the HD consoles have joined the world of
motion based gaming welcome to
watchmojo.com and today Microsoft’s
Kinect will throw it down against Sony’s
move to see which is the better control
device number one the hardware the Xbox
360s Kinect is a controller free gaming
and entertainment experience that uses a
camera microphone and depth sensor it
allows play through spoken commands and
gesture detection that tracks the entire
body meanwhile the PlayStation Move
relies on the combination of internal
sensors and the I camera to track the
wands position through its glowing orb
and makes use of a secondary navigation
controller both are equally promising
but the Kinect brings an entirely new
and exciting approach to motion gaming
so the first point goes to Microsoft’s
device for originality
number two control precision the
PlayStation Eye and motion controller is
a killer combination for accurate and
highly responsive motion based gameplay
detection on the other hand Kinect react
slightly slower with a noticeable lag
and requires you to adapt to its timing
based learning curve in terms of
precision this point goes to the move
for its controller based approach which
provides immediate pixel perfect
feedback on screen number three the cost
if you own an Xbox 360 expect to pay
another hundred and fifty dollars for
the Kinect add-on which comes with the
game Kinect Adventures if you already
own a PlayStation 3 console it costs
about $100 for the move sports champions
bundle which comes with the PlayStation
Eye a move motion controller and a copy
of Sports Champions as a single-player
affair the move beats Kinect that being
said due to the overall cost of
additional move ones and navigation
controllers Microsoft’s offering is
easily the far cheaper option for the
family winner Kinect number for ease of
use in this category both have their
drawbacks for the move you need space
for it to operate correctly and Sony
recommends 5 to 9 feet between the
player and the PlayStation Eye for it to
monitor your full range of motions on
the other hand there is a slightly
greater spatial requirement for the
Kinect
the move allows you to play in dark
lighting conditions while sitting down
however Kinect does not require constant
calibration and can monitor up to two
primary and four additional players
simultaneously without picking up and
adjusting controllers in fact connects
tracking functionality allows the device
to pivot itself through motors to keep
the user in the frame automatically
seeing is the intended audience isn’t
the hard core or couch potato crowd we
have to give this point to the Kinect
for its crowd friendly experience
despite its requirement for large empty
spaces number 5 launch games quality
while the Move launched with 17 titles
most of which are excellent the Kinect
has had a bumpier start with half a
dozen titles some of which have been
especially shabby while the game
selection will no doubt increase and get
better as of launch the clear winner is
move by a score of 3 to 2 the Kinect
just narrowly takes the lead for its
overall cheaper cost and for completely
reinventing gesture based gameplay which
finally takes the plastic out of your
hands and makes you the controller
motion based gaming welcome to
watchmojo.com and today Microsoft’s
Kinect will throw it down against Sony’s
move to see which is the better control
device number one the hardware the Xbox
360s Kinect is a controller free gaming
and entertainment experience that uses a
camera microphone and depth sensor it
allows play through spoken commands and
gesture detection that tracks the entire
body meanwhile the PlayStation Move
relies on the combination of internal
sensors and the I camera to track the
wands position through its glowing orb
and makes use of a secondary navigation
controller both are equally promising
but the Kinect brings an entirely new
and exciting approach to motion gaming
so the first point goes to Microsoft’s
device for originality
number two control precision the
PlayStation Eye and motion controller is
a killer combination for accurate and
highly responsive motion based gameplay
detection on the other hand Kinect react
slightly slower with a noticeable lag
and requires you to adapt to its timing
based learning curve in terms of
precision this point goes to the move
for its controller based approach which
provides immediate pixel perfect
feedback on screen number three the cost
if you own an Xbox 360 expect to pay
another hundred and fifty dollars for
the Kinect add-on which comes with the
game Kinect Adventures if you already
own a PlayStation 3 console it costs
about $100 for the move sports champions
bundle which comes with the PlayStation
Eye a move motion controller and a copy
of Sports Champions as a single-player
affair the move beats Kinect that being
said due to the overall cost of
additional move ones and navigation
controllers Microsoft’s offering is
easily the far cheaper option for the
family winner Kinect number for ease of
use in this category both have their
drawbacks for the move you need space
for it to operate correctly and Sony
recommends 5 to 9 feet between the
player and the PlayStation Eye for it to
monitor your full range of motions on
the other hand there is a slightly
greater spatial requirement for the
Kinect
the move allows you to play in dark
lighting conditions while sitting down
however Kinect does not require constant
calibration and can monitor up to two
primary and four additional players
simultaneously without picking up and
adjusting controllers in fact connects
tracking functionality allows the device
to pivot itself through motors to keep
the user in the frame automatically
seeing is the intended audience isn’t
the hard core or couch potato crowd we
have to give this point to the Kinect
for its crowd friendly experience
despite its requirement for large empty
spaces number 5 launch games quality
while the Move launched with 17 titles
most of which are excellent the Kinect
has had a bumpier start with half a
dozen titles some of which have been
especially shabby while the game
selection will no doubt increase and get
better as of launch the clear winner is
move by a score of 3 to 2 the Kinect
just narrowly takes the lead for its
overall cheaper cost and for completely
reinventing gesture based gameplay which
finally takes the plastic out of your
hands and makes you the controller
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