With motion control needing faith from the masses, Sony is keen to show there’s no smoke and mirrors

Sony has told Develop that it is actively allowing the press and public to take pictures and video of its upcoming motion controller, Move.
In fact, the platform holder recently allowed various members of the press to take snaps of the device at a recent showcase in London, which Develop attended.
Today news site VG247 reports that Microsoft will not be allowing video or photography at its "technology-free" pre-E3 Project Natal showcase.
It is almost certain that the newest and nearest rival to that technology – Sony’s PlayStation Move – will be seen at E3 with no restrictions on taking pictures and filming footage.
“We’re very hands-on with Move, we’re not camera-shy” a Sony rep told Develop. “We are showcasing a range of games that showcase Move’s broad range of experiences, and so we have no issue with allowing people to see Move and record what they like.”

The developments come as both Sony and Microsoft try to allure audiences to new technologies in which consumer confidence is vital. Motion control remains a relatively uncharted technology in the last three decades of game development.
Microsoft’s proposed ban on cameras will likely fail to encourage those who have already expressed doubts about its controllerless peripheral.
Traveller’s Tales company director Jon Burton recently told Develop that his own experience with the hands-free controller raised concern.
“I was actually more impressed with Sony’s motion capture solution than Microsoft’s Natal,” he said.
“[Natal is] exceedingly clever,” he said, “but the lag on the input and lack of physical buttons is really going to restrict the kind of games that can be done with it.”

http://www.develop-online.net/news/34716/Sony-not-camera-shy-as-MS-bans-Natal-snaps

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It was the PS3 version of EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that shone at retail over the weekend, with official figures from ELSPA GfK Chart-Track showing that the Sony release accounted for 48 per cent of sales.
It was only just ahead of Xbox 360, though, which claimed 47 per cent. The remaining was shared between PSP and Wii.
In contrast, the Xbox 360 was the lead platform in FIFA 10’s opening weekend, accounting for 48 per cent of sales.
Total sales of the themed tie-in represented just 14.6 per cent of the week one sales enjoyed by FIFA 10 last year. This is slightly down on the performance of FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, which that year managed to shift numbers equating to 15 per cent of FIFA 06.
However, when you factor in the impressive sales of FIFA 10 this still amounts to a significant sales gain.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/38811/FIFA-World-Cup-shines-on-PS3