The controller was originally announced at the E3 interactive entertainment conference last year, but it was not named. Since then people have simply called it "the PlayStation motion controller." It's good to have a name to work with even though it's a straightforward one.
Move is expected to launch in fall of 2010, right next to Microsoft's competing Project Natal peripheral for the Xbox 360. Both devices will use cameras to track movements, but the similarities end there. Move uses a spherical light, which is tracked by the camera in concert with internal sensors. Natal, on the other hand, uses 3D camera technology to track the entirety of the player's body without a controller.
Sony plans to charge less than $100 for a package including Move, the PlayStation Eye camera and one game. The pitch: It's far more accurate than Nintendo's Wii remote, so it will appeal to hardcore gamers who play difficult games, not just casual gamers who enjoy party games.
The sensor controller will be accompanied by an attachment with an analog stick, just like the nunchuk that Wii owners attach to their Wii remotes.
Move will be supported by new games Ape Escape, Echochrome 2 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, plus old games LittleBigPlanet, Flower and Resident Evil 5. Others are planned, too, including several made specifically for the controller: boxing game Dukes, family party game Move Party, high-def sports suite Sports Champions, Kung Fu game Slider and shooter The Shoot.
Here are some images of the controller, some screenshots from the planned games, and an embedded trailer from Sony.
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PlayStation Move Trailer
[img credit: Kotaku]