PS Move Star Wars would be "damn better" than Kinect game, says Mikhailov
- Posted November 25th, 2010 at 16:11 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 21 Comments
Sony America R&D chap Anton Mikhailov has tossed fresh mud in the direction of rival Microsoft over its planned Star Wars Kinect title, claiming “there’s no way” the tech could ever deliver a robust lightsaber experience.
The engineer didn’t mince his words during a chinwag with the chaps at Eurogamer this week, stating a PlayStation Move-compatible Star Wars romp would be far superior to Kinect’s planned Christmas 2011 title.
“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,” he commented.
“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?”
He refused to budge, however, when pushed as to whether or not a Star Wars Move title was currently in the works: “I’m not in the product planning division so unfortunately I can’t tell you much more about that. But technologically it’s 100 per cent feasible.”
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bigCman123
- 11:18am EST - November 25th, 2010
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I agree with this guy completely. If Lucasarts had any idea what they were doing they would go for it. Maybe even try to do Metal Gear Solid Rising style dismemberment. Also, it was extremely obvious that the Kinect Star Wars demo was a fake.
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move-FTW
- 11:40am EST - November 25th, 2010
- 2
While anti-kinect stuff coming out of Sony isn't really what most of us want to see Sony concentrating any of their efforts on, to be brutally honest, what they are saying here & eg more comedically on yaybuttons.com, is all valid stuff. Kinect will not offer any new gameplay experiences of real substance or real new gameplay mechanics above and beyond what EyeToy has already been able to offer... and IMO it deserves a similar commercial success. Microsoft gimped their hardware, have an unrealistic price point with no budget entry-level and have tied their own hands with there
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Grim_Dicer
- 12:15pm EST - November 25th, 2010
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@1,2,3 Don't judge a product by it's cover. The Kinent is a wonderful piece of kit and a Star wars game would work extremely well. I disagree with this article. I think that which ever star wars game ends up on whatever platform will be great. So my message to you PS3 fanboys is this STFU. Oh and one last thing @1 it's don't all about MG crap
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princevegeta1980
- 12:19pm EST - November 25th, 2010
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So it's deff coming to xbox 360, but "maybe" to ps3! do they know that there are alot of star wars fan on ps3? Any, a light saber game with move should be insane, especially with the unmatched precision of the move but I'm a bit septic about using the "force" with move, on this part I think kinect will have the upper hand, but that's only if they get around the lag kinect has!
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gameplaya96
- 3:01pm EST - November 25th, 2010
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@2, Sony aren't 'starting' anything, they were pulling this kind of crap back in 2004 with 'xbox1.5' and haven't let up since.
The guy has a point, a Kinect game will have to be developed for Kinect, whereas he suggests Sony will make a traditional Star Wars game and tack Move controls onto it. The latter lends itself more to the style of game we're used to, not just an on-rails experience.
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Oatmeal
- 7:40pm EST - November 25th, 2010
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LMAO @4&8 @4 Your right Kinect is wonderful kit, back in 2005 when it was spelled KINETIC. If the game looks anything like that E3 demo, then you and the other idiots can flop y'all bodies around to move, and swing your arms at an invisible pinata.
@8 GT5 have a 86 on Metcritic already and the game just came out yesterday. 86 on Metcritic for a game that came out yesterday, is as good as a game that been on the market for 3-4 years.
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RugerRellP89
- 1:55am EST - November 26th, 2010
- 12
Can someone please tell me how you would be able to walk and move your character in a Star Wars Kinect game? Would the game come with a treadmill or something?
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BlindMango |
BlindMango- 2:03am EST - November 26th, 2010
- 13
not to mention you can't rotate yourself around with the Kinect, it's all on a 2D plane.
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masta_js |
masta_js- 9:53am EST - November 26th, 2010
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@ 13
I was wondering the same thing. How would you move a character to a next level in Star Wars Kinect game?Besides i wouldn't wanna play empty handed pretending to swing a lightsaber and just as a thought but with the move button you could also add the animation off the laser beam poppin out. -
azn_nguyen72
- 11:01pm EST - November 26th, 2010
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A Star Wars move game would be awesome. I could see it playing like Red Steel 2 but with lightsabers.
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jaynet333
- 3:00pm EST - November 27th, 2010
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Do you not understand that this is the comments section, where PlayStation enthusiasts also express their opinions? At least when it's not some xbot trolling for a flame war on a PlayStation site. Also, what the heck are you talking about with @11 and looking up the word "your"? Are you sure you even referenced the correct comment? Perhaps you should take your own advice and use your head, because your comment made you look like both an idiot and a moron. Nice job!
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