One of the more exciting reasons for owning a Playstation 3 has to be The Eye of Judgement, Sony’s new title that uses a camera for game interaction. Today on the official Playstation Blog, Sony unveiled five new things about the upcoming title. While a few were silly jokes like how “Judgment” is spelled with only one E, the rest was valuable information for the rabid PS3 owner.
As far as pricing goes, the game will cost $69.99 and that includes the game itself, the Playstation Eye camera, a camera stand, a “9 Fields Battle Mat” (whatever that is), a Starter deck and a Booster pack with some summoning cards for playing the game. You’ll be able to pick it up October 23rd More and more this game is starting to sound like Magic: The Gathering meets EyeToy. Hopefully Wizards of the Coast will have a playable version available at Digital Life.
5 Things You *Don’t* Know: The Eye Of Judgment [Playstation Blog]
Why do you need the camera? Can’t they figure out how to do this without all the extra crap – look at the picture – who has room for all of that, what do you do with all the stuff when it is not being used? This seems like a big waste to me – just build in the cards and sell them over the Playstation network.
Hey Travis:
That’s been done, over 7 years ago. It’s called Magic Online. The point of this is to have a game with actual collectible cards that you can hold in your hand (some people enjoy this, honest!) with great graphics, playable online. It’s never been done before. Sorry it doesn’t appeal to you, some people have closet space.
I have had this game preordered since August 23 myself.