Our initial title for this post was admittedly more flame-worthy, but we decided "immense potential" sounded better than Sony's off-handed "beyond the Wii" inferences. While the title is different, the underlying message remains the same: the PlayStation Eye is being touted as revolutionary in the realm of 3D tracking. The director of
Eye of Judgment, Kazuhito Miyaki, commented thus on the camera: "
there is much more potential and ability in our technology." He explains that while the card-game is just that, every new PS Eye game will create a completely different dynamic, so the possibilities are pretty close to endless.
We weren't sure if his quote about the PS Eye not being a key device to the PS3 was a knock at Nintendo or not, so you decide: "All of the different Eye Toy games that we've made so far and the wide range [of gameplay] that we have delivered shows that the camera isn't the key device, it's what we do with it that's important." We like pretending that it isn't, since neither the Wii or PS Eye have matured into products worth passing our judgment on. Either way, whether you own a Sony console or are completely satisfied with your Wii, you'll have a fantastic peripheral and a unique console experience headed your way.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:36PM
never$$hort said...
I just want the Playstation Eye and not that stupid looking card game... The ideas cool if your into that sort of game, but its not for me.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:41PM
gamingeek said...
Excuse me for not following the development of this item, but what exactly does this do other than take pics?
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8-21-2007 @ 4:45PM
tom said...
2 - are you serious? don't you even know what the eye of judgment is? the camera doesn't just 'take pics' urgh..ever heard of the eyetoy?
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8-21-2007 @ 4:48PM
OrganicShadow said...
@2: Go look up some game videos of EyeToy games, or of anything related to PlayStation Eye. Interactive stuff based on what the camera sees you doing etc. Pretty fun stuff, although the EyeToy(PS2 version) has poor quality and buggy jpeg compression that makes the games kinda crappy.
I hope that the Eye gets more development support than EyeToy. There are only a handful of EyeToy games, but then again it was held back by PS2 technology, jpeg compression artifacts, and the poor lighting adaptability. The Eye is far superior and should be able to do all the EyeToy was MEANT to do and more.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:10PM
SKI said...
This will have the same kind of support as the Eyetoy and it will be similar games. This is NO way for it to match the Wii motion capabilities.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:17PM
gamingeek said...
@3 Like I said excuse me for not knowing, but as hard as this might be to believe, my life does not revolve around some gimmicky game peripheral.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:17PM
chris.westermann said...
Look, your buying the camera and then getting the card game for free, not the other way around. Even if you don't like the card game, just get it for the camera.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:23PM
phattie said...
What would be really cool is if they had a two camera, stereoscopic setup.. for real 3d positional tracking. But, the games would be way too complicated.
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8-21-2007 @ 6:53PM
Popfrogs said...
The eye toy *did* abysmal because it *was* abysmal. Things are a little different this time around.
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8-21-2007 @ 8:01PM
KonVicT said...
I wonder how much it will cost? Also if you can use it as an online Mic.
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8-21-2007 @ 8:10PM
MYPS3KilledMy360 said...
The Eye cost $60 dollars. im hard core gamer and its true i dont own a Wii but an alternate wii like controls for most likely the 360 would be nice. the PS2 is getting some Wii like peripherals soon so i suspect that we will still be seeing PS2 games comming out. People dont understand the the Wii tech can be copied by others i meen look at guncon its uses basically the same tech.
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8-21-2007 @ 9:49PM
Consolcwby said...
@gamingeek: Your post sounded like the begining of a flame - so don't take it personally... =/ I mean, seriously, how can someone with that kind of name NOT know what the thing does?... sheesh! =P
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8-22-2007 @ 5:24AM
russ said...
If Sony want me to buy this, they have to get some good apps to use with it.
If they allow face-mapping in Home, and then allow thi face-map to be imported into a number of their games (shooters and sports games would be awesome), then I'm sold. I'll go buy one. Until then, my old eyetoy doesn't need any company in the bedroom drawer it lives in.
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8-22-2007 @ 8:27AM
coplice said...
@11
how many years older is Time Crisis 4 than the wii?
and for how many years is there arcade games using sensor to dedect where you aim?
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