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What didn't you know?

Sony has compiled a huge PlayStation Move Q&A ahead of the controller's general release next Friday.

There's not much new, but the article offers a handy accumulation of facts. What's more, Sony intends to add to the piece over time.

Had you remembered that the ideal range for the camera is between five and nine feet away? Were you aware that using Move in a sunny room may not be a good idea? No? You should have a read.

PlayStation Move will be released next Friday, 17th September. A lone Move controller will cost Ł34.99, PlayStation Eye camera Ł24.99 and PS Move sub-controller Ł24.99. You don't need the latter to play most Move games, though.

Sony will bundle the main Move controller and the PlayStation Eye together for Ł49.99. This pack also contains a disk stuffed with demos for various Move games.

Ellie Gibson took a look at two Move launch games last week. These were Start the Party and Sports Champions.

I like to, Move it.

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Beano #1 1 year ago

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Didn't you forget something in the article, Robert?
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Beano #2 1 year ago

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... like a link to the FAQ.
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Zomoniac #3 1 year ago

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I'm probably alone here, but I really like that advert. Makes a refreshing change from the wanky pretty people lifestyle videos from the Wii and Kinect videos. That actually made me grin
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Yuroko #4 1 year ago

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Can you control the xmb with the move controller?
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the_dudefather #5 1 year ago

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@Yuroko

Yes, you hold down a button and tilt the controller in the direction you want the XMB to scroll, takes a bit of getting used to though
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Yuroko #6 1 year ago

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I asked that before I checked the FAQ. Turns out you can in a tedious sounding manner.

Edit: Why pos me when I ask a question, then neg me when I look to find the answer? You're idiots. Well, 16 of you are.

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GreyBeard #7 1 year ago

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This is fantastic:

[link url=http://www.movem adeabsurdlyeasy.com
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Make sure you visit Yaybuttons and visit with the sensitive fireman!
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Beano #8 1 year ago

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@Yuroko : Yes you can but it seems a bit tedious at the moment. Also the webbrowser works with Move but does not use a cursor/pointer via Move like a mouse would. Hopefully this will be improved in the future.
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kimchibaka #9 1 year ago

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The first three questions - how informative!

The first answer says that Move exclusively works with the PS3, so obviously the next question is 'can I use it with any system other than the PS3?'

The answer to that also states it works 'with any PS3 model', so the next thing we desperately need cleared up? 'Will the PlayStation Move work with my model of the PS3 system?'

Now if they could just definitively let me know if Move works with my Wii and my 60GB launch model everything will be crystal clear...

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slippysloppy #10 1 year ago

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If there's some good games I'd consider paying Ł50 for the starter kit and it's sure to be cheaper at some places - just checked and it's Ł42.85 at Shopto - much more reasonable than Kinect's Ł130. I don't play a lot of two player games so the argument for cost escalation doesn't really apply to me.
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Zomoniac #11 1 year ago

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LOL!

I hate to give it to Sony, but this whole new ad campaign is brilliant.
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DonnieDarko333 #12 1 year ago

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Is there confusion over the release date? Could have sworn it was 15th September 2010!
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Zomoniac #13 1 year ago

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Is there confusion over the release date? Could have sworn it was 15th September 2010!

It is for mainland Europe. UK gets it on Friday.
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tossetaz #14 1 year ago

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Since this is eurogamer here's the european version of the FAQ:

[link url=http://blog.eu.play station.com/2010/09/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pla ystation-move/
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Arwin #15 1 year ago

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Their Q&A's aren't that brilliant yet, but hopefully they do improve over time. Right now blogs like iWaggle.blogstpot.com do a better job. Also, I fancy myself a bit of an expert on the Move, so ask me any question.

A question like the range for Move controls for instance should be answered with more nuance. Some games read your body as well as the Move controller, others use just the Move controller, and still others only use the internal sensors. Games that use the internal sensors have no range limitation different from the DS3. Games that just use the Move controller (including depth) have to be in the field of view of the camera, and will work from 1'5" or 50cm, though 90cm is probably more convenient. Games that use your upper body will depend on your size and distance from the camera in more detail, where the miminum distance will go up to 1.6m, and can get more (say 2.5m) depending on how much the game allows you to move around or if you play with two players side by side.
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Miths #16 1 year ago

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"It is for mainland Europe. UK gets it on Friday."

