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Friday, September 24, 2010

'PlayStation Move videogames will know how to fake players out'| GameLife | Wired.com

PlayStation Move videogames will know how to fake players out

Source: Wired.com

"TOKYO — The best PlayStation Move videogames will know how to fake players out, says Sony’s top game man.

The firm’s new Move motion controller pairs a handheld wand with a camera for unparalleled accuracy, but a hyperaccurate game isn’t really what players want, says Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

“You have to be very good at pingpong in real life if we make a simulator,” said Yoshida, who oversees all game development that happens under Sony’s wide umbrella. “Our teams have devised a way to make you feel that everything you do is accurately tracked. However, the game does a lot of assisting so that you won’t miserably fail.”

During the Tokyo Game Show last week, Yoshida answered questions about creating games for PlayStation Move. Another notion Yoshida floated: Because Move games can be built purely around unique 3-D gameplay experiences instead of characters and storylines, they might more easily overcome the cultural barriers that have long existed between Japan’s game industry and the West."

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