EA Sport's "Grand Slam Tennis" will have the honour of heralding a new way of gaming when it debuts the Playstaion 3 Motion Control.
The game had been developed for some time and should have already come out. However, it was mysteriously delayed back in August. Now the mystery has been revealed as it was being prepared to come out using the motion control.
There was a great buzz when the Project Natal was shown at E3 and everyone including myself can't wait to get my hands on this great new addition.
Andy Robertson writes "Grand Slam Tennis 2 brings tennis to PlayStation Move but ends up being jack of all controllers and master of none. Great fun for families but for grownups more promise of things to come than a fully fleshed out motion experience. I suspect Grand Slam Tennis on Wii U will be the de facto version."
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The biggest test for this approach is how well the more hardcore audience on the PlayStation 3 (and Xbox 360) will take to Grand Slam Tennis 2. It maybe that motion controls are less important here. Perhaps testament to this is the inclusion of some (also quite interesting) Skate style “flick-it” racket controls where the right stick is used to control your swing.
After playing on the Wii, I'll never play a tennis game with sticks again. That is OLD! Has to be motion controlled for moi.
Nope, it's not the first game that will be using the Ps3 Motion Control.
When you find out which 3rd party game is the first one, you might do a double take.
Sony should name this wand thing 'PS Sense' as in PlayStation SENSE and like how everyone shortened the PlayStation 3 to PS3 and the PlayStation Network to PSN Sony should call their new controller the PSS.
'The PSS provides TRUE 1:1 motion control giving you the most accurate on screen movement'
Releasing the motion control during Christmas would really bump up the sale.
You just will not believe me if I tell you.
I think MS needs to worry about Sony's motion. :)