Never one to keep his opinions to himself and out of the press, Lionhead Studios boss Peter Molyneux has told Eurogamer that Sony’s Move motion control is not the same kind of step forward as Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal but admits that he wouldn’t mind having a go on it.
“I have seen some of it. We’re not really surprised, are we? I mean at E3 last year we saw they were having a wand, and that’s kind of what I expected. It looks like they’ve taken a step forward but it’s not as big a step as something like Natal, I don’t think,”
Molyneux goes as far as to suggest that Move might not achieve penetration of the casual gaming market to the extent which Sony is expecting.
“This is purely me talking personally, but I think maybe it’s slightly more a device for the core than it is for the casual market, because I think it’s quite precise.”
“As a designer it’s another one of those things I’d love to get my hands on and to play around with. As a consumer, everyone’s talking about motion control now – I mean, I’m starting to get confused. It’s kind of like the arms race, with the Wii MotionPlus and now the Sony Move and now I’m getting kind of confused.”
Molyneux recently rocked the gaming world by announcing that upcoming and highly anticipated RPG sequel Fable III would feature motion control support for the Xbox 360 and would abandon the majority of its RPG features.
