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Playstation Move Thread: It Only Does Everything

Amir0x said:
Ok, I'm going to pivot on this post because it excellently highlights the simple distinction between how different people are responding to this problem.

You acknowledge this problem. You do, everyone seems to acknowledge it to varying degrees. The difference is you think we should ACCEPT the problem, deal with it, not be annoyed with it.

The different I have is that I do not accept it, I AM annoyed by it, and no I don't think I should expect it. Because I have a wide range of superior controllers that do not require this.

My standards are already set at a certain level. Until the technology improves where this doesn't happen, it's always going to be below me.
Ok, so it's MY fault that I don't let you have your pity party and am trying to help?

edit: I have a life to live and have no time for this bullshit.
 
cakefoo said:
Ok, so it's MY fault that I don't let you have your pity party and am trying to help?

No, you're just making your own excuses for the problems, whereas I have no tolerance for retarded bullshit just to get my games to work.

There's no pity involved at all. This is just the next in a long line of motion control technology that has a billion functional problems, and it neither surprises me nor amuses me. It simply is what it is, and the problem I have is that there seems to be a wide range of people incapable of acknowledging that the problem exists for many people even while simultaneously admitting the problem exists as you just did.

Even people who LOVE the device have often claimed that they've had to go through this hoop or another to get the ideal set up.

The difference is those who like the device say that whatever headache is "worth it" in order to play these "amazing" (LOL) games, and I don't. I think the headaches aren't worth shit for what we're getting,.
 
Always amazing how things don't work for the crankiest people on GAF. It's like double bad when it happens and it happens all the time. :lol

Ami, I think sports champions has some expectation of height and that's why it's not registering your nieces shoulder. She should just always point it higher than prompted (like above shoulder instead of shoulder) Hell, you can calibrate it for her using your height and I'm pretty sure it will work. I calibrated table tennis when I was standing and then played it while sitting with no problems. The game seems very forgiving when it comes to this.
 
Lord Error said:
Always amazing how things don't work for the crankiest people on GAF. It's like double bad when it happens and it happens all the time. :lol

Ami, I think sports champions has some expectation of height and that's why it's not registering your nieces shoulder. She should just always point it higher than prompted (like above shoulder instead of shoulder) Hell, you can calibrate it for her using your height and I'm pretty sure it will work. I calibrated table tennis when I was standing and then played it while sitting with no problems. The game seems very forgiving when it comes to this.

Oh, now there is an expectation of height too? Good to add that to the list of five billion problems and barriers of entry I should expect.

Guys, there is a simple point underneath all this bullshit. Without even realizing it, the biggest supporters of MOVE in this thread keep confirming my point over and over and over again.

The point is this:

Amir0x said:
This is all back to my rant back a year about the wiimote... about how even though these controllers are supposed to be about immersion, the 'merging' of controller and player, more frequently than not, these controllers DEMAND the players attention, constantly taking one out of the fun. It's an immersion-killer, really. There's so many hindrances to the proper precision and accuracy of these things that it's hard ever to get the ideal settings for everybody, and that's simply not cool. Until we get to that point, motion controllers will always play second fiddle to superior methods of control.

Every single move supporter in this thread has fired off a list of different ways the game "should work" in the "ideal" conditions. They acknowledged that they themselves have had to try to jump through hoops to get it to work. They've acknowledged a virtual laundry list of proper set up to hit the right "window" of functionality.

What they can't seem to bring to its logical conclusion is the very idea that this retarded list of shit one must do to hit the proper functionality is the very thing that puts us motion controller detractors off in the first place.

Why would I take a billion step backs when I have alternative control methods that require no headaches at all?

This is the point of all my posts summarized succinctly. It's not difficult to understand, and most of the MOVE supporters have confirmed it without even meaning to do so.
 
Amir0x said:
Why would I take a billion step backs when I have alternative control methods that require no headaches at all?


Then just use the other controller. We get it, you don't like the device as you think it is too much trouble for what it's worth. That's alright, some people like it, some people don't, that's a fact of life and it is okay. What is not okay is that some people thought that you had some trouble and tried to help, but you just blew them off. Why so much agony for something you don't even like? Just sell it and enjoy whatever you were enjoying in the first place rather than stir shit for people who didn't encounter the problems that you did and were sincerely trying to help you.
 
bobbytkc said:
Then just use the other controller. We get it, you don't like the device as you think it is too much trouble for what it's worth. That's alright, some people thought that you had some trouble and tried to help, but you just blew them off. Why so much agony for something you don't even like? Just sell it and enjoy whatever you were enjoying in the first place rather than stir shit for people who didn't encounter the problems that you did and were sincerely trying to help you.

