Sony Motion Controller Gets a Truly Outrageous Name

[Trivun]

Way better than sixaxis...HEY! Did you know that sixaxis is spelled the same way forward and backward?

I did!

Did you know that Naomi backwards is "I moan"?

Haha, I have a housemate called Naomi and she sometimes moans a bit. She's Scouse though, so it's not unexpected...

Anyway, back on topic. Regardless of what Sony's controller called in the end, I still think Natal is going to be the motion control peripheral that actually changes gaming completely, and for the better. Gem is a pretty cool name, methinks. But it's too much like the Wiimote for my taste. I seriously believe that controller-less gaming is the future, and Natal is the closest thing we have to reaching that at the moment.

 

[Pendragon9]

Looks like a crystal ball. <<

Can we play games where we tell the future?

 

[Icehearted]

The nice part about this title is that it's brought more of us oldsters out in the open.

As for it "looking rude" anyone else remember a vibrat-a-majig a few years back, I think it was from Nintendo, looked like a "personal massager", and even came with a velvety carry case? I think it was featured on G4, and Morgan Webb was the one talking about it. Maybe game makers are rying subliminal advertising. Remember all the Wii jokes?

...yeah.

 

[Kojiro ftt]

Call it what you will, it still looks like a clam tickler.

 

[OmegaXIII]

Yeah i think after 'Wii' we're all a bit numb to supposedly outrageous names

 

[nathan-dts]

Natal gem... natal... nader... Nader Gem! Oh I am so good at this game!

Abe Lincoln?

 

[Ganthrinor]

I fail to see how this name is Outrageous, Exciting, Avdenturous or in any other way "special".

Now if they had called it something like "Fuckstick of DOOOOOOOOOOM!" Then... maybe. I think some of these excitable analysts need to go get laid.

 

[Sonicron]

Hmmm, a female friend of mine has been looking for an excuse to get back into gaming. Maybe I should send her a link to this thread... xD

 

[Georgeman]

Well, as long as it isn't called "ball" I can sleep happily at nights. Now, let's see whether they have the software to prove this "awesomeness". If Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition is any indication, I will be laughing till I burst my spleen.

 

[FistsOfTinsel]

I realize the questions have already been answered upthread, but really, people: posting a message to the forum is easier than using google? You whippersnappers (and foreigners) just need to learn what us old timers do when we find you muttering your lyrics to your hippity hop music.

Let me help you out: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gem+outrageous

 

[John Funk]

I fail to see how this name is Outrageous, Exciting, Avdenturous or in any other way "special".

Now if they had called it something like "Fuckstick of DOOOOOOOOOOM!" Then... maybe. I think some of these excitable analysts need to go get laid.

*ahem*

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

*ahem*

Posted that one earlier. Sources in the industry are saying that after the success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Jerrica Benton may be the next one to be revived from the 80's.

And tell me Lady Gaga isn't built to be in that role.

 

[Chimaera]

Kotaku [http://www.us.playstation.com/]. "We haven't announced [the] final name at this point."

Ah well. It was truly outrageous while it lasted.

Aw That would have been awesome. Of course now the Jem song is stuck in my head which is not so awesome but nostalgia ahoy!

 

[RanD00M]

This motion sensor gaming thing is getting way out of hand.

 

[AceDiamond]

I don't mean to sound like a jerk here (too late), but let's be honest. Sony had to have seen the jokes made about the Nintendo Wii and its controller. What exactly made them decide to design something that practically writes the jokes on its own?

 

[Danpascooch]

I actually don't think its that outrageous.

With the Wii basically sounding like taking a piss, and Project "Portuguese word for Christmas" I don't think "gem" is that bad at all.

Why the hell don't these companies STICK WITH THE CODENAMES!

After all, "wii" was called the "Nintendo Revolution" and that is MUCH better.

Just wait, it will go from "gem" to like, "wiggleball".

 

[mrx19869]

Gem its a name.. not something i would have picked..but there is this famous saying that goes a little like this

a rose is just as sweet if by any other name'

something like that...

 

[Jonny49]

Gem isn't half bad actually, I kinda like it. Hope the final name is decent though.

 

[IamQ]

Didn't get the joke at first. Then I saw the video. And laughed.

 

[mrx19869]

I realize the questions have already been answered upthread, but really, people: posting a message to the forum is easier than using google? You whippersnappers (and foreigners) just need to learn what us old timers do when we find you muttering your lyrics to your hippity hop music.

Let me help you out: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gem+outrageous

so that let me google thing... is soo funny.. thank you for sharing that...