Sony Move games are revealed

MOVE over Natal, Sony's motion controller is on its way - and some of the games that will incorporate its movement technology have been revealed.

Most of the games being worked on are coming from Sony, although a few titles are the product of third-party publishers. Sony says that 36 publishers will support PlayStation Move with games this autumn, though the majority of these games have yet to be revealed.

Confirmed games include EA Sports Active 2.0, Tiger Woods 2011, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, LittleBigPlanet, and SOCOM US Navy SEALs 4.

A number of downloadable games will support PlayStation Move as well such as Flower, Echochrome 2, High Velocity Bowling, and Pain.

More games are expected to be announced during E3 in June.

Battle of the motion controllers

THE battle of the motion controllers is set to commence - and analysts are predicting the Xbox 360 will come out on top.

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is predicting the Xbox 360's Natal add-on will outsell the PS3's Arc motion control camera by 5 to 1.

He said: "I think that the Sony motion controller will have some problems gaining traction, since it is not an "in the box" solution. That will probably limit adoption to one or two million at the outset. Natal is different... It's only one piece (the camera), is likely to be cheaper, and I think it will come in the Xbox 360 package with new consoles once launched, meaning far deeper penetration."

Pachter thinks the games will be key to the success of both peripherals.

He said: "Sony's internal development is top notch, so I expect the launch titles to be fun, and likely on par with Wii Sports for quality, but ultimately, I think that the motion controller will only sell to 20% or less of the PS3 audience, limiting it's appeal to third party publishers. A year or so after launch, there will be 10 million Project Natal units out there, which will probably attract more third party support. Also, I think Microsoft will subsidize third party development to make it a success."