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The retail guide to
With £750,000 being spent on marketing, the arrival of Move on September 17th is set to be a major retail event. MCV takes a detailed look at the hardware, the games and the accessories vying for retail space…
SPHERE This rubberised ball is the part of the device which the PSEye camera tracks. The sphere can change colour so it can be seen at all times. The soft bubble might also be a safety feature for those idiots who managed to throw the Wii controller instead of just swinging it.
PLAYSTATION EYE Out: Now Price: £24.99 The PS3 version of the EyeToy camera, the PlayStation Eye can ‘watch’ the Move controller as it swishes around. It can see in two different speeds of resolution – 60 Hz for a 640 by 480 pixel image, and a faster 120 Hz for a lower quality 320 by 240 pixels. The two different speeds are to suit different kinds of games and the level of accuracy they demand from the pointer. That’s not all – the PSEye also includes a built-in four-capsule microphone array, which can effectively track speaking people moving around a room, plus tech for echo cancellation and background noise suppression for optimal audio quality.
MOVE HANDLE Out: September 17th Price: £34.99 At 20 centimeters long and just over four centimeters wide, the Move controller features the four traditional PlayStation buttons, plus the PS home button on its front, with Start and Select on the side. There’s also the new Move button, and a trigger on its underside. Under the hood, however, is a three-axis gyroscope, a three-axis accelerometer and a ‘terrestrial magnetic field sensor’ (that’s boffin speak for a compass or, even simpler: magnets). It’s these that, when coupled with the Sphere and PS Eye, offer advanced tracking of the unit, even when it’s out of the camera’s field of vision. Also inside are a vibration unit and Bluetooth nub for wireless relay to the PS3 console. The unit also has a wrist strap. Again, for the enthusiastic motion gamers. Move weighs just under 150g.
NAVIGATION CONTROLLER Out: September 17th Price: £24.99 The Navigation controller is 13.8cm long and 4.2cm wide. This, and the main Move unit, have a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery which is charged via USB. Like the main controller, the sub unit uses Bluetooth. And with its familiar D- pad and stick, the sub- controller helps the Move setup serve as a replacement for a Sixaxis or DualShock. The sub-controller weighs 95g. The Navigation
controller is not required to play many PlayStation Move titles, and as a result is only available separately.
THE BUNDLES:
Console set Available: September 17th, 2010 Price: £284.99
Includes: PS3 320GB Console PlayStation Move controller PlayStation Eye Starter Disc
Starter Pack Available: September 17th 2010 Price: £49.99
Includes: PlayStation Move controller PlayStation Eye Starter Disc
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