PS3 Motion Controller vs Xbox 360 Project Natal
Filed under: Gaming | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: June 3, 2009 | 45 Comments
Microsoft had its day yesterday when they announced Project Natal for the Xbox 360, which does away with the need to use a conventional controller; instead, you become the controller, read more about it in a recent post. Today it was Sony’s turn and they have announced the PS3 Motion Controller.
When you start to read up on the two systems, it becomes evident that they have taken what Nintendo have done with the Wii and gone a step further. However, when you look at the PS3 Motion Controller compared to the Xbox 360 Project Natal, you can clearly see that Microsoft looks to be a far better system.
For a full review on the PS3 Motion Controller, then head over to Cnet News, as they were on hand at E3 2009, they said that, as Sony was the last to go from the big three, all the pressure was on them to come up with the goods.
One thing is certain, E3 will be remembered as being the motion demo show, but which one gets your vote, Project Natal from Microsoft, Wii Motion Plus from Nintendo, or the PlayStation Motion Controller from Sony.
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PS3 controller is exactly the same as a wii mote. Project Natal is completely different. You can controll everything in a game with your entire body. You can kick! Sony cant compete with Nintendo on the same exact thing 3 years later. Sony cant even compete with Xbox
I believe natal is more creative, but we must see if it can work well. As for ps3, it is very much like wii, but it seems more precise. They both look very groundbreaking though.
To me Project Natal is the PS Eye with better software. Sony’s motion controller is by far the best in my opinion.
As Sony said, some things are not possible without buttons (especially shooters). I really think that is true, and the fact that there are no buttons for Project Natal will be it’s failure.
Here’s what I think about the motion control system from Micorsoft and Sony:
Sony: Built for being used with games (any game). Playstation Eye would be used by itself for video conferencing.
Microsoft: Built for casual video chat, not very well designed for a lot of games due to the fact that there are no buttons (kinda hard to shoot a gun the way theirs is).
Sony eyetoy - a basic webcam with tracking and motion detection software built into the console (not camera) system. Voice recognition possible through headset only.
Project Natal - A co-operative 3D Depth sensor + high resolution VGA camera using an on board processor with proprietary 3D face and body recognition software with highly accurate motion tracking capability (reportedly includes finger motion) which can detect and track up to four people completely seperately. Built in multi-array microphone which can detect your position in a room and has high fidelity voice recognition (without the need for a headset)
Yup, you’re right…. completely the same product.
However, now that I have completed my fill of sarcasm today I can talk about other things:
1)You forget the fact that games will be DESIGNED AROUND these peripherals, NOT the other way around.
2)I severely doubt that the new controls will be suitable for the vast majority of previous X360 OR PS3 games.
3)In fact, the only thing I can even remotely agree with you comment is the lack of buttons with Natal which could really limit the complexity and longevity of games designed for it.
The PS3 Motion Controllers are by FAR more precise than Project Natal, as I can see many of you are fan boys, the PS3 Motion Controllers have better tracking because of an input sensor and camera tracking therefore most accurate.
But the Natal Camera is more creative but if you’ve heard of EyePet, the Sony PlayStation has always been more creative from the start!
Ratchet & Clank, EyePet, EyeToy, Voice, Facial, Emotion, Smile and Laughter detection! You gotta admit, Sony’s won the Console Wars!
The PSOne won it!
The PS2 won it defo!
The PSP, Im uncertain but it was successful!
The PS3 is gettin a boost!
The Xbox was a FLOP!
Project Natal by far! I am definitely biased, but I love the idea of controller free gaming! I am fairly certain that the concern of actual playability with Project Natal will be for naught, I’m just concerned with the possible pricing and release date.
Playstation already had the same basic technology as natal back in the PS2. You cant play call of duty for example with natal, it just wouldnt work. It’s goin to be the same as the eye toy, only a little more advanced… its still going to have the same lame genre games. Im not saying its better or worse, because Microsoft could definately do something with it. But i am saying if the idea pretty much failed with the ps2, i dont think it will work out for the xbox.
EyeToy?
the ps3 motion controller is the wii motion plus with a pink ball at the end!
im laughing at comments like this. The ps3 motion is nothing close the the wii controller. the wii controller detects the screen on your tv. ps3 eye detects the pink ball and could also detect movement( which is showed in some of the eye toy games that is in the playstation network ). It is way different. By the ps3 Eye detecting the pink ball, it creates a more precise and accurate movement. yall gotta research more about these things. but in my oponion we are gonna have to see which is better by testing it. all we seen were presentations. u never know which one works well. and plus i read that the natal is having problems with depth and some type of axis.
