Sony: Kinect Star Wars demo faked, only MOOVE can do lightsabers

[ManaByte]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-25-kinect-cant-do-a-good-lightsaber-game

Mikhailov added: "I'm usually not very aggressive, but I will say it'll [Move's Star Wars game] be damn better than Kinect could ever do.

"There's no way Kinect can do a good lightsaber game. Just never. Unless they give you a stick. If they give you a stick then they can do OK, but then they're going to ruin their whole no controller motto.

"I've seen the demo but it's so scripted, and wasn't it like, faked?

"Technologically I find it hard how you can do a lightsaber, because there are so many ambiguities, and it's nearly impossible to track the angles of your wrists.

"I can sort of see them doing it, like hold your hands together and move like this [holds them out in front of his body], and then from the x, y, position and for the angle. If anyone's listening, you guys should try that. That would probably work all right."

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[demi]

We saw how Kinect games play. It was a fake tech demo.

[MrSingh]

Butthurt Sony engineer is butthurt. 

[Dickie Dee]

*Guy shows cool lightsaber kinect hack with him clearly showing he's a stick (he even angles the mirror just for you mongoloids)*

SONYturd: "OMG TOTAL FAKE GUY SNEEKD IN STIK LIOORZ not MOOOOOVEV"

"..."

Leper Manabyte

[CHOW CHOW]

..meanwhile Kinect sells 2.5 million (to consumers) in its first 25 days of release while Move is basically non-existent.  Nobody cares about that Wii clone, so it's no wonder they're so butthurt.

[ManaByte]

Wouldn't there need to be 4.1 million PS3s used for gaming (not BluRay) for that to happen?

[CHOW CHOW]

..meanwhile Kinect sells 2.5 million (to consumers) in its first 25 days of release while Move is basically non-existent.  Nobody cares about that Wii clone, so it's no wonder they're so butthurt.

But then Move sells 4.1 million and suddenly everyone's got whipping cream all over their thighs. 

..those are shipped numbers, not sold to consumers like Kinect.  Massive difference.

Move = DOA.

[ManaByte]

You can find stacks of PS3 move bundles in stores. It's hard to find a 360 with or without Kinect. Kinects also seem to vanish as soon as they arrive like Wiis used to.

*I won't buy Kinect since I only have about 4 feet in front of my TV.

[WrikaWrek]

You can butt fuck yourself with move.

IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING

[maxy]

I wonder where are they shipping all those units...eastern EU maybe
There is like zero move software in tracked EU (sony)lands,it could be PSP like situation though

[EmCeeGrammar]

Dragging yallz kicking and screaming into a brave new world. Ha ha ha mwa ha.  Although the Move numbers are bullshit. Why do people let themselves be deluded.

[Dickie Dee]

Back on target

A "use your glowing anal plug as a lightsaber" might work great for Move, but bundling in some molded lead-filled plastic POS lightsaber that kinect can properly pick up would be as or more appealing, even with their "no controller" mantra.

Neither of these will ever deliver a proper game experience, so not much point on arguing over who's the tallest midget.

[Eel O'Brian]

I'm probably picking up a Move this weekend.  I already have the camera.  Doubt I'll get the nunchuk part, I'll just use the sixaxis (the rumble-free one that came with the PS3), it's light enough not to be a bother.  Played a little Sports Champions with a friend the other day in Best Buy, that Frisbee golf (or whatever) game was pretty fun.  RUSE has Move support, might grab that when it hits $20. 

[Himu]

OSCAR

[Brehvolution]

Eel

I'm looking to get Move after xmas with that sports game as I too have the camera. May as well put it to use.

[Eel O'Brian]

Zero

we can be move buddies

Yeah, I got that camera (used, around $24 I think) for LBP level creation, before I realized what a giant pain in the ass it was trimming pictures to fit

[Mr. Gundam]

Played a little Sports Champions with a friend the other day in Best Buy, that Frisbee golf (or whatever) game was pretty fun.  

