Sony PlayStation Move Controller
Not as good as the Wii remote, but you do get a balloon on the end! - Sony PlayStation Move Controller Game Controller

Product Type: Sony game controllers

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Not as good as the Wii remote, but you do get a balloon on the end!
Sony PlayStation Move Controller

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Sony PlayStation Move Controller

Date: 16/05/11

Rating:

Advantages: Ergonomic; good charge life; no batteries

Disadvantages: Not dissimilar to Wii; very odd glowing ball - the colour of which you can't control

This is a good product, I think the best way to review is to compare it to a Wii remote. They're both very similar in size and weight, but the Playstation Move controller is much more ergonomic, it feels better, fits better in the hand and is therefore easier to manoeuvre.

The styling is particularly good for racket sport games, and I've recently used this on both Virtua Tennis 4 and Top Spin 4. The charge lasts a good time and is charged from the system rather batteries like Wii.

I'm not sure why there's a need for the 70s style glowing balloon on the end - why not fit LED lights and save the form? It makes the controller look odd and really quite dated.

It's more responsive than the Wii and reacts to different heights and speeds much better - enabling top spin and slice when playing racket sports. Disappointingly, you sometimes need a separate controller to move characters in other games - given Nintendo have been doing this for years, you would expect Playstation to have moved on slightly.

That said, the product does what it should, just not spectacularly. As ever, depends on the games, of which the list is growing.

Summary: Does what it should; expected more