Game Console Controller Comparison

The latest controller technology have opened our eyes to a new form of gaming. It is now apparent that the newly developed motion-sensing controllers are probably the most influential feature when it comes to buying a console. This page has been created to give you the specifications of the most prominent controllers for each console and give you an idea of their usefullness to you and their application in games.

	Wii Remote with MotionPlus (Nintendo)	PlayStation Move motion controller (Sony)	Kinect for Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
Sensing	Vertical axis	Three-axis accelerometer	RGB camera & depth sensor (provides full-body 3D motion capture & facial recognition)
	Left-right horizontal axis	Three-axis angular rate sensor	Multi-array microphone (voice recognition)
	Horizontal rotation	Magnetometer
	Two-axis tuning fork gyroscope (with MotionPlus only)	Object recognition (edge detection, colour tracking, face mapping)
Storage Capacity	16 KB EEPROM chip	N/A	N/A
Power Input	2× AA battery	Li-on battery	N/A
Non-Motion Input	8× digital buttons	8× digital buttons	N/A
	Digital D-pad	Analog trigger
Sensor	Wii sensor bar (optical infrared)	PlayStation Eye (webcam & software)	Kinect sensor (infrared projector & monochrome CMOS sensor)
Connector	Bluetooth	Bluetooth, USB	N/A
Other Features	Basic audio	Vision Library (facial recognition & CV-based head tracking)	N/A
	Rumble	PlayStation Voice Recognition
Supplementary Controllers	Nunchuck - analog stick, 2× digital trigger	PlayStation Move navigation controller - analog stick, D-Pad, analog trigger, 5x buttons	N/A