I’ll keep this blog post up to date with the latest information as and when it comes in.
While this is a starter guide to help you decide what to buy at launch, the comments section will no doubt be where we get to the real meat and potatoes. Feel free to ask anything and I’ll try to answer as many detailed questions as you can throw at me.
Also, check out this excellent guide that the community over at the official PlayStation forums has put together, based on information gathered from around the web.
PlayStation Motion controllers (aka PSMoves) are the recommended controllers to use and are made for 3D pose tracking using the visible light spectrum.
Those controllers are natively supported in PSMoveServiceEx and it's possible to read IMU data such as gyroscope, accelerometer, - magnetometer when available - and even control the LED bulb and rumble.
PlayStation Move's usage is similar to Wii Remote. PlayStation Move can be used as a motion controller for the supported games, while you can actually use a PlayStation Move for a game that does not support the PlayStation Move, the lack of the Analog Stick and the buttons such as L1 and R2 makes most of the games impossible to play unless you are using a PS3 Controller instead of a PlayStation Move Navigation Controller because the PlayStation Move Navigation Controller doesn't work with unsupported games while the PlayStation Move Controller does.
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Q: What kind of gamer is PlayStation Move geared towards?
A: Whether you’re experienced, casual, or somewhere in between, PlayStation Move has a wide variety of games including sports, action, party, family, and shooters. Social party games like Start The Party! and Sports Champions are perfect for families, while core titles like Killzone 3 , SOCOM 4 and Heavy Rain will keep things challenging for more advanced gamers. In order to tell what games are appropriate for younger gamers, look for the ESRB rating and descriptors on the bottom left of every game case for an age rating and content descriptors.
Using different orb colors for each controller, [ 11 ] up to four motion controllers can be tracked at once on the PlayStation 3. [ 23 ] Demonstrations for the controller have featured activities using a single motion controller, as well as those in which the user wields two motion controllers, with one in each hand. [ 12 ] [ 24 ] To minimize the cost of entry, Sony stated that all launch titles for PlayStation Move would be playable with one motion controller, with enhanced options available for multiple motion controllers. [ 25 ]
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