[pixelsword]

If someone hunkers down and get the controls on point, I can't see why this Move thing can't play StarCraft.

Now I wonder if Natal can play StarCraft.

[Raoh]

sony is missing out..

instead of pushing for MOVE and PC Gaming they should push keyboard and mouse support.. with keyboard and mouse support you could have starcraft 2 on ps3

[divideby0]

Our Wii is fine for niche gaming, I am not into Natal or Move, BUT if I have to spend ~ 200 bucks for 2 Move setups are even close to that for Natal = TOTAL FAILURE.
The vids I have seen on both of these systems have left me totally underwhelmed. They have a long way to go to even get me technically interested in them.
Bring on 3D gaming, that to me is the next gen of gaming

[PS3warlock]

can't wait the move is gona rocki wonder if can pley unshirted 2 with it

[Genki]

if StarCraft 2 released for the PS3. I hope this comes to fruition.

[Darkfiber]

Haha, someone fishing for a port? That's one way to beg Blizzard to make it for PS3. Motion controls suckkkk and Move looks way too sensitive to play a fast paced RTS. Besides, PS3 has mouse/keyboard compatibility so uh...why not just use that.