The Question of the Millennium : Xbox Kinect or PlayStation Move?

Competition is heating up in the gaming zone. But the eternal question is, shall I go for Xbox Kinect or PS 3 Move? Both are equally appealing and offer varied games and gameplay options. So which one is actually better?

I’ve had my friend who bought PS 3 Move over Xbox Kinect. He’s got some reasons to tell you why. Here’s Nikhil, take over.

There are so many options for 3D gaming today that it has become difficult to choose what to buy. XBOX Kinect and PS3 Move are all very good but they have pros as well as cons.

Lets start with XBOX Kinect. It senses the direction in which your body moves and thus is very advanced but the single main problem with it is the absence of button(s). It brings down the agility with which you perform the moves and also brings down the variety of moves that you can perform. Moreover, it’s quite slow at recognizing your actions. You also need to be fit in order to use it as your whole body needs to be used while gaming with it. Another big problem is that you require a large drawing room, a minimum of 2-3 feet distance between you and the kinect sensor for a good gameplay experience.

Playstation Move on the other hand is much like Nintendo Wii. It is much more accurate than XBOX kinect but then the main problem with it that you can only use your hands for 3D gaming. So games like football cannot be played in 3D using a PlayStation Move but when it comes to shooting games like killzone or sports (except football), PS Move is certainly the best. The T button which is in the back of PS Move is also very useful. The buttons are in comfortable positions which make it better then Wii. There is a large variety of  games available for Move compared to Kinect. So Happy 3D Gaming with Move!

So  PS Move is what you should preferably buy as it gets the upper cut due to higher accuracy and better gameplay. What do you guys think about it?

 Experience extra gaming moves with Playstation 2 games and wireless game controllers for precision.

“iPod, iPad and Xbox are source of distraction” – Obama

In an address to the Hampton University graduates, President Obama bemoans the iPod as a distraction, and that information has become a distraction posing problems for the democracy.

He stated,  “You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter,” he told the students. “And with iPods and iPads, and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it’s putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy.”

What the president wants to convey is that these are toys as compared to the laptops. Let me tell you, the iPad has various educational applications , which educate the users, if not distract them. And there is only one benefit by using these gadgets.  The ipad can revolutionize the education system. Imagine, in a class where you don’t have to write in the text books, and use the iPad instead. The information could me immediately updated.

The White House has already rolled out an app for iPhone, called The White House App, so that people can directly watch the stream of the live President’s public events at the White House. Firstly, they roll out the application , then they say they are distraction.

Simply put , iPads are next generation notebooks, and calling them distraction, isn’t limiting their use. Time will tell if the iPad becomes just another distraction or, rather, more of a reading platform and educational tool.

Windows Mobile + Xbox Live : Gaming platform for Windows Mobile?

Microsoft is expanding it’s Xbox live gaming platform to much more then just consoles, but to Windows Mobiles too.

Recently job postings prove it. One of them said,

We need a Principle Program Manager who can help drive the platform and bring Xbox LIVE enabled games to Windows Mobile.

Now thats for sure that, someday, Microsoft is going to come out with this soon. We are currently don’t know what  is it exactly about but here’s another piece of job posting which might clear somethings out.

This person will focus specifically on what makes gaming experiences “LIVE Enabled” through aspects such as avatar integration, social interactions, and multi-screen experiences.

Via Engadget, MobileTechWorld, and Microsofts Official Job Page.

Fifa 10 on Twitter, PS3 and Xbox : Live Mashup at Fifa Earth

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Ea Sports recently unveiled Fifa Earth, the only application you need to do to keep yourself updated with the Fifa 10 fever! 

First off all,the Fifa Buzz section tracks down twitter to tweets talking about Fifa 10, and shows you in a nice to fidget with interface. It also shows how many tweets have been in the last hour and represents the tweets on the Globe.

LIve tweets about Fifa 10

Live tweets about Fifa 10

 

All Worlds a Football

Fifa Earth does prove it right though. The second section of the Flash Web App, shows the ranks of forrball clubs all over the globe. Top Rankings, and stuff like that. Apart from it, it also shows the no. of Games that have been played and the number 

when i am writing the post 33,811,799. Last year, over 2 Billion Games were played.

All these statistics have been collected through Xbox and PS3 network. After clubs it also ranks all the world teams too and ranks them. Well, it says that if you want your country to get the top rankings, warm up and start playing Fifa 10 now!

Xbox update to bring in Twitter and Facebook Integrations : It is Official

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Recently there was some rumor floating on the web, as to Xbox may get some Social Networking features, to it’s existing service.

Well, these rumors are true now, and have been officially confirmed by Microsoft while talking to MTV. What can you Expect? Twitter, FaceBook and Last.fm integrations.  This means, gaming along with Social Networking side by side is what you can expect in this Public Beta.

Sharing games your playing, checking out other users profiles, and status timelines could be the few of basic features available to the users. The update will be rolled out this month soon to some selected users, ahem ahem, i did say selected users.