Sony's early plans for motion controllers involved superheroes, magic, and... Teletubbies?

It's no secret that Sony's motion controllers were in the works for quite a long time before finally being unveiled at E3 2009. Still, it's fun to look back into the past and see how the whole project evolved. Our buddies at Joystiq have cleverly dug up some slides from a 2001 Richard Marks presentation which describes, among other things, a game called Misho the Witch -- which made use of a ball-and-stick controller to train a virtual pet -- much in the vein of Sony's just unveiled EyePet. Some other ideas being tossed around were an X-Men branded game based on "superhero properties" and one based around the Teletubbies. Remember them? Yes, this presentation is that old. Oh, the olden days. There's no evidence that any of these ideas went too far beyond the talking-phase, but we'll have to wait and see for sure when the PS3 Motion Controller debuts next year. One more shot after the break.

[Complex Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:57PM]

I love superheroes, magic, and Teletubbies.. ..YES Teletubbies

btw the purple one is gay...

[magallanes Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:03PM]

A year ago, i saw (by mistake) Teletubbies and yes, the purple is too gay.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:58PM]

the vacuum cleaner (noo-noo) consistently fcuks up all their days.

its an amazing show, especially when they make poop noises while drawing shapes.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:59PM]

Sony working on Motion controllers for the past 9+ years. Who'd of thunk it.
Actually Nintendo n Sony have been pretty good sport over this, Nintendo acknowledging they didn't come up with it first n Sony acknowledging Ninty made it popular.

[monkey with glasses Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:53PM]

Yep, this is for everyone who was saying "Sony is playing catch up". Looks like they are only catching up to their ideas.

[magallanes Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:01PM]

And Natal fanboys will start blaming it in 5...4...3...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:09PM]

GO GO GO

This is actually quite funny, still I find it weird as to the reasoning behind the huge glowy orb.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 9:42PM]

FYI mocap suits use orbs also...and they prolly know something about capturing motion. Just my guess ;-)

[ChazClout Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:15PM]

I can't wait to get my hands wrapped around a Sony LoveWand - DualShock. The missus will love that thing!

[pokes Posted Aug 4th 2009 8:43AM]

There is nothing like original subtle jokes.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:23PM]

Casper the Ghost? Oh, because of the movie. Otherwise, it would have sounded more 70s-ish. Then you could have just said "a superfriends game".

[InShadows Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:40PM]

I wonder why the top image is flipped from what it was originally.

[JohnoBoy Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:38PM]

Not that surprising, actually, seeing as this is the image of yourself you're supposed to see on-screen, a mirror image is much more logical...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:53PM]

shows how dumb sony really is. god i hate them.

[Hexydes Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:41PM]

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

[Brother Unit No 4 Posted Aug 3rd 2009 5:00PM]

It's because of their arrogance isn't it. The problem for the gaming division, imo is Sony's giving power to the wrong people, instead of the visionaries and the innovators - you know, the guys who come up with new ways to do things.

[Jordan Posted Aug 3rd 2009 6:03PM]

Look at him and his pre-dildo controller giant ball...I can't decide if the dildo looks more ridiculous or this..thing.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 7:17PM]

I guess you see what you want to see - where some see one thing you see another ding a ling.

[DirtyVegas Posted Aug 3rd 2009 6:31PM]

Ah, the crazy early 2000s. Still remember them like they were under 10 years ago.