We all get it. Negativity is not going to be stifled, nor is positivity. Nobody stops anyone from splurging their load over it a billion times, nor are we going to censor someone who wants to be negative about it a billion times.

And as I already said, I will end up selling it, as soon as I play the game I purchased the device for in the first place. That's still a little whiles away.
 
Immersion is not about doing as little as possible. I can go outside and go pew-pew wigth my hand and play gun fights. I can also drive to a location, put on a ton gear and watch a safety video and play paint ball. One is much more immersive, yet a pain.

So I have to lower my camera to about 18" and roll the dark carpet back for my kids to play EyePet, but they then can have tons of fun with their pets. My six year old has been drawing pictures with her pet for 45 minutes, it's really cool. My four year old loves V-ball and Disc golf, the calibration works fine for his height.

If the Move really isn't worth the hassle then returning or selling is the best bet. Games are not supposed to be stressful.
 
bobbytkc said:
Then just use the other controller. We get it, you don't like the device as you think it is too much trouble for what it's worth. That's alright, some people like it, some people don't, that's a fact of life and it is okay. What is not okay is that some people thought that you had some trouble and tried to help, but you just blew them off. Why so much agony for something you don't even like? Just sell it and enjoy whatever you were enjoying in the first place rather than stir shit for people who didn't encounter the problems that you did and were sincerely trying to help you.


I think this is great advice.
 
beast786 said:
Just wondering. Does anyone else have the same problem as Amor does?

of course. Even if they refuse to admit it now, I've read over many comments in this topic - including from MOVE supporters, who have a veritable laundry list of "settings" you need to have the system work "ideally." Even certain MOVE supporters have stated they've had to jump through this hoop or that hoop to get the system to work what they feel is optimally.

Their conclusion is the only difference. They think the headache is worth it.
 
If you have a Frys:

$99.96 (PS3): PS3 Move Sports Champions Bundle w/ Kung Fu Rider

Good deal.
Especially if you sell off the bits you don't want.
 
Amirox - I'm not trying to be rude, or insulting, but why are you being so insulting to everyone? It seems a bit over the top to go after people like we're idiots because we understand the limits of technology, and are simply willing to not care because we enjoy the experience it provides us.

I mean, I totally get your stance man, and I think you have every right to feel the way you do, it's your opinion. However, I don't think we should be slinging insults or accusations (one way or the other, to people calling out Amirox) just for the sake of 'proving our point'.

It doesn't help your cause of 'objectivity' to walk around calling people fanboys, or insinuating that people who enjoy Move for what it is without complaining 'sheep'. It paints you in a rather negative light as well, and makes it rather easy to simply write off your posts and thoughts all together as a jaded gamer who simply 'doesn't get' motion control (which obviously isn't true, but it's not difficult to come to that conclusion from your posts in this thread).

So, now that my attempt to get us all to hold hands nicely is done, I've got some thoughts of my own!

I really hope that someone down the line can improve the implementation for first person shooters. I think I find my biggest problem simply is having to point the controller at the "deadzone" all the time to stay centered and keep my POV the same. I just don't think we have that "solution" yet to make a first person shooter a truly enjoyable experience.

3rd Person shooters are a different story, and I really REALLY think that RE5 has the right idea, by always keeping your POV the same, and simply limiting where you can aim to that POV. Removing the bounding box all together is a great idea, and mapping all movement to the right stick works well. The only problem introduced here is that it forces the camera to remain behind you at all times (which makes it difficult to move from cover to cover, etc).

So, I think for shooters we still have a ways to go (or maybe we'll never get there). Who knows.

My biggest hope for Move isn't for shooters, it's for 'other' games. I want to see more unique experiences that give me something new, most notably in the puzzle genre. I think there is a lot of potential here to be had for puzzle games, and I hope we get something really awesome really soon.
 
MrPliskin said:
Amirox - I'm not trying to be rude, or insulting, but why are you being so insulting to everyone? It seems a bit over the top to go after people like we're idiots because we understand the limits of technology, and are simply willing to not care because we enjoy the experience it provides us.

If I'm going to insult you, I'll insult you. I'm simply being short with people who refuse to read the entire story, wasting my time with this or that when it's already been covered.

MrPliskin said:
I mean, I totally get your stance man, and I think you have every right to feel the way you do, it's your opinion. However, I don't think we should be slinging insults or accusations (one way or the other, to people calling out Amirox) just for the sake of 'proving our point'.

