GameSpy: Kinect vs. PlayStation Move vs. Wii MotionPlus

It's a battle for the motion-control crown: Microsoft's new Kinect device for the Xbox 360 promises to make you the controller, the PlayStation Move promises a whole new level of control, and Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus promises to... improve what was already pretty good on the Wii. Sounds like this is the most perfect setup for a Mexican standoff since Eli Wallach, Lee van Cleef, and that other dude got together in that graveyard.

[Rayz3d6yW0lves]

good odds I say

[MAG_SVER]

It goes like this:

PsEyE vs. PsEyE/Kinect Vs. W!! Motion Plus.

Now that sounds & looks better, actually that is what it is.

It Is What It Is ...hahahhahahhahahha

[FrankDrebin]

I really like the Kinect but I can't figure out how hardcore games are going to work.

The Move has buttons but no good games yet.

The Wii just sucks!

[jneul]

move does have good games does everything have to be AAA for people to buy them, anyway re5:gold, heavy rain, eyepet, sports champions, tumble echochrome ii, time crisis are all good games in my opinion and some of them was underated on places like ign where they clearly just wanted to hate on motion control (time crisis)

[bviperz]

Kinect is like the Wii in that you can 'waggle' and get results, just without the Wii-mote.

[n4f]

ill just stick with wmp
cheaper (price, tech )
move is good but not enough software
and kinect well it have problems with brothers

[shadyiswin]

@at ray, I liked your joke better, originality is key mag....wait mag? Isn't that the shitty shooter that was overlooked on ps3? Lol, they're exclusives just dont sell it's gotta be disappointing and demeaning to developers working all day and night to program for the complex for no reason at all cause it was hacked to shreds so easily cell processor.lol

[Kurisu]

I own both a Wii with Motion Plus, and a PS3 with Move. Out of those
two Move comes out on top, it's amazingly precise. I was just playing Gladiator Duel on Sports Champions and it really makes you feel like you're in the ring. The only way the Wii beats Move is in software availability, but then again Move is relatively new on the Market. I can't comment on Kinect, as I don't own a 360. Got to admit though, it does look good.

[FFXI101]

I don't own Kinect, but I thought it'd be cool to use Kinect on the XBL dash board.

However, after went to a friend's place and play it for hours I felt the respond time is a bit slow and not as acurate as Move, besides to have a controller in my hand is better. Feels way better/quicker whether is playing games or navigate the menu/dash board.

I think Move has has better value(games for both casual and hard cord gamers, plus is has "Buttons") So, yeah I agree with you.

[baodeus]

yeah, MS still need to improve navigating the dash board. But you know what, if you have tried the dance central, navigation in that game is just fluid, accurate and fast (i remember they said something about kinect can't read wrist movement, but that is exactly what i did, just flicking my wrist, in dance central and it works flawlessly.) May MS should ask harmonix to do their kinect dash board.

[Alcohog]

Out of all three I have to give the nod to the Move so far. I just am not feeling Kinect. Probably going to sell it.

[Kurisu]

You should at least wait for some better Kinect software to land before selling it! You may end up regretting it.

[gigaware]

he doesn't have one trust me. He hates the 360

[Bigpappy]

Giga is right on the money he spent way too much time trashing Kinect before launch to have ran out and bought it.

Liar alert sounded off. GTFOOH LIAR!

[shadyiswin]

About 2 months ago you said "Kinect should still be sitting in a R&D lab, not a month from hitting retail shelves." #5 63d ago by Alcohog

What made you change your mind? Lol, had to be those burger king commercials huh, I trollz hardz ^_-

[KaiokenKid]

I dont like the wii really. If I did want a Wii like experience though, i would go with Move simply because its more accurate and its in HD. But like I said, im not interested in any of these right now.

[KratosGirI]

Tech wise, Move is the obvious answer.

Game wise, the Wii for me.

[shadyiswin]

No tech wise it's kinect, obviously. Go look at the move taken apart and then look at the kinect. I'd link but I'm on my cell so yeah, kinect's guts are way more impressive, ddr ram, cooling fan, ir scanner, accelerometer for who knows what, self adjust motor. The move has a gyroscope,accelerometer, led light circuit board for buttons, pretty much the wii to the core, just there tech is reversed.

The wii sensor has 2 inferred points of intrest and the wii controller has a inferred camera that reads the distance from the wii sensor. The move is reversed in the obvious fact that the controllers are not the camera...the camera is. The led on the tip of the move tells the camera where the controller/player is, the camera also measures the size of glowing sphere to know how close you are, proving to be more accurate but all in all the same just reversed. By the way I'm sure nintendo thought of this way but was just way to cheap to incorporate cameras into every system. I mean why wouldn't you use a camera to be the inferred camera, honesty we'd never know and we didn't.

Nintendo got away with murder this console cycle by selling everyone gamecube with wands. I'm glad I waited my favorite thing to play was wii sports and I can say kinect sports is way better, the just need handball.....I ment to type baseball but handball would be awesome, ok bottom line of kinect technically is far superior.

[blackburn5]

gigaware is a Kinect fanatic. You should trust anything he says.He tries to put down the PS3 and Move at every turn.I really don't know why anyone should care. Do any of these comparison stop you from buying what you want. I for example am buying a Move when i have the chance and nothing the media says can stop me. I have seen what it can do, I have seen it's demos, and played it at my friends house. I see it's potential quite clearly. Also I have seen many times the industry try to put down everything Sony does and they end up being wrong e.g. Bluray, the PS3.In my eyes Wii has shown it can do good games so it's okay with me. Even I like the look of games like DKC, SMG2 and Kirby's Epic Yarn.

