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New York Times loves PS3, mentions Wii

by rawmeatcowboy
23 October 2006
GN 1.0 / 2.0

New York Times writer Seth Schiesel has written an article concerning the PS3. The basis of his article was the recent Sony press event which discussed some more details concerning the PS3. Here is an excerpt from Mr. Schiesel’s article.

In fairness, it has to be pointed out that Sony’s tilt-and-turn feature does not seem quite as robust or quite as integral to the system as the similar (but more powerful) functionality in Nintendo’s Wii. If it works as promised, the Nintendo system will let a player use the two hands separately, so one hand could hold a virtual sword and the other a virtual shield, for example, while the Sony system forces the user to hold the controller with two hands together. And it looks as if it will take some time before game developers learn to use the Sixaxis technology as more than a glorified gimmick in anything outside of flying games. But that said, the technology does seem to work properly and is one clear advantage the PlayStation 3 has over the Xbox 360, which does not include anything like it.

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