The Danish online shop where I've pre-ordered also have it listed for Friday the 17th. Not sure if someone has decided to exclude Denmark from mainland Europa .
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madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #17 1 year ago

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I just picked up a new (not pre-owned) copy of EyePet for Ł6 in my local HMV in prep for Move next week. It's not for me, it's for the OH - she likes that kinda stuff.

I'm holding out for Wayyy EyePet - the Geordie simulator
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00.00.01 #18 1 year ago

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@ Yuroko 08/09/10
No problem, it takes a while to get used to the Move® controller but it is so much faster once you're used to it. The XMB can be controlled without the EyeToy camera connected, just by the integrated SixAxiS system. (I swing my Move and manage to go from 'Users' to 'Friends' in the XMB in 0.14 secs. Try that with a DS3....
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FogHeart #19 1 year ago

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There are things I didn't know in the FAQ - it seems there is no analogue for L3 and R3 (push down on the sticks) on the Move controllers (bah). But on the plus side I didn't know that the Eye has a mic. Since the Kinect unit is purely instrumentation and no processing, doesn't that mean the voice recognition is entirely contained in the 360's software? In which case, isn't voice recognition replicable on the PS3 with Move or just Eye? (yes, it would need the same kind of development as the 360 labs have done, but voice recognition itself has been around for decades now!)

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Goodfella #20 1 year ago

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@ tigerstyle

Yeah, cause it's main purpose was to navigate the XMB. *sigh*

As for you trying to say it's playing catch-up to the Wii Remote, lololololololol etc

I suggest you watch this video and get some facts in that noggin of yours.

http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=8cvBKgn7hd8
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kangarootoo #21 1 year ago

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@tigerstyle

So Sony should have held off on montion control until they could rebuild the front end of the console to work efficiently with it?

Because the front end menu is really where the cross console battles are won?

Brilliant.

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StooMonster #22 1 year ago

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Although I think my kids are going to enjoy Kinect on Xmas day, and jump around in front of the tele stopping the in-laws vegetating in front of it all day, Move is starting to raise my interest in PS3.

One of the concerns raised with Kinect is the amount of room that it needs, compared to the average (tiny) size of British living rooms. I noticed in the video on this page that there was always plenty of space around people, and American style rooms, does Move need more space than Wii? Or will it need the same and therefore space required not be barrier to sales in UK?
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KayJay #23 1 year ago

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@StooMonster
Its all about the Camera really. If it can see you and the Move controllers it dosent really matter how much room you have. And it works fine when you are sitting down to.
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Arwin #24 1 year ago

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@Stoomonster: See my post above for a rather detailed answer!

@Fogheart: yes, the PS Eye has a four microphone array just like Kinect. The quality of these microphones is actually higher (double the sampling rate of Kinect), but on the other hand Kinect has better spacing between the microphones, making background separation easier. I think in the end that will mean Kinect will be slightly better at determining the direction that voice is coming from (it has three microphones fairly close together on the left, and then one to the far right, and the device is much wider that the PS Eye), though the PS3's Cell processor on the other hand is better and faster at doing the necessary calculations. Under half decent conditions though, both should do equally well. Singstar has some pretty decent voice recognition by the way.
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Marshall2008 #25 1 year ago

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Anything worth getting this for? I had a Wii and played it for 2 weeks the christmas it was released but then after almost a year of no use whatsoever i sold it. PS3 is used for media playback and the occassional game (god of war 3 and UC2). So far everything i have seen for this (and kinect) is gimmicky. Any future stuff that actually looks any good yet?
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dadrester #26 1 year ago

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when are you reviewing "the shoot"? also... is rob hungover perchance?
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slippysloppy #27 1 year ago

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Just had a chance to watch that ad and I gotta say, it's much better than the ads featuring sickly American families being brought together in their HUGE living rooms by Kinect.
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Yuroko #28 1 year ago

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@Beano
That sounds kinda rubbish for the browser. But then I never use it anyway, it's shit!