Natal is not having to much problems with depth but it does screw up when you put you wand behind the other. it still makes for some fun thing like they showed at e3 with the racing and the full body games. it would be for more casual and party play.
PS3 motion controllers are like next-gen Wii motes. more percise and use both the psEYE and six axis technology to make for ultimate acuracy. and will also allow for first person shooting and more hardcore games as seen at e3.
both are great and have thier own bugs but i’m still lokin forward to getting both even thouugh i’m a sony fan because it’s got better games, free online play, it’s faster, uses blu-ray, and has a 0.2 failure rate
oh and sure the PS3 one is similar to the Wii controller in the sense that it uses controllers, but Sony’s uses a camera, and the two controllers are not tethered together via a wire.
I think the New PS3 controller is better but i also think the project natal is good. they have their pros and cons…
PS3: Sure it’s like the Wii controller with a colored ball at the end, but it uses a camera, and it alot more precise and accurate. Okay, fine… it probably isn’t as cool as the Xbox feature, but the PS3 eye is practically the exact same as the Xbox’s project natal. Xbox just has more features and a little bit better software.
Xbox 360: The next step to virtual reality game play i think. you can use your whole body jsut to control basically everything on the console, but without buttons, certain games would be pretty hard to play.
All this hasn’t been released yet, and it has only been shown in videos and live, but has anyone in the audience actually tried it out? things like the project natal, will probably have a lot of issues and problems, same with the new motion controllers for the PS3, but i think project natal will have a heck load of problems and glitches and might not work as well…
about your Natal comment saying has anyone tested it out.
you can look on youtube and see that guy from the tv show “Chuck.” playing on natal (not on the show but in a video displaying its features.)
PS3 is superior
i think the new feature for the PS3 will cost less than the project natal, i think that natal will probably cost more than the actual consol itself…
my vote goes to the ps3 motion control,its a lot more feasible option, they even demoed its use in fps,rtg-fps,art etc n i can imagine myself playing many more genres of games.yeah its quite similar to wii but thats gonna work in its favour coz its much more ripe mode of gaming…
Better than wii not only bcoz of precision(z axis,1:1 motion capture n stuff) bt also bcoz ps3 hs a better processing power,n its HD
xbox’s project natal luks like a repitition(a better attempt though) of wat sony did with eyetoy(it had motion capture n voice recognition using a headset)..its got a visible lag,requires a seperate processor,there isnt any way u cn move about in a game or use precise motion of hand eg.painting using a brush,commands using fingers etc its based on more of gross motion of the limbs,its still not practical…it surely will n is encountering road blocks
there is one more problem both projects will use processor power so it is very possible that the graphics will be reduced this is a serious problem
Project Natal has an on board processor so it will use very little processing power of the actual 360 system.
Ps3 as we all know is an absolute powerhouse and still has to be peaked in processing power, so I’d say this could run with a very very slight drop in graphics performance.
Most likely both will use reduced graphics due to the games for each being more simple, and there-go graphics to represent that for the “family” and “casual” gamers that both companies are trying to steal from Nintendo.
Both look like they are going to bring some fresh air to their respective consoles.
But seeing as I don’t own a PS3 I’m more interested in Natal. However Microsoft are going have to release further peripherals (such as a glove-like controller) with buttons for me to bother with it. I DO NOT fancy shouting “SHOOT” every time I want my character to do it
Natal is not the far better system, it the more ambitious project. It’s still early in development and nothing impressive has been shown live yet.
PS3 Motion on the other hand is a more down to earth system, and it already shows what it can be used for in live demos. It looks very precise and responsive.
What has been show with Project Natal so far is nothing more than what you can do with the PS EyeToy, I mean kicking balls and spraying paint on a wall. That’s early stage for a product, but like I said, It’s the most ambitious of the three, not necessarily the better one.
The PS3 Motion also has full use of tracking your body like Natal but the sw does not track in 3d like Natal, but for that you have the Motion controllers on the PS3 Motion, so PS3 motion is like a combination og Wii Motion and Natal, though the camera tracking is less advanced than Natal, but the controller tracking is much much better and precise also it has triggers on the controllers.