TGS 2013: PS4's Camera Will Make You the Controller

Frankly, I'm really hoping the eye will be able to do a Dance Central like game with just your body. I think the eye is looking better and better. I need one more game to go with Move and I think I'm sold.

The whole thing to me sounds like they built the hardware, but still haven't finished writing any of the software. Doesn't mean that it wont come, but I am more and more convinced that the curious lack of information is not a marketing ploy, but simply because they had nothing to report. Simply put up the hardware and hope that everyone assumes it will do similar-ish things. And certainly, sometime in the future, it may!

With the PS4's Camera 3rd parties should also be able to port Kinect games for the PS4 shouldn't they?

Maybe if the camera was optional but provides some unique experience (after all MS said you could unplug the Kinect) it would help to also sell more PS4 camera's.

"Sony’s been fairly quiet about the PlayStation 4 camera’s features – perhaps in an attempt to avoid comparisons to Microsoft’s much more prominent Kinect peripheral. "

"Of course, the camera is still a totally optional accessory"

Or perhaps you answered your own inquiry? The more they talk it up, the more it would look like it should have been included. Better not to confuse the consumers (which I think hurt Nintendo w/ 2 Wii U, 1 too expensive at $349 and 1 too under supplied w/ 8GB and no game at $299, so either choice was wrong. Insert War Games quote here.)

I'm buying it just for the sake of not buying it later. I'm reay for facial recognition (c'mon that's awesome), but I also want to have controller tracking and voice commands right off the bat. I don't think it'll be exactly like kinnect, more of an evolution of the tech we've seen this past gen. It seems like its not a gimmick, and for under $100, it's not a huge investment.

@charlesnarles Same here. I am looking forward to the basic functionality like facial, controller/profile recognition and video chat. Play room looks like fun for the kids as well as they loved Eye Pet for PS3 so it'll get some use in my house. All in all, having to purchase it separately likely saved us all $40 so it was a good move (no pun intended) on Sony's part.

i might give it a go but i didn't really get on with the Kinect so i'm a bit dubious about a camera based motion control system

@charlesnarles The problem is that to date, they have not demoed any of these features (voice commands, facial recognition and controller tracking). The first two have only been officially announced this week, meaning that they are probably only just NOW is a usual state - maybe. And motion tracking was declared no ready for launch and coming in a patch. I would love to see them actually demo some of the features, but I am guessing that they won't, because Kinect's version would knock it out of the park at this point.

Which is why I think they are running with the "we have one too" strategy, just showing the hardware without much more info. It is working for them because the gaming community has spoken saying that Kinect is not critical, so as long as it does kinda the same things, people are happy.

Ever since the original announcement in feburay i wanted to get the camera after what mr. cerny said what it and the controller could do. But after that i sat and thought no way is that the only thing it could do! Plus i never had the eye toy but was fond of the idea of video chatting and the your friend seeing your excitement as u play a really awesome game especially those who import game like mysel (gundam games) and trying to convince the viaa the camera that its worth it!!! The facial recognition it awesome plus i noticed in a demo that it will help u type faster ! It literally does enhance everything about the features PS4 comes with!!! I want the full next Gen experience and i feel the camera will add that last percent needed to help PS4 feel like a true next gen console!!!