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June 14, 2011 David Bryant

PS Move “Doesn’t Add Value To FIFA”

Those of you who had your ear to the ground at E3 will have heard the news that Microsoft Kinect will be supported by EA by the time we reach FIFA 13, much to my distaste. More on that here. So if Microsoft’s motion technology is in, then surely that means Sony’s offering makes the cut too, right? Wrong, Peter Moore is not impressed with the PS Move and feels it “doesn’t add any value to FIFA”.

Full article over at Eurogamer.

I’m inclined to agree with that but then why adopt Kinect? To quote myself (which is odd) “If I actually have to leave my sofa to take a throw-in in FIFA 12, I will not be impressed” and to be honest I stand by that. We know now that motion control support won’t arrive until FIFA 13 so there’s no need to panic just yet but I really can’t see how or where this could work without seeming gimmicky?

The floor is yours, do you think motion controls like Kinect are appropriate for FIFA? What do you think Kinect could be used for?

28 Responses to PS Move “Doesn’t Add Value To FIFA”

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  1. pdid says:

    cmon … no news.. today… seriously…

    June 15, 2011 at 5:01 pm

  2. Abayomi says:

    Looool ^^

    June 15, 2011 at 5:55 pm

  3. Tom Mills says:

    “Yeah, I can just imagine everyone trying Martin’s style somersaults in their own living rooms lol :D”

    You’d only try it once ;)

    June 16, 2011 at 8:40 am

  4. rotzfresh says:

    I think that it will be partly adding value to FIFA. Imagine you could play in the arena with Kinect. Just a little bit shooting,some tricks, everything just for fun. Or penalties with Kinect….just some football mini games. But those scenarios are the only ones I can image being fun to play with Kinect.

    June 16, 2011 at 8:55 am

  5. David Bryant says:

    Navigating the menus and voice control, 100 billion percent yes!

    But Kinect in general FIFA gameplay? Please god no…

    June 16, 2011 at 9:12 am

  6. yella says:

    I just can’t see how kinect or move would work in fifa unless it is a seperate mode or game entirely

    June 17, 2011 at 3:17 pm

  7. dmm says:

    I think you’re entirely missing the point with Kinect integration with FIFA. Most games that have been recently unveiled with Kinect capabilities have only used it as a small aspect of the wider gameplay – as in it isn’t the be all and end all.

    I always thought it’d be cool if you could get your commentary name into the game via Kinect.

    June 17, 2011 at 6:57 pm

  8. JaZzBrE says:

    I think Kinect would be really great only for goal celebrations… for anything else… useless.

    June 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm
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