First thing that came to mind when reading the title was Yugioh -__-

Why does every Move article have to have a bad pun for a title.

Yes that makes a lot of sense. Sony has been experimenting with motion controls for 10 years so they can beat Nintendo's Wii. Yes that makes a lot of business sense. 'We think Nintendo is going to make a motion control years later so lets wait and see what they do and then years later, after we let them get a head of us then we will reveal our product. Yes the heads of Sony would love that plan. Did you ever think that maybe Sony was trying to perfect their motion controls? If they so cared about beating Nintendo why not just make a motion control almost exactly like theirs and sell at the exact same time as the Wii instead of waiting all this time? And let's not forget that Sony wasn't always third. People act as if they will stay third place for ever. They are catching up with Microsoft as we speak.

In the midnight hour, she cried MOVE MOVE MOVE. With a rebel yell, she cried MOVE MOVE MOVE oowww!.

"momentum is with PlayStation 3 at the moment, sales have continued to rise since the new slim PS3 hit the market last year – so why risk it all by switching focus onto a new controller? "

They make it sound like PS3 is the only console with momentum and sales are not important to Sony. If you ask me this sounds like the Bluray (were Sony took a risk)vs HD DVD add-on deal all over again but this time Kinect=BR and Move=HD DVD.

Wow toddnepeon0 those random things you put together and vapid assumptions really proved you point. Sony probably ripped of Nintendo all these years by bringing out better versions of things that already existed. Just like the cell companies, car companies, computer companies. They just ripped off each other. The people who decided to add airbags,shatter proof glass, cup holders and airbags to a car ripped it off too. They just improved on a design. Each car on the road is a rip off of the last one/s. Hey I think Microsoft ripped of Sony by making their controller basically the same way Sony did.You people just repeat the same stupid thing over and over again without thought.

... Well, It sure as hell ain't Microsoft's :D

Obvious title is obvious lol..

I picked up 2 move controllers + sports champions tonight so me an my wife could give em a try over the weekend. All i can say is... WOW the table tennis is spot on. I'm a serious table tennis player and like to think i'm pretty darn good at it in real life. Once i realized that move was tracking my position in the room to the table in the game I simply started playing like i do in real life and to my amazement almost every action replicates very realistic like. Right now i've got it in my head exactly where the edge of the table is in my living room. You can step to the left/right to catch those corner shots at a better angle, step forward or backwards to get over/under a high bounce for a slam. This is the most fun i've had in a long time gaming. I don't see how table tennis could get any more real than this video game offers.

TIP: Keep your wrist locked and level just like real life. If you twist and hit the ball with the side of the paddle it reacts exactly like you'd expect.

"You can step to the left/right to catch those corner shots at a better angle, step forward or backwards to get over/under a high bounce for a slam. This is the most fun i've had in a long time gaming. I don't see how table tennis could get any more real than this video game offers."

THERE is the difference between the Wii motion+ and Move

"TIP: Keep your wrist locked and level just like real life. If you twist and hit the ball with the side of the paddle it reacts exactly like you'd expect."

Yet another difference between Wii and Move

Once you go Move....you stop playing with your Wii.

Response to lowcarb

No, it knows where you and the controller is in 3D space. Wii+ cannot do that. It can do agumented reality, it has four microphones, That combined with WAY BETTER precision and sensitivity it is way beyond anything the Wii can do.

So as you can see...it goes WAY BEYOND the Wii.

Once you go Move...you stop playing with your Wii

most of u people that say oh sony is doing it the right way are just pathetic,cause u are the same people that said that when nintendo did it with the wii yall said it was a fad and it wont last, that makes yall a bunch of hypocrites

Sony is playing it cool. They are ensuring quality every step of the way.

Sports Champions rocks!
Start The Party is like the PS3's Wario Ware (Wish there were more mini-games though.)
EyePet is great too! :)

This thing is going to be successful...via word of mouth.

got mine yeaterday, had a go on sports champion, archery is really good, the wand works perfectly its very acurate.

isnt it gorgeous how we treat animals.

That’s Zuckermans famous pig.