Not one insult has been flinged. Jax has been called a fanboy because he factually is, and his opinion means zero. I wanted him to avoid wasting his time responding to my points, because his opinions have no value.
 
My tv is less than 2.5 meters away from me, it's very close to a window in my room that has no blinds therefore the lighting is pretty terrible during the day, and I can play sports champions perfectly along with other games. Hell I beat the gold cup in gladiator sitting down. I beat almost all of archery sitting down. Never had an issue calibrating or anything.

I was kind of worried I'd have issues in my room because of the distance and the window thing but all is well and I am the happiezz.
 
Amir0x said:
We all get it. Negativity is not going to be stifled, nor is positivity. Nobody stops anyone from splurging their load over it a billion times, nor are we going to censor someone who wants to be negative about it a billion times.


Nobody is stifling anything. You have a hundred posts and you have maybe 10 that was negative. That's not stifling, it just meant that more people like it that those that do not, and you have to accept it. What you should have done is to just made your voice heard and left it there. Others are going to do the same, it is nothing personal. This is a forum after all.

Most importantly, stay classy. Cakefoo and others was trying to help and you just berated him for pretty much nothing. Some people just don't have the same issues as you, so they mention that, so what. No problem with that. I personally never had any issue with the device, are you going to harass me because I experienced no problems?
 
Probably a stupid question, but is there any way to change the color of the lollipop? I always get pink and it kind of pisses me off.
 
bobbytkc said:
Nobody is stifling anything. You have a hundred posts and you have maybe 10 that was negative. That's not stifling, it just meant that more people like it that those that do not, and you have to accept it. What you should have done is to just made your voice heard and left it there. Others are going to do the same, it is nothing personal. This is a forum after all.

I will leave it there when the conversation itself has left. Clearly, it has not. People on both sides of the fence are still responding.

bobbytkc said:
Most importantly, stay classy. Cakefoo and others was trying to help and you just berated him for pretty much nothing.

I have no patience for people who don't read. Sorry. I'm not going to hold anyone's hand through the process.
 
beast786 said:
Just wondering. Does anyone else have the same problem as Amor does?

The only problem I had so far is 2.5m of free space that the game recommends. My apartment's living room isn't that big so I did had to clear up some stuff, and after that it was perfect for table tennis.
 
Shurs said:
How are you keeping the camera on the top of your TV? Did you purchase the clip, or are you keeping it up there some other way?

I ask because I'd like to mount mine on top of the TV, as well.

Get the PsEye TV Clip by PDP. I got mine yesterday and it's awesome. 12.99 on amazon (but backordered) and it's 14.99 at GS. I highly suggest to get this for anyone with a flatscreen. It's adjustable and it has cushions on it so there shouldn't be any way for it to scratch the surface on your TV anywhere.

Here's the amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003URSUSE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
 
Amir0x said:
Jax has been called a fanboy because he factually is, and his opinion means zero. I wanted him to avoid wasting his time responding to my points, because his opinions have no value.

but i'm not. It just suits you to call me a fanboy


I don't enjoy Resistance 2 because its a bad game
I couldn't play through R+C CIT because it had pixellation vfx issues
I don't rate LBP as a great game



Your opinions have no value.

If you can't even get something that's widely established as easy to setup, good fun.. you really should just sell the MOVE because you're not interested in solving the issue, you're interested in moaning about it. As much as you can.
 
Amir0x said:
I will leave it there when the conversation itself has left. Clearly, it has not. People on both sides of the fence are still responding.
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Then just don't respond back, people are going to have opinions you don't agree with, stay cool, stay friendly, don't let it ruin your day. More important to stay cordial than to make arguments which are not going to change anybody's minds anyway
 
I'm only trying to help you save time, Jax. As you can see, I'm responding to a wide range of people with different opinions than me, with huge, detailed posts. I don't value your specific opinion because you are a fanboy. I don't throw out the accusation emptily, it is your accumulated posting history that suggests this and anyone even mildly familiar with your posting habits will know this as an absolute truth.

Now, again, you're only wasting your time responding to anything I say. You're entitled to that, but it was just for your own good. I do not value fanboy opinions.

bobbytkc said:
Then just don't respond back, people are going to have opinions you don't agree with, stay cool, stay friendly, don't let it ruin your day. More important to stay cordial than to make arguments which are not going to change anybody's minds anyway

:lol

I don't join any conversation I don't want to participate in. This conversation is more entertaining than any MOVE game so far. I get to learn different perspectives, try to grasp how people can think this or that, and I get a little value back for what the device has given me.

