Sony’s Wand May or May not be Called the Sphere
‘May or may not’ isn’t the most definitive term on the planet, but that’s because this isn’t a definite thing, so keep this firmly lodged under ‘rumour’ for now. Now, onto the subject at hand; Joystiq are reporting that Sony are calling their motion control, which doesn’t have an official name nor codename as of yet (though we like to call it the Wand), the ‘Sphere’ when discussing it with their developer buddies.
Obviously, the idea of the rumoured codename revolves around the glowing sphere at the top of the Wand, which is, well, it’s a glowing sphere, we can’t really explain the codename any more than that. The codename comes from Sega publisher Yasuhito Baba, who, along with his translator, called the motion controller Sphere during an interview at TGS. Joystiq have chatted with a few Sony reps, all of whom claimed that they have no knowledge of the nickname, which keeps this news post firmly under rumour for now.
Filed under: Motion Control, Rumors, Tokyo Game Show
“Wand” is a terrible name. Do you know who uses wands? Fairies.
“Sphere” is also ridiculous because it doesn’t describe what it is. Wiimote is a conjunction of Wii and Remote. When someone says “Wiimote” they have an idea of what you’re referring to. It should be named the “SabreSphere”, a play on Light Sabre. The name of the ps3mote (which, erroneously, some may refer to it as despite what you choose) Whatever it is, it has to be the conjunction of a word for a stick-like object with a word that either refers to the system it belongs to, or the obvious features of ‘the Sphere’. (In this case, the sphere)