Move controller was extremely accurate great times back then

That definitely would have been the absolute worst time for stick drift to happen...

I always wanted a true to life surgery simulator for PSVR1. I always knew those Move controllers were precise AF under the proper conditions.

Move was a very accurate device under good conditions. Dr Marks even wanted to open it up for hobbyists and developers to extract more data to do more things. I even seen him use it for space, astronaut like simulations.

Sony always had the tech. They just needed the software to go with it. PS Move limit was not having an analog stick. Which it seems the PS5 controller made up for that.

I would like to see them use PS VR 2 for surgery or something with that eye tracking built in.

At least it wasn’t used for a mini-sub

It failed because motion controls can’t beat traditional controls. I’ll admit the tech has come ways since then but I will always choose a controller over a wand.

It was just a terrible controller. It was so crap that Sony refused to waste any more time or money fixing it. Despite me loving PSVR, the move controllers were the biggest let down of the generation. Always felt like they were a generation behind. Even for the ps3 days.

As a stand alone it failed. But it worked well for VR. But I'm glad to see the end of them with PSVR2.

It failed because it wasn't good and didn't have games. Even the wii was a trend and people are over controllers like that for games.

Little early to call Playstation VR a success too. Like other VR platforms it's a niche product and it's easily the worst VR headset, it's cheap so that helps.

It actually didn't fail or was a failure. It sold around 15 million before VR even showed up and had many games to play. Who knows how many more millions of the device were sold for PSVR. Especially when two are required for more immersive hands on gaming like Iron Man or Blood and Truth.

Dr Marks created Move as for some experiences but he knew that the Eyetoy and PS Move weren't core experiences for everybody like the Dual Shock controller. He's said that many times in interviews. It wasn't to take over regular couch controller gaming.

PS Move not only had titles for casuals to play for motion gaming on PS3, you could also play core games like Killzone and Resistance. Unlike its competitors, Wii and Kinect.

Unlike its competitors, PS Move continues to live on and be sold for VR. Wii motion gaming is pretty much dead. And Kinect itself is dead. All those casuals that propped up those other devices, went off to play on their cellphones. Basically making them a fad that didn't last. PS Move continues to be used and works on PS5 and can continue to be used for the life of PS5 for those using PSVR 1. That's 3 generations that PS Move will have been used.

Maybe the writer needs to make an article on why the Wiimote and Kinect are dead and can't be used on Switch or Series S/X. While PS Move continues to exist.

PS Move was the best form of motion gaming of the last, last generation. Wiimote and Kinect were technically far worse than the PS Move. Only Wiimotion Plus could compare and it was too little too late, with only one or two marquee titles proving the 'Plus' being a worthwhile upgrade.

While there weren't enough PS Move games, at least there were some true 'core games' that supported it, from KillZone 3 to Resident Evil 5. Something that Microsoft's 'casual motion system' could not offer, and most Nintendo Wii games didn't offer traditional controller support, whereas PS3 games almost always had a DualShock 3 option.

I'm a big fan of light gun shooters, and both Wiimote and PS Move ushered back in this genre, something the Kinect couldn't do as well. If you think the PS Move "sucked", then go back and play the light gun shooters on it, something not available on 360, Switch, PS4, XBO, XBSX, PS5.

After the PS Move, we did get one light gun system for consoles, the PDP Mars, and I can assure you, the tech inside that thing is truly unreliable junk.

So to sum it up, the last, last generation had three different motion control styles:
Microsoft - went straight stupid with Kinect, and was overall the least reliable worst experience.
Nintendo - all games supported Wiimote, but this was often to its detriment, not enough games supported traditional controls.
Sony - didn't have a ton of PS Move games, but the overall library supported traditional controls (this is overall the best outcome).

Only ever bought a couple Move-only games like Sorcery and the Fight, but I’ve gone ape over PSVR! I’ll always choose the sticks over the controller given the choice for VR. Big fan now.

Nintendo had better marketing and seemed like the real thing.

Xbox and playstation seemed like imitation.

Well,

The "failure" has a controller for the PSVR and soon the PS5 VR.

