E3 News: PlayStation Motion Controller, PSPgo, DSi Adds Facebook
Each year the biggest and best in the video game industry gather in Los Angeles to show off their wares destined for release in the coming months and years. We're at the show, and here's the biggest and best of what happened on day two, as the pre-show events wrap and the show itself kicks off.
Sony Makes PSPgo Official
There were a number of leaks of "secret" information ahead of the beginning of the show, probably the highest profile being the PSPgo, Sony's re-invention of the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The Wi-Fi-enabled device is about half the size and weight of the original PSP and ditches the slow and battery-hungry optical UMD drive, relying instead entirely on downloadable games stored on 16-gigabytes (GB) of flash memory that can also store music and videos. It remains to be seen whether gamers with a stack of older, UMD-based games will flock to the new go, but at a hefty price of $249, Sony isn't exactly making it a particularly attractive upgrade.
Sony Unveils' PlayStation Motion Controller'
Nintendo has the Wii with its motion-sensitive controller, Microsoft yesterday unveiled Project Natal, a camera peripheral toat turns you into a controller, and now Sony is taking its turn, showing off a prototype it's simply calling the PlayStation Motion Controller. It looks a little like the Wii's controller, but with an illuminated ball on the end that the PS3's EyeToy peripheral (a motion-sensing Web cam) uses to detects its position. Sony showed a number of simple but fun demos in which a gamer can control everything from a virtual sword and shield and tennis racket to pencils and cans of spray paint -- but no real games. It's promising, but not due to hit until next year. Like Natal, it's a lot of potential without much substance --- yet.
Sony Makes PSPgo Official
There were a number of leaks of "secret" information ahead of the beginning of the show, probably the highest profile being the PSPgo, Sony's re-invention of the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The Wi-Fi-enabled device is about half the size and weight of the original PSP and ditches the slow and battery-hungry optical UMD drive, relying instead entirely on downloadable games stored on 16-gigabytes (GB) of flash memory that can also store music and videos. It remains to be seen whether gamers with a stack of older, UMD-based games will flock to the new go, but at a hefty price of $249, Sony isn't exactly making it a particularly attractive upgrade.
Sony Unveils' PlayStation Motion Controller'
Nintendo has the Wii with its motion-sensitive controller, Microsoft yesterday unveiled Project Natal, a camera peripheral toat turns you into a controller, and now Sony is taking its turn, showing off a prototype it's simply calling the PlayStation Motion Controller. It looks a little like the Wii's controller, but with an illuminated ball on the end that the PS3's EyeToy peripheral (a motion-sensing Web cam) uses to detects its position. Sony showed a number of simple but fun demos in which a gamer can control everything from a virtual sword and shield and tennis racket to pencils and cans of spray paint -- but no real games. It's promising, but not due to hit until next year. Like Natal, it's a lot of potential without much substance --- yet.
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