PS Move Precise Enough to Control StarCraft

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Sony has said the company's newly launched PlayStation Move peripheral is precise enough to play StarCraft on the PC.

Last week at GDC, Sony introduced Move and in a number of demos showed off just how Move worked. Among the little tidbits revealed during the demos by PlayStation researcher, Anton Mikhailov, and platform research manager, David Coombes, was that the peripheral uses just 2MB of system memory.

Kotaku reports that while demoing just how precise and accurately the Move can capture movements, Mikhailov said that they've been able to use the PlayStation 3 add-on as a device to control the PC version of StarCraft.

Do you think the precision of Move will be an important selling point for the device or do you think more people will buy it for casual gaming? Let us know in the comments below!

Jane McEntegart
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  • Mizoguchi
    No way in hell that thing can be usable for Starcraft if it has any bit of lag. 400APM? Hello?
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  • webbwbb
    The real news here is that there is a possibility of using the Move on a PC.
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  • mlopinto2k1
    I say no.
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  • Camikazi
    webbwbbThe real news here is that there is a possibility of using the Move on a PC.Yea that caught my eye, seems interesting if they sell it as a controller for PC or someone hacks it to be usable on PC :)
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  • matt314
    Am I the only one who is confused by the fact that this looks like a light bulb on a stick?
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  • Precision is one thing. Response time is completely different.
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  • AMDnoob
    what on earth is the little color bulb at the end of the primary controller for? I thought it was just a photoshopped effect on the print ads that was meant to convey like "fun". but then i saw an actual picture of one in use and they're like bulbs! are they just meant for identification purposes?
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  • arhodes
    Am I the only one who is confused by the fact that this looks like a light bulb on a stick?

    That was the first think I noticed. Does the light have any purpose?

    Also, I think using the Move on a PC would be really neat, just not for SC.
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  • AMDnoob
    Never mind about my previous post. The bulb is used by the PS eye to help track its motion and location. it's a wonder what a little googling will get you :D
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  • alyon
    I could see something like this on the pc being cool for indie games and art.... but for any other gaming it would just be a huge frustrating hindrance.
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