For all the Wii's success, where is the Wiimote? And Kinect, yeah MS literally took away any functions on the xbox one with updates.

move had some great games and was an awesome "peripheral". if you played wonderbook or resistance then you would probably agree with me.

Failed because there wasn't enough games or "arcade classics" that used the Move. Still use it to play Time Crisis and HOTD from time to time

Wouldn't say failed given its second life as a PSVR option

I had one and beyond the initial “wow this is cool” hour after unboxing it, it basically sat in a cupboard gathering dust.

It wasn’t that fun or revolutionary really when we already had the wiimote, Kinect was more interesting from a technology standpoint but ultimately, the only good motion games were on Wii - not Xbox or PS.

The move was Sony attempt to cash in on the wii craze. Hell, the last article about the move that actually generated a lot of heat on here was over 4,000 days ago. Nobody talks about this, VR, or the vita until someone shames it.. then all the defenders come out the woodworks.

It is basically only peripheral being used for 3 generations,.. So how is it a fail,.. ?? Still being used for Beat Saber, BoxVR,... I heard it was really hard to get. Article is just shit.

Another one of Sony's demented ideas like PS Home and the PSP Go.

I think the problem that Sony faced with the PS move was the PR marketing mess they created around the thing.
1) if it was aimed toward casual well there was nothing casual about setting understanding what you would need to play a game (some require only the camera, others 1 move and some 2 moves)
2) If it was aimed at a more core audience then sorry but the game library was quite small or non-existant.
3) Wonderbook

If Sony would have communicated better and support better the Move I think it would have fared a lot better
My personal favorite game is Tiger wood PGa 11, because the Psmove really makes the game shine.

wait, it failed?

for me it failed because it never went down in price and only a handful of games appealed to me on it
mainly no more heroes and the resident evil cronicles games

It wasn't useful until VR came along but it hindered VR due to its lack of analogue stick. Fortunately psvr2 isn't just using old hardware because of the excess amount of stock available

Failed? What spanned 3 generations and still being sold. Tidy little profit for Sony if you ask me.
Shouldn't this conversation be kinect failed?

The move controller was and still is great for FPS games, I used them alot with killzone 3, socom 4 and MAG. The deadzone aiming was very very competitive, just as good as mouse and keyboard if set up right. It was comfortable to use too in conjunction with the separate analog move controller in the other hand. Imo it has been under utilised and could still be used today in most shooters.

The reason the MOVE failed is obvious. Motion gaming is for casual gamers and Nintendo did an incredible and much better job marketing to them. At the time where casuals were all in gaming on the phone, the Wii brought them to consoles. However, Playstation is a core gamer machine just like XBOX and as the article stated the cost to enter for casual gamers was not only a barrier but even the look of them (heard people say MOVE looks like a sex toy). All these peripheral things fail because most core gamers are not into these things like Home, 3D Gaming, Move, Kinect, and yes I'm saying it, VR. Core gamers support is the consistent life of gaming.

The casual gamer may stick around for a little bit like the Wii because of the fad and hype for non-core gamers but those folks eventually move on to something else. VR was to be that next thing but it has not caught on as big as the Wii with casual gamers. To its credit it has caught on more with some core gamers but as a VR owner, its losing a lot of steam.

If Sony wants to do the smart thing, MOVE on from VR because it will not be supported by most gaming companies that make games for core gamers who don't want to be wearing goggles for hours. Casuals will not be spending the huge investment of a PS5 for them to play PSVR.

I went to a conference in Seattle right when the Moves were announced that was dedicated specifically to showcasing them. We went out for drinks with some of the execs that were there and we specifically asked them, "why are there no thumbsticks on these things!?" They told us that they didn't want to create a controller with multiple movement inputs because it would confuse people. I told them that that very decision is what's going to doom the controller. And sure enough, even with the Navigation controller, they couldn't create enough software to justify any hype around it.

My own opinion is that it just wasn’t that appealing, the dildo controllers and the lack of worth while games kept it back.

Lack of an analog stick on it in my opinion.