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Or buy an Xbox 360! Project Natal will get you Moving Cheaper.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Can you use four Wiimotes and four nunchucks on the Wii?]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Yes you can, but a nuncheck connects to the wiimote, and so doesn't use an extra bluetooth addres]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://sonyps4.com suggested, that they may need to begin considering a Playstation 4]]>May 1st 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
More importantly...if I'm sitting on the couch behind a friend prancing around playing their game, would Natal pick up my movements too?

The point is all these systems will throw up some sorts of limitations. I get angry when my girlfriend carelessly wanders in front of the TV while I'm doing some intricate skill move in the 6 yard box surrounded by defenders in FIFA 10, so I can only imagine the fights when she decides to start walking by during a fight and makes my character wander off for a second. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
I doubt Natal's camera is going to think you grew another head an additional limbs as it was tracking you]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Yes, but I'm talking about a whole human walking past as is common with the systems we all use today. We're not assuming old problems will suddenly disappear with a new system. The missus walks in front of my game playing constantly...she's not going to change that annoying habit because there's a new bit of kit attached to my Xbox.

I'm wondering will the camera ignore me because I'm behind her when she walks by and follow her for a brief second throwing out whatever game I'm plying.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/From what I can tell, Natal works by effectively scanning the scene at the start of a game, identifying the persons within the scene, and then construncting rudimentary skeletal systems for them. Once it has done this, it will know where the bits of you it can see are, and makes educated guesses about the bits it can't see. The system does not constantly assess what is and isn't part of the person playing the game, and so even if the cast of Gladiator walked in front of you there would be no problem.]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
If you're going to bag on a product, learn a little about first, you'll look less foolish.

In nearly every demo they've done MS has shown off the scenario you're describing, Natal ignores extra input, it knows what a human looks like. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Yes, partially being rhetorical, because I know that the Wii's nunchucks aren't wireless. I just didn't know that they don't use a separate connection, as I don't own a Wii, therefore I never get to play around with it very much.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 13th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
I actually think the wii supports mroe than 4 connected wireless devices as well, something like 11? Just there's four lights on ur controller :P

The ps3 7 wireless devices is rather annoying. If you have a bluetooth headset I believe that takes up 2 of the 7. You run out of connection spaces pretty quickly.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
If you have up to 7 people round playing some 7 player game at the same time...why on Earth would you be chatting to some randoms on the net at the same time?]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Well you wouldn't? Art of missing the point much? Lets say you have a n online multiplayer game (Socomm 4) and you have 2 sets of these motion controllers so that's 4 slots taken, then only one person can use voice, instead of 2 with 2 traditional controllers. Like I said, you can run out quickly.]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
You're missing the point...the scenarios you're cooking up will be few and far between. Two guys standing side by side playing SOCOM? Then use the traditional controllers if you insist on voice chat at the same time. One of you use the new hotness and the other the old busted joint...

Some of the whining here is just juvenile. "Oh why oh why won't SONY accommodate the frankly childish and anti-social use case I just cooked up?!"

You're all forgetting to compare like for like. You personally are now complaining about SONY providing a feature (Voice headsets) that the Wii doesn't even have. I assume you would whine if SONY disabled headsets while using Move...you want it all basically. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
False. In that case, your wifi network is limited to 8 simultaneous clients at a time? It's more a bluetooth limitation.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Because 3 x move controller + 3 x sub-controller = 6 - which is less than 7.

So where did the "two PlayStation Move Controllers and 2 PlayStation Move sub-controllers" come from?]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Vadislav stop promoting nonsense. Now off to gizmodo to replicate this comment.]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Before you call everyone idiots you should really learn to read the article. The point isn't that you can't do 7 player split screen, it's that you can't even do 3 player split screen with the Move controller and subcontroller according to Sony.

Even more odd, by the 7 connection limitation mentioned 3 should be doable. Either way they probably wish theyjad specced a bluetooth solution capable of handling more connections when they designed the system now.]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
*"they had" not "theyjad". Stupid phone keyboard...]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
Knowing Sony they will deliberately limit it to take up 4 slots to either allow for 2 more traditional controllers or 4 slots + the 2 for a bluetooth headset.

My hunch]]>Mar 12th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
first, "some of you guys" does not equal "everyone"
second, 4player split-screen games are little to none on ps3. unlike wii, Sony's PSNetwork is what gamers use when they want to play against there friends so the point is this limitation is a non-issue.

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Yeah I spotted that. Not entirely sure why sony thinks its a good idea to have BOTH a joystick and a Dpad on the nunchuck but none on the dildo?!]]>Mar 12th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/
just got off work

anyway tru!, but think about it. 4 people waving there arms around (in tennis swing motion) .... somebodies gonna get hurt or a couple of arguments starting with, "got damnit, would u get outta my way" or "owe damnit, what the hell are u swinging at" or "why didnt you swing? I did but he was in the way" seriously 4 ppl? (this excludes big home theater setups in the basement where there is lots of room)

And there is a d-pad on the sub controller along with the analog stick. you can take a look at more pics at http://playstation.joystiq.com
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You think two people playing an online fps with these controllers (they don't need to stand up btw) and wanting to use voice chat each is an uncommon user case? Ofc its not. People use traditional controllers with chat each in that same scenario all the time why is it so ridiculous to think that you SHOULD be able to do the same with these motion controllers when they're being demo'd as possible controller replacements in FPS's for example.

On top of this, the type of person they are trying to attract are Wii owners (the whole malarky about it being a Wii but HD). Well Wii owners are all used to 4 player with their nunchuck setups.

It IS a limiting factor that will hurt them because casual gamers are more than used to playing games with more than just 2 players with that controller set up simply because that's is what they are already used to. I guarantee you average casual gamer Joe WILL ask why they can have 4 player with, what will be seen as, a full controller.]]>Mar 12th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playstation-move-will-offer-limited-four-player-support/Mar 12th 2010 9:57AM