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Flaws of the motion controllers

PolarityGamers writes:
All three motion controllers are in fact some form of CGI motion capture. For the Wii, we have two fix IR source for triangulation calculation to find Wiimote's relative position. For the PS3, we have a camera tracking a glowing sphere, and calculate distance base on size of the sphere getting bigger and smaller moving in and out of the camera. And we have Natal, it uses an IR projector to capture a 3D image (much like a radar gun) and use programing to track joints of a person's body.

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Sonyslave35831d ago

Damn Droids are still hatting on NAtal but love their purple dildo magic wand look mamma it turn red with i shove it up my ass.

ahahahahahah droids are going to love their dildo only on f@gstation 3 .

Deviant5831d ago

dude ...its about gaming -.-
so pitiful

DNAgent5830d ago

it turn red with i shove
turn red with i shove
RED WITH I SHOVE

Omegasyde5831d ago

I believe that the "glowing" sphere is also Infa red,I believe that the colors reflect a stance or gaming mode.

Natal has demonstrated 1:1 motion tracking yet and quite some lag. Its still in development but from what I have seen I am not impressed "yet".

Sony's lack of support for the Eyetoy in general makes believe they will only throw mini-games at the motion-wands. Nintendo on the other hand was built from the ground up on the motion controls. Therefore, Nintendo won't be knocked from the top from the casual gamer throne.

Godmars2905831d ago

The odd thing is that this "lack of support" includes voice recognition games that could have lead to a hands free UI.

And while Natal wont be short of "carnival" games, its easy to see where MS can do one better with exercise programs with the inclusion of weights and other physical tools.

Jaces5831d ago

Only time will tell. But as of now I'm not impressed with either.

Godmars2905831d ago

Which doesn't stop stupidly fanboy-orgasmic articles such as this from being written.

Jaces5831d ago

Well they have to cling on to something, a bit pathetic really. They act like its the second coming of Christ or something.

Qui-Gon Jim5830d ago (Edited 5830d ago )

You're getting some disagrees, but i agree with you. I think Sony was testing those waters with the EyeToy, but it got a fairly cool reception. If they had, back then, had the perspective that the Wii has brought to the industry, they could have really captured the casual market that the Wii has now.

There is actually a video from five years ago in which Richard Marks talks about how they were, at the time, working with the exact same technology that Project Natal now uses: the z-camera from 3DV. Perhaps they passed on it because they didn't think it was worth investing in more technology for a market that wasn't (yet) big enough to support it.

If Sony had had the proper vision for it, they would have done a few years ago everything that Microsoft is being praised for "pioneering" now.

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randomwiz5831d ago

"People are lazy, they like to sit on the couch and enjoy their entertainment with a can of beer by their side."

I wouldn't describe us lazy, but I would rather say that most people play video games to relax.

RealityCheck5830d ago

I have a lot of doubts about both Sony and MS motion controllers as far as benefiting non-casual games but at least in both cases it is just an optional add-on.

As long as they also keep making traditional games with the time proven 2 thumbstick controllers, then everybody wins. The casuals get more choice and the traditional players still get to play the way it makes sense for their games.

ngg123455831d ago

So hard. I can't wait to see people reaction 2 years from now. When it gets 5/10 across the board when it releases. Unless microsoft puts in a controller, and has this 'no controller nonsense' it will be eyetoy 2.

Qui-Gon Jim5830d ago

I will agree that it isn't as impressive as shown in the staged promo videos, though.

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The Evil Within Deserved More: A Great Horror Series Left Behind

The Outerhaven writes: While I hold Bethesda's The Evil Within series as some of the best Survival Horror games available, it's clear that Bethesda has no intention of revisiting the series. While Capcom is still working on its Resident Evil series, I look back at the now-dead survival horror series from Bethesda, wondering why the series was left wide open, and yet still not revisited.

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SimpleSlave5h ago

An OK horror series left behind. It had some great ideas, but it never knew how to play to its strengths. Instead, it came out like just another RE4 clone.

I would love for a third entry to come out, but it needs to learn to lean in on the psychological aspect and move away from the generic "pew pew" ideology at the center of the gameplay loop. It doesn't need to abandon it; it just needs to put it into better context, is all.

Also, try a first-person perspective instead. Too many 3rd-person games with nothing to offer but an avatar taking precious screen space. At least make it an actual option and not that janky-ass mess the second game pretended to have.

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John Marston Voice Actor Teases "Exciting" Red Dead Redemption News

During a livestream on his personal Twitch channel, Rob Wiethoff (who voices John Marston in the Red Dead Redemption series) hinted at "exciting news" to be revealed next week. According to Wiethoff, the news will be announced "before Friday".

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jznrpg5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

PS5/Pro/Switch 2 version of RDR2 seems most likely. I’d love a RDR3 but that seems years away

Cacabunga4h ago

Id be happy for just a 60fps patch

OmegaSoldati3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Agreed, but at the same time RD2 came out in 2018. Could it be a remake of Red Dead 1?

Spoiler:

Marston died in the end of Red Dead and Red Dead 2 is set before that. Im curious now. What news could it be?

Profchaos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Their contracts are iron clas if they leak anything legit they are threatened with immense legal action.

My hopes for what this is are minimal its probably a meet and greet with the cast

I dont see why they would be involved in a upgraded version of rdr2 when the dialogue hasn't changed

thorstein1h ago

He seems to have been cleared to do this as he purposely picked up the game, streamed it, and made the announcement.

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XBLA Classic 'A World of Keflings' Is Coming to Steam, and There's a Demo

"Back in the innocent days of 2010, A World of Keflings was a fairly popular successor to A Kingdom for Keflings. I even wrote about it a few times in 2012! But the world of humans moved on, and NinjaBee's city-building/adventure game was last seen on the ill-fated Wii U in 2014. Fast-forward to the dark year of 2025, and not only is A World of Keflings coming to Steam, but there's already a playable demo! Perhaps the cheerful, no pressure gameplay that the Keflings bring is just what we need nowadays," says Co-Optimus.

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