http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/ Engadget Comments for SplitFish MotionFX lets your PS2 controller best the SIXAXIS http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
I think the whole motion thing is over-hyped Nintendo PR BS. ]]>Dec 13th 2006 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
I know you make a lot of posts but this and the EVDO/EDGE Sprint/Cingular weren't too great.

The whole it can rumble and tilt thing has been done, and done far better -

This is a link to a post that has a video from Playstation Magazine of an editor playing PS1 Warhawk (1995) with a Pelican Tilt Master 2 (1999) controller tilting and rumbling

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/06/24/revolutionary-ps3-controller-used-to-rumble-in-1999/

If you're going to bring that up - you gotta throw it back ]]>Dec 13th 2006 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
depends if u can map what movments do what...]]>Dec 13th 2006 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
Either sony was too incompetant to do the same, or it was a rushed, tacked on, last minute job.
They should have just swallowed their pride and lisenced Immersions corp's technology. (which is actualy pretty darn good). PS3 fans could then have had motion sensing and rumble.

That said, the whole shape of the PS3 pad is wrong for motion sensing anyway.
Good for racing games, true, but useless for precision aiming, or using as a sports bat. And of course, boxing is right out.

I get the impression ps3 fans our going to try out a game like Warhawk, decided motion sensing is crap, and then laugh at Nintendo. Rather then see its sonys implimentation that is flawed, not the concept.
]]>Dec 13th 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/The motion sensor may be a "gimmick" now, but will be standard on future consoles.

As for this rumble in PS3, let's face it: Sony is being CHEAP! Again... I mean, even the inferior Nintendo put rumble in their wireless, motion sensing controllers.]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
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That being said, we're going to have to wait for the 2nd and 3rd generation Wii games before we can really say if this is gimmicky or not. If they can keep up making good, fun games that use the motion sensing naturally, then we'll really be set.]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
AFTER ALL, A CONTROLLER DOES NOT A SYSTEM MAKE. IT IS SIMPLY AN ACCESSORY, AN ADD-ON. NINTENDO FOOLED YOU LIKE A NYC 14TH STREET HUSTLER. The Wii mote gimmick is no more compelling than those mall kiosks that sell every cheap $30 dollar boxing, baseball, golf and tennis motion sensing game.

This Nintendo hustle is also vulnerable to those “me too” 3rd party hardware makers (case in point above) and game Devs that will simply ship games with motion sensing ACCESSORY (like the steering wheels of old) that will happily run on the Xbox 360 and PS3. THE Wii MOTE IS AN ACCESSORY THAT CAN AND WILL BE DUPLICATED AND NOT A PLATFORM!

NICE TRY NINTENDO, BUT I AND OTHERS KNOW WHERE THE RED CARD IS ;^)...]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/It's cool. It definitely worked better than a joystick controller; the trouble will simply be getting people to realize it's a different kind of control and that the game developers need to make games differently than they do, and not just in terms of controls and user interface, but overall. Games like Red Steel are good examples of the controls ALMOST being right. They could easily have added a "flick the controller twice" to make the character's view jump around 90 degrees and the gameplay would be ten times as fast. With that simply addition, that game would score a 9 out of ten.]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
The signals are sent through this tiny cable about the size of a headphone adapter instead of something more efficient.. but in the way of advancing technology, it is definitely a step in the right direction.

Sadly, if you are looking for true accuracy and performance in high response games such as Sonic Riders and Ace Combat, the MotionFX is absolutely not worth the investment. The controls to switch the sensitivity level (select+Triangle; select+X, etc) and other options is innovative, however gets in the way of standard gameplay.

In closing, it's decent if you're looking for some multiplayer fun in different games, to try out, but as far as the technology goes,the Motion FX is innovative, but the current hardware is total crap; to be honest.]]>Apr 6th 2007 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/" Could it be you were just in such a rush to tack on rumble, with Wii breathing down your neck?"

methinks you meant 'motion sensing' engadget ;)]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
The Wii was made to push the motion sensing technology to the masses. That's all. Keep the system price point low by barely upgrading the hardware (essentially a re-designed gc) and focus on hyping the controls. The next iteration of Wii will probably be more powerful, but if you took a PS3 now and replaced its controllers with Wii controllers, how much do you think that system would cost? Exactly. Too much for the average consumer.

It's simple economics. This add-on is interesting, but hardly proves anything. Sony already has a grossly over-priced system and probably decided after much debate to drop rumble and put in the motion sensing to steal some spotlight from Nintendo. It does seem odd and more than a little coincidental.]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/Dec 13th 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
You should take a look at this photo - http://flickr.com/photos/mtg/306853238/

This is what Nintendo is all about. GAME. Not graphics.]]>Dec 13th 2006 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
I'm glad I bought a Sony 60GB PS3. I've been enjoying playing Resistance: Fall of Man, Call of Duty 3, and Ridge Racer 7 all in HD. I'm really enjoying the PlayStation Network and 40-person deathmatches in R:FOM.

Many of those griping about price now will either never get one, or get one next year after seeing the next-gen PS3 games that get released. I can't see the prices falling any time soon until BD and Cell production costs drop.]]>Dec 13th 2006 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/13/splitfish-motionfx-lets-your-ps2-controller-best-the-sixaxis/
1 - They stole the rumble technology from an up and coming company and got their asses sued off.

2 - Didn’t put rumble in PS3 controllers’s cause they couldn’t come up with anything on their own.
Completely stole Nintendo’s motion idea and then used the motion as an excuse for the lack of rumble.

3 - Forced an expensive, right’s stealing, DRM infested, crappy new format on the entire world.

4 - $600… are you freaking serious?

These are just issues with the PS3. How about all the other selfish, right’s stealing, consumer unfriendly mess-ups they’ve made in the past. Sony is the greediest company in the world. They used to have a good name that fit properly with great technology, they got too big and stopped focusing on quality a long time ago.
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I totally agree with you! Finally someone has the balls to tell the truth.]]>Dec 14th 2006 12:15AM