Kinect is limited and has many drawbacks.I am saying this as a gamer and not a troll or hater. I see that clearly from the games it has and nothing Oprah, Ellen or Beber says can to change my mind.People will soon see why Nintendo and Sony turned their backs on this tech. If Kinect was so epic they would have come up with something we have never seen before or at least something with a little more originality. Of course that's only my opinion. I am not stopping you from buying what ever you want.@ testerg35. I just said I used a Move at my friends house and I also said that from what I have SEEN from the games that Kinect is very limited and has drawbacks.Playing it doesn't take the limitations away. And like I said this is my OPINION. Feel free to disagree if you want. Try reading what I say before you go into defense mode like a sensitive fanboy.

[testerg35]

Umm.. you do the same with Kinect and you're doing it now. Atleast gigaware has a Kinect and can give an opinion about it, but you have neither.

Let me guess.. when you bash Kinect its different?

[testerg35]

blackburn5, last I checked you complain so much about 360 fans being in Move articles, but yet you're in a lot of Kinect articles "giving your opinion". When its a positive article about Kinect you go into defensive mode talking about how Kinect is bad and how the media is biased against Sony.

I'm guessing your opinion is not bashing and that you're not a Move "fanatic".?

"That is one of the most ignorant and stupid thing I have heard since this Move/Kinect thing has come out.Kinect is so revolutionary but can't do much beyond dance games and mini games. If Kinect is so innovative, then where are the things we haven't seen before? How come they have nothing that isn't a Wii or Eyetoy clone? Where are Kinect's puzzles, shooters, rail shooters, adventure games, sports like golf, tennis or baseball, platformers etc?"

"I believe Move games will improve. They need work but I believe that it has great potential to enhance gaming. "

So launch games suck, but in an earlier post you give Move a pass since it has potential.

[N4WAH]

How would you know gigaware has a Kintect?

Personally I have no use for motion controls right now but I have tried them all extensively. I own a Wii and have lost interest in it long ago. I prefer hands on with a controller in hand kicking back in my recliner when I game. Maybe my opinion will change when more complex games are released that make excellent use of motion controls. That probably wont happen till 2011.

[Moonboots]

Enjoying both the Move and Kinect. I don't spend any time on the Wii but that is my loss. Move has more software wise at the moment that appeals to me personally, but the family loves Kinect hands down. The upcoming games for Kinect should pull me into it even more.

[blackburn5]

Yeah I forgot me pointing out Kinect's obvious faults and giving my opinion is bashing as per usual on this site. It's just the same as 'Move is a light bulb on a stick', 'Move is a sex toy/dildo' or 'Move sucks and Kinect rules' or 'Move is just Wiimote clone' or 'Has Sony gone crazy doing the same thing Nintendo already did' or after 8 years all Sony has come up with is twin ice cream cones' Only fanboys can't see the difference between constructive criticism and 'bashing'.And like I said i really don't care. You don't have to listen to me.

[shadyiswin]

The point was how judgmental you are about kinect. Saint things like oh the games offer nothing new, nothing but dancing games, yet you're will to say the move has no games but has potential. One should say the same same about kinect, it's been out for 6 days and everyone is finally getting over the false lag issues that were heavily circulated.
Now another thing, you haven't even played kinect lol. Let's sum it up this way as far as innovative. You play wii sports for 3 hours, now you go ps3 sport champions, how long do you think you play sport champions? Imagine you've had a wii for a year or 2 (like most people) you think anything on move is going to ground breaking? Sony is all about telling you what it does, well I can tell you what it doesn't do, Mario, zelda, kirby, pokemon, metroid. Which is why nintendo isn't worried, they do games better for $200 less.

Now lets say you played sport champions our wii sports for 3 hours, how long will play kinect sports? Until your tired is your answer because the experience is completely new, sure it may go the way of the wii but as for right now it is new and very fun, I can't wait to hear your response after trying it, I suggest you try it before you buy your move, you have plenty of time before move titles come out lol, not to mention killzone,socom, lbp2 WILL ALL BE BETTER WITH A CONTROLLER! Lol, that's why I like kinect, there games are kinect from the ground up making it exclusive by default.

Ps. You could switch those examples around any way you want , you could play sport champions for hours then play wii sports and it'd be the same ben there done that effect, no where near as omg this is new and awesome I gotta call people over to try this(kinect effect), sorta like the wii when it first came out.

[Mosfet]

did pretty good reviews for the Kinect
http://arstechnica.com/gami...
and the Move
http://arstechnica.com/gami...
So apparently I need to clean my apt.

[Masterchef2007]

But the move takes up less place hence why i wont buy the kinect

[kyiren]

I have to say out of the 3 move is the best, Wii was fun for some time but now it sits in my daughters room, i got to play the move and kinect today at best buy and i have to say kinect fail so bad, not only was the lag just to much, but i would swing then it would finaly swing or i wouldnt even move and the avatar would swing, it was bad. Move on the other hand was right on and no problem with it, Iam still not going to buy it but if i had a choice i would stick with move

[jneul]

how many more of these articles must we endure??

[Masterchef2007]

you can easily compare the move to the Wiimote but the Kinect (for now) is something completly different since it doesnt rely on controllers. But in the end i prefer the Move controller for the presicsion it provides over the kinect. I mean in move (ex Tumble) you can reach out and grab something where kinect you cant do that (maybe in the future but not now)