I am going to respond back because I want to.

Trust me, nothing here is ruining my day. It's been a fun morning.
 
What the hell happened to this thread.

Amir0x has his own opinions. Stop trying to change them. He doesn't like the Move, fine, post your own impressions, but stop trying to influence him as if he's wrong. It leads to zero productive discussion.

Sheesh.
 
Amir0x said:
Every single move supporter in this thread has fired off a list of different ways the game "should work" in the "ideal" conditions. They acknowledged that they themselves have had to try to jump through hoops to get it to work. They've acknowledged a virtual laundry list of proper set up to hit the right "window" of functionality.

What they can't seem to bring to its logical conclusion is the very idea that this retarded list of shit one must do to hit the proper functionality is the very thing that puts us motion controller detractors off in the first place.

Why would I take a billion step backs when I have alternative control methods that require no headaches at all?

This is the point of all my posts summarized succinctly. It's not difficult to understand, and most of the MOVE supporters have confirmed it without even meaning to do so.


Bullshit, if YOU are having problems with it don't try to make it look like we all are and we just don't care about them, like i said i had zero issues from day one, i just unboxed evrything, put the camera on top of my TV and that was it. I had no problem calibrating it for my 4 year old son to play Gladiator duel and i have videos to prove it(not here but on my wifes iphone, will post later if necessary). I've had the thing for a week and not once, ONCE have i had any of the issues you mention, so either i got a magical perfectly working version of Move or you just love to hate motion stuff or are too dumb to properly set up the whole thing. Sorry dude but you come off like a crying baby complaining as much as you do and trying to crap on everyone elses experience, if it's not fun for you just sell it or let it collect dust and stop shitting on this thread and move on. You're not going to convince those like me who've had nothing but possitives things to say about it that somehow it is shitty technology just like we probably wont convince you otherwise.

Just move on please and let us have our little masturbatory party like you so objectively put it.

Edit: I'm gonna take pics of my set up later once i get home and post them here with measures and shit as well as the video of my four year old son playing, i'm going to try and record the calibration process for him too.
 
Big B said:
So is Kung-fu Rider even worth it for $0?

and guys/girls stop responding to the guy in red.

I thought the demo was 'okay'. Would I buy it? No. I'd take it if I was given it though. It really should be a PSN game.
 
As a lurker I just had to say it would be nice to not have to wade through all this pissing and moaning to try and find constructive stuff like impressions of the games that got recently patched for move, Planet Minigolf for example. It sucks its not working for everyone but it sucks more to have to slog through all this party pooping crap for us that are actually interested in and enjoying the device.
 
alterno69 said:
Bullshit, if YOU are having problems with it don't try to make it look like we all are and we just don't care about them, like i said i had zero issues from day one, i just unboxed evrything, put the camera on top of my TV and that was it. I had no problem calibrating it for my 4 year old son to play Gladiator duel and i have videos to prove it(not here but on my wifes iphone, will post later if necessary). I've had the thing for a week and not once, ONCE have i had any of the issues you mention, so either i got a magical perfectly working version of Move or you just love to hate motion stuff or are too dumb to properly set up the whole thing. Sorry dude but you come off like a crying baby complaining as much as you do and trying to crap on everyone elses experience, if it's not fun for you just sell it or let it collect dust and stop shitting on this thread and move on. You're not going to convince those like me who've had nothing but possitives things to say about it that somehow it is shitty technology just like we probably wont convince you otherwise.

Just move on please and let us have our little masturbatory party like you so objectively put it.

Edit: I'm gonna take pics of my set up later once i get home and post them here with measures and shit as well as the video of my four year old son playing, i'm going to try and record the calibration process for him too.

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alterno69 said:
Bullshit, if YOU are having problems with it don't try to make it look like we all are and we just don't care about them, like i said i had zero issues from day one, i just unboxed evrything, put the camera on top of my TV and that was it. I had no problem calibrating it for my 4 year old son to play Gladiator duel and i have videos to prove it(not here but on my wifes iphone, will post later if necessary). I've had the thing for a week and not once, ONCE have i had any of the issues you mention, so either i got a magical perfectly working version of Move or you just love to hate motion stuff or are too dumb to properly set up the whole thing. Sorry dude but you come off like a crying baby complaining as much as you do and trying to crap on everyone elses experience, if it's not fun for you just sell it or let it collect dust and stop shitting on this thread and move on. You're not going to convince those like me who've had nothing but possitives things to say about it that somehow it is shitty technology just like we probably wont convince you otherwise.

