PS3 Move vs Wii

PS3 Move vs Wii

It has been one month since the release of the Playstation Move controller and owning one since release day I thought to share my opinions in respect to the console were it all started the Wii. To be fair to the Wii the comparison is going to be made to the Wiimotion plus system.

There is one main difference between the two console movement systems, the Wii secondary character movement is made either automatic or using the Nunchuck on the other side the PS3 move controller offers either tracking through the PS3 eye camera or using the PS3 move navigation controller (basically a wireless Nunchuck).

The Wii experience although exciting at first after a few months of owning it got a bit too boring until the Wii motion plus system got released. This gave me a glimmer of hope of reviving my now rarely used console. The controller although it did provide additional accuracy to the movement it was from day one disappointing. It wasn’t as responsive as it was presented to be. Quite often the save movement lead to completely different results in the game and this was an indicator that your Wii motion plus needed recalibration. This recalibration although easy to do when playing a game it is really annoying since it is not unlikely to occur more than once in one gaming session. My verdict on the Wiimotion plus system was it was making playing sports games like tennis more enjoyable than it they were before but it still wasn’t what I and other people have hoped for.

What is better on the PS3 move

The PS3 move on the contrary feels extremely responsive due to the PS3 eye, the movement is tracked amazingly with no lag at all. Calibration is only required once for every player which is really convenient when only one or two people are playing.

In the graphics departments there is no competition between the two, the PS3 is a much more powerful games console and the graphics it can provide are amazingly better than those of the non HD Wii (on a side note I hope we see some 3D PS3 move games that should be fun).

What is worst on the PS3 move

Although calibration is required once for every player when you are in a large group and you play in turns it gets really annoying to having to calibrate every player every time. Many people may argue that it is not that important it actually makes quite a lot of difference especially when you have both right and left handed people in the group, height is also an important factor and another reason calibration should be performed each time for the best possible gaming experience.

Where the PS3 move is losing at the moment is the number of available game titles the Wii is much more established so it still offers a great variety of titles.

Must have PS3 move games

In my opinion the must have PS3 move games at the moment are only Sports champions and Tiger woods 2011.

You may also be interested in my hub comparing the XBOX 360 KINECT with the PS3 move. To access that hub click here