Sony joins iffy motion controller comparison chart trend

[wraggster]

Marketing comparison charts that blatantly put any spin they can on the facts to make their product appear superior is the done thing. It's expected. But a comparison chart that basically does little to place one product over a competitor's? Fail.

The picture on this page is of a motion controller comparison chart in a Sony Holiday 2010 catalogue (via Kotaku). It shows a list of features, all of which the PS Move conveniently has of course, that either Wii or Kinect don't.


The problem is, the few things that Kinect is missing simply relate to its controller-free form. Stuff like buttons and rechargeable batteries.

Hilariously, Kinect also gets a 'No' for the 'Wireless' category. Technically speaking, we know it connects to the console using a wire, but in terms of the gameplay experience surely it couldn't be more wireless.

It's getting silly.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=256696?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

[skipboris]

But a comparison chart that basically does little to place one product over a competitor's? Fail.



Have to disagree with you there. That chart basically says Move can do what both Wii and Kinect can do, and some things that neither can. It all adds up. It's obviously better than Wiimote hardware and I'm yet to see a piece of Kinect software that the plain Eyetoy couldn't do. Buttons are very important.

[symbal]

Remember Betamax? Well that was technically better than VHS and what happened there. Being able to do more only means there's more room for wasted potential and Sony has an annoying history of pissing away hardware's potential.