Just move on please and let us have our little masturbatory party like you so objectively put it.

Edit: I'm gonna take pics of my set up later once i get home and post them here with measures and shit as well as the video of my four year old son playing, i'm going to try and record the calibration process for him too.

No no no no no no no!

You will not change Amir0x's mind about this. I know this because I've been involved with discussions with him before. He has his own opinion, and it's certainly valid and has a place in this thread. But if everyone tries to argue their own opinion with evidence like videos and such, it's not going to matter. It's only going to make this discussion worse.

Please, can we just move on from here and have a regular discussion like we did? The Heavy Rain thread went to the crapper for the exact same reasons as what's happening now. Please, for gawds sakes, accept his opinion and move on.

And Amir0x, it would help if you don't stoke the flames by calling people out. Post all the impressions you want, but all this banter towards some people you're doing is only making it worse.
 
Galvanise_ said:
I thought the demo was 'okay'. Would I buy it? No. I'd take it if I was given it though. It really should be a PSN game.
It's free in that Frys bundle but I think id tater the 30 or dollars I'd get selling it and wait for clearance.
 
alterno69 said:
I've had the thing for a week and not once, ONCE have i had any of the issues you mention, so either i got a magical perfectly working version of Move or you just love to hate motion stuff or are too dumb to properly set up the whole thing.

I'm gonna keep sharing my opinions, same as everyone else.

word of warning: if I see the shit like the bolded again, you'll be enjoying the MOVE off of GAF.

chubigans said:
And Amir0x, it would help if you don't stoke the flames by calling people out. Post all the impressions you want, but all this banter towards some people you're doing is only making it worse.

Like any discussion, I'm going to participate in the discussion. As people bring up their own points, I feel compelled to respond, and vice versa. The only people I was trying to save the trouble of wasting time were the fanboys.
 
chubigans said:
What the hell happened to this thread.

Amir0x has his own opinions. Stop trying to change them. He doesn't like the Move, fine, post your own impressions, but stop trying to influence him as if he's wrong. It leads to zero productive discussion.

Sheesh.

I would never try to change someone's opinion of a game they don't like. Just don't act like I'm an idiot for liking it. I fucking hate condescending attitudes. And don't even pretend to understand my motives for liking a game. You don't know, and it makes you look stupid.
 
chubigans said:
No no no no no no no!

You will not change Amir0x's mind about this. I know this because I've been involved with discussions with him before. He has his own opinion, and it's certainly valid and has a place in this thread. But if everyone tries to argue their own opinion with evidence like videos and such, it's not going to matter. It's only going to make this discussion worse.

Please, can we just move on from here and have a regular discussion like we did? The Heavy Rain thread went to the crapper for the exact same reasons as what's happening now. Please, for gawds sakes, accept his opinion and move on.

And Amir0x, it would help if you don't stoke the flames by calling people out. Post all the impressions you want, but all this banter towards some people you're doing is only making it worse.

Of course i'm not trying to change his mind, i only want to prove that not EVERYONE has had issues with the technology, i really i can't believe i've had such a hassle free experience this past week after some of the issues he's reporting. I just want to make it clear that it's not black or white as Amorix is trying to paint the picture, just because he's not sold on this type of technology it doesn't mean we all have to dismiss it.
 
Amir0x said:
I will leave it there when the conversation itself has left. Clearly, it has not. People on both sides of the fence are still responding.



I have no patience for people who don't read. Sorry. I'm not going to hold anyone's hand through the process.

wait a minute, you appear to be the ONLY one on that side of the fence though. You keep saying "clearly a ton of supporters are having problems". Maybe they are and I've missed it, but the overwhelming majority have had no problems. Like I said I personally can account for 3 different settings, and setting the camera up in all different places, let alone my friends who have it and also have had 0 problems with it. You MUST be doing something wrong... you have to be unless the hardware is broken on you. Seriously return it or something, I just don't think there's any way you should be having these problems.
 
For the record, I don't think anyone is an "idiot" for liking the device, nor am I even certain how you came to that conclusion.

Any short, condescending tone I've had is a result of people not reading shit that was already explained.
 
The one game where Amir0x is right is EyePet, the AR part doesn't work as it should and quickly shows the AR technology limitation. it remains cute but I'm pretty sure Natal games in this genre will be much better.

Apart from that, I don't understand what he is saying. I want my maracas for Samba de Amigo, my wheel for GT5, or my Move for Tumble. You know, play games the way they are supposed to be played, to get the real, immersive experience
 
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