Playstation Move – A Brief History

Originally known by various names, PlayStation Move was originally introduced in June 2009. There was a lot of debate within Sony Entertainment on what to call the immobile controller. The press continued to incorrectly refer to him as the Magic Wand or the Magic Wand. Sony eventually named it “The Motion Controller” and in September 2009 the name “Move” was coined and used as the proper term for the controller.

Sony Entertainment had been working on the controller since 2001. The first prototype versions of the Move were in circulation, like the Eye Toy, but these immobile controllers failed to capture people’s attention. By 2008, Sony had finished working on Move and was ready to release it to the public.

With the public and the media giving rave reviews to PS3 Move, Move was being applied to all Sony PlayStation wireless games. The first game to use this was Dual Shock 3, which allowed a player to use the Move’s analog stick to use the sword in-game. Rumors also speculated at the time that Sony had developed Move in retaliation against the Nintendo Wii’s Nunchuck wireless remote, but Sony denied any of those allegations.

The Move finally launched in January 2010, a bit late for the holiday rush, but just in time for all viable players to spend their holiday cash on this new remote. The logo probably has to be the most innovative thing with PlayStation Move, a blue wavy shape that is supposed to be a representation of the trail of light that Move leaves when you move it with the illuminated sensor sphere inside.

Move was an automatic success that also incorporated a large selection of third-party video game support – a very rare thing for new out-of-the-box designs like Move. Even today, Move sells nearly 100,000 units.

One in three PS3 games is specifically designed to be used with PlayStation Move in mind. There is a good variety of PS3 Move Games available that are not bad at all as most of the games are quite entertaining and fun. Unlike the controller-specific games of the past for older game consoles, the PS3 Move games don’t leave you wanting more. It’s no wonder that PlayStation Move is so popular and has made the PS3 so much more than it was at launch. Whether the PS3 Move was designed in retaliation for the Wii or not, it was certainly a brilliant move (no pun intended).