Disc golf and bocce are a lot of fun with my friends. I don't think I'd ever play it on my own, but it's good for gatherings.

[Brehvolution]

Mr. Gundam, do you know if you can play bocce online MP?  That would be sweet.

[Eel O'Brian]

you could just post a pic of yourself eating a bowl of dicks instead

[Brehvolution]

No thanks. Gonna be too busy playing games.

[Eel O'Brian]

i'll be in a better mood when i slip that glowing red bulb into my colon

[Third]

Got bored by Move so fast. Bought two units and haven't touched it in weeks.
Wjo cares about Kinect. Never gong to buy it.

[pilonv1]

But then Move sells 4.1 million

Shipped

[chronovore]

You can butt fuck yourself with move.

IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING YOUR GIRLFRIEND WON'T

Fixed.

[Dickie Dee]

*Guy shows cool lightsaber kinect hack with him clearly showing he's a stick (he even angles the mirror just for you mongoloids)*

SONYturd: "OMG TOTAL FAKE GUY SNEEKD IN STIK LIOORZ not MOOOOOVEV"

"..."

Leper Manabyte

Re-reading this thread it's unclear what Manabyte's intentions were in the OP, so if he was trolling the sony spokeman, my apologies.

Edit: WTF happened to Move - we're into the holiday season and I'm hearing nada from them.

[ManaByte]

Move, like everything with the PS3, is me-too shit that no one wants.

I went into Best Buy yesterday and they had a stack of PS3 Move bundles that reached the top of the PC games shelf. And the GT5 bundle stack was almost as big. They had zero Kinect cameras and about ten 4gig 360 Kinect bundles (zero 250gig). Yet another third-place Christmas for the PS3.

[Himu]

Move, like everything with the PS3, is me-too shit that no one wants.

More Manabyte hyperbole. Your allegiance to whatever you like is both disheartening and creepy.

[Diunx]

Who needs NPD when we have Mana's daily trips to best buy!

[maxy]

NPD sucks anyway

His observations go inline with Move shipped data for US
75% are bundles

 

[Eel O'Brian]

picked up a MOVE wand today + a used copy of Sports Champions, gonna download some demos while it's charging

[Eel O'Brian]

1.  This thing is incredibly accurate, I am genuinely impressed.  I've been trying to trick it and throw it off and I can't shake it no matter what.

2.  I'm taking Sports Champions back for store credit.

[Phoenix Dark]

Who needs NPD when we have Mana's daily trips to best buy!

I went to Wal Mart and Best Buy today with my cousin. Pretty much saw the same thing, although the Kinect wasn't sold out. Interesting the Wii was

[Eel O'Brian]

2.  I'm taking Sports Champions back for store credit.

That bad? I guess at least you could get most if not all your money back.

not bad, just not for single players

at all

i can get all my $ back, bought it used at gamestop, 7-day guarantee

[ManaByte]

Who needs NPD when we have Mana's daily trips to best buy!

I went to Wal Mart and Best Buy today with my cousin. Pretty much saw the same thing, although the Kinect wasn't sold out. Interesting the Wii was

MS restocked stores this week. The 250gig holiday bundles are back too.

[Eel O'Brian]

yeah, the move is not selling out at all around here, there were plenty everywhere i went today, both the bundles and the single wands - there were kinects in stock, too

[ManaByte]

Sony should pay Oprah to go nuts for Mooove like MS did with Kinect.

[Phoenix Dark]

Move is too much like the Wii for it to succeed. Better graphics, probably works better...but doesn't have a killer app like Wii Sports/Play, instead relying on cheap rip offs of those games.

Kinect is pretty lol worthy from what I've seen/read, but it stands on its own feet instead of piggybacking on the Wii.

[Eel O'Brian]

hardware = thumbs up

software = meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh better cram some wiiports in there quick