14 DAY TRIAL // The PlayStation 3 is set for a revolution this fall. The home console from Sony is getting both a motion tracking peripheral in the Move and a move to three dimensional gaming via firmware update, as long as compatible television set is hooked up. But Naughty Dog, the development team responsible for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, says that his company will only use the new possibilities if there a clear place for them in the universe of the games they are creating.
Arne Meyer, who is the community strategist working at Naughty Dog, has told PS University as part of an interview that “3D is an interesting technology, especially given how well it’s been recently implemented in the cinema and all the support it’s getting in the industry. We’re extremely fortunate to have the PS3 be a platform that can provide us with the power and option to implement 3D in future projects.” He then added that when it comes to introducing the motion tracking Move “it’s pretty much the same thing as with 3D technology – we’re extremely fortunate to have a platform in the PS3 that can provide an option to use these new tools to allow developers and storytellers to interact with their audiences in new and compelling ways. Utilizing the Move is certainly an option we would consider – again, if it fits in with our narrative and design goals.”
Sony is not alone in its motion tracking push. Microsoft is also launching Kinect, albeit later in the autumn. The big problem that both companies seem to be having at the moment is that they lack hardcore titles to come out at the same time as their new peripherals. Recently SOCOM 4 was delayed and Fable III was also announced not to support motion tracking when it it first launched. Naughty Dog is not talking yet about its new project and whether they will offer 3D and Move support when it is launched.