14 DAY TRIAL // Seeing as how Sony took the time to subtly mock its Kinect system, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg decided to share his insight on the Sony's PlayStation Move motion detection system, and revealed both praise and critique for the new technology.
Last week, just as Microsoft was launching the Kinect for its Xbox 360, Sony celebrated its EyeToy technology, and subtly criticized the motion detection system of its rival, eventually proclaiming the breakthrough in reliability done by the PlayStation Move.
Microsoft's product director, Aaron Greenberg, has now decided to share his own view on the PlayStation Move, and how it ranks up against the Kinect.
According to the Microsoft exec, while the Move is a great product, Sony's targeting is faulty, as the Japanese company isn't trying to get new users in touch with the PlayStation 3, unlike what the Kinect is doing with the Xbox 360.
"Here's what I think: Move is just a different approach to the market," he said. "We're thinking about Kinect as a key component to the platform, and what they've done with Move...
"First off, it's a great product and the reviews seem to be pretty favorable. But they've targeted it purely to existing owners. They've said you can decide whether you want to play existing titles on the platform, like SOCOM, with the controller or with Move.
Microsoft, according to Greeberg, has introduced an all-new control mechanism, which will benefit from custom-made experiences, not titles that work with it through workarounds.
"Our approach has been different. We're not going to take Halo, a game you love playing with the controller, and offer you the option to play it with a different interface which may or may not have been designed for that game. We want to build completely unique experiences from the ground up which are designed for Kinect. It's just a different approach."
He added: "[For] gamers who have a PS3 and like playing those games, [Move] offers a different way to play - and some people will get pleasure out of that, absolutely."
Do you think Greenberg is right or is Sony taking the safer route, by adding a new system that doesn't aim at completely replacing regular controllers?