Playstation Move Controller – First Impressions

Wow ! What a busy, and expensive week, only 2 days ago the Halo Reach XBOX 360S turned up (and I’m blogging instead of completing that fantastic game).

So what do I think of the Playstation Move, will it replace my Wii ? Well let me tell you.

First of all, the controller feels pretty solid. I’ve always found the Wii controller and Nunchuk to feel like toys in my hands instead of controllers. Now don’t get me wrong, I still use the Wii , probably a lot to do with the face that it runs a lot of the games from the external hard drive (You can find that post here)

The buttons on the Playstation Move Controller seem to be well placed, on the main controller you have all the 4 usual buttons, a select and start, a playstation button and a trigger on the back. There is also a “move” button in the middle, this seems to get used as the “Select” button

The Navigation Controller is simplified, and reminds me a lot of the Nunchuk. It has a D-Pad, Anagolue stick, the X and O buttons and the playstation button. There are 2 trigger buttons on the rear, very similar to the Nunchuk. Both devices feel solid in the hand, and benefit from the curved shape (instead of the squared off WiiMote).

I did notice one slight annoyance, there were no USB cables in either of the boxes, it’s a good job I bought the charger, otherwise I’d have been unplugged other USB devices to charge these.

So how do they work ?….Well, very well to be honest, the tracking is spot on ! I realised today, that the Playstation Move didn’t come with any demo games, so had to buy something on next day delivery just to try it out. I then decided to check out Playstation Store, only to find there’s a handful of demos on there.

So far I’ve only played the demo of Sports Champions, and it’s really good. it works very much like the Wii with the motion plus attached, however a lot better graphics. It did however want me to calibrate the controller every time I started a new game, however this could just be because it’s a demo. I played table tennis, and Frisbee, both of which were ultra realistic, (each of my frisbee’s would end up in the trees )

You can also control the XMB with the Playstation Move, simply hold down the trigger on the back, and move up, down, left and right.

All in all, a good purchase, and look forward to more games to come out, and think that this could be the end of my Wii usage.

As always, unboxing photos below.

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The Mission…

..if I choose to accept it…

Well to be honest, I don’t think I have choice. Just to give you a small amount of history. I’ve never really been a sporty person, kinda a lazy person if I’m to be honest, but until a couple of years ago, I’ve gotten away with eating and drinking practically as much as I want without adding any weight.

Late 20′s came, and suddenly, i became a fat bastard, lol. This time last year, I though, I know what I’ll do, I’ll buy a push iron (bicycle), and cycle  to work, thinking this will do the trick.

In about June, realised that cycling alone wasn’t going to fix it, so decided to take more extreme approach. I bought the P90x 13 DVD collection, which claims that you can have a beach body in 90 day…this I had to see….as myself and C were due to go abroad in September.

The workout was at least an hour a night, for at least 5 days a week, and it was a hard, painful, sweaty workout, but sure enough approx 90 days later I had a body that I didn’t mind getting out on the beach, with not having to fear anybody trying to shoot me with a harpoon dart, or trying to push me back in the water, thinking I was a beached whale !

Anyway, when we got back from our hols, we decided to workout maybe 2 or 3 times a week just to keep in shape……the problem is, I’m lazy, didn’t do any exercise, and have managed to pile on 2 stone…

Anyway, the point of the history, is that this year myself and C already have 3 weddings to goto, so plan to be back down to my idea weight by the 21st April, taking into consideration, that if we do the hardcore P90x this should be possible, however just the thought of it is making me ache.

Wish me luck !

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