Might take a gamble and pick Move up anyway.
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headspin #29 1 year ago

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looks shit like the kinect and wii
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JediMasterMalik #30 1 year ago

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But tons
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Arwin #31 1 year ago

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@Marshall just check here:
[link url=https://sites.google.com/site/iwaggle3dgamelist/gamelist
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I just ordered Resident Evil 5 Gold Move edition myself (27,50 euro on amazon.de) and will probably get Heavy Rain also, as well as Sports Champions (will probably try the demo first though, if only to see if I have enough space in our living room for stuff like Table Tennis). Definitely look forward to trying RUSE as well, may get that (and its PSN cousin Under Siege sounds good too). Other than that I already have a few

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5h1nj1 #32 1 year ago

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1000% better than those stupid kinect and wii commercials. Still a little bit stupid though.
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darc #33 1 year ago

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"Move in a sunny room may not be a good idea?"

Oh dear god. So now I need a large room... with no windows? I'm looking forward to Move and Kinect, personally, but not so much that I'm going to go crawl off into the cellar about it.
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RexRunti #34 1 year ago

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The most concerning piece of information in that FAQ is that the camera should be placed at shoulder level.

Considering all the FUD that's following Kinect about I'm suprised that MS haven't followed suit with a similar FAQ.

Edit: I'm sure it will work adequately if it's at shin height, but with modern TV's which are too thin to balance anything on it better be.

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Goodfella #35 1 year ago

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@ RexRunti

I had a similar concern but the PS Eye is quite easily kept in place on the top of a HDTV, with it's rubber based pad and the cable offering some weight balance it's strangely capable of being sat in place without any sort of permanent fixture if positioned correctly.

If needed some double sided tape isn't too much of a problem.

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TwitchyMcTwitch #36 1 year ago

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So can we currently (or at least at some point) use the move as a pointer in the web browser and xmb or what?
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dorkacle #37 1 year ago

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I dont own a wii but if i was to go for one of these movement things at all, which to be honsest im not too fussed about to begin with. It would probably be sonys offering.

Of course they all jumped on the band wagon after nintendo's success, but even considering that i tink sony seem to have put alot more time an thought into this 'gimmick' and there version seems to be a much stronger platform, nintendo's included.
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UsernamePending #38 1 year ago

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Can you turn the glowing balls off?
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DDevil #39 1 year ago

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The glowing balls are essential as they allow Move to know how far the controller is from the screen.
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UsernamePending #40 1 year ago

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I was hoping there'd be IR detection, so that visible light from the balls could be switched off. I find that prospect the most absurd thing about this controller.
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FuzzyDuck #41 1 year ago

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Got the chance to give Sports Champions(?) a whirl a few days ago. Certainly not my cup of tea, but bloody heck is the thing responsive. It's also really comfortable to hold, certainly more than the Wiimote.
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Miths #42 1 year ago

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@RexRunti and Goodfella

Yep, I saw a YouTube video a few days ago that showed the PS Eye simply "hanging" over the top of the TV, with the cable providing counterbalance on the back. If I recall correctly the video was actually from someone from Sony's Eye/Move development team.
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Arwin #43 1 year ago

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Mind you not all games use the glowing ball. The XMB currently doesn't use it yet either.
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UsernamePending #44 1 year ago

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Right, thanks. But do your balls still glow in those games or XMB nav?

And couldn't you do XMB nav with the existing PS3 SixAxis tilt controller?
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tancredo #45 1 year ago

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I remember a few months back when people were complaining about the rumours of the kinect needing 6ft in front of the TV (bedroom users were i an uproar) and problems it could have with light conditions. Today the distande issue is still a rumour, and the light condition has been proven a non issue for Kinect.

Now these same issues arise for Move, optimum distance 5 ft and problems with light conditions, and the same people who constantly argue against the Kinect are perfectly happy with the Sony controller.

Crazy world.
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makeamazing #46 1 year ago

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The light issue is if you have a bright sun coming directly into the camera etc.... lets be honest thats pretty smart advice, most people wouldnt play a console game with the sun glaring on their TV as you wouldnt see what the hell was going on. There is a difference between device issues and common sense issues . Dont let go of your controller when swinging your arms around... OMG the device can get damaged if you let go of it and it goes flying into the TV the device is as a joke (jk)... its common sense and no so much of a technical issue.

I am not so sure about the distance issue you talk about, so cannot fully comment on that.
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Arwin #47 1 year ago

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Yeah see post #17.
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