The last time we wrote about snakebyte, the company was selling a Final Fantasy themed PC controller to be used in Final Fantasy XIV. The controller was modeled after snakebyte’s line of PS3 with a few changes. Today (November 18, 2010) snakebyte announced it will start selling PlayStation Move accessories based on its own design.

PlayStation Move appears to be off to a decent start. The Move has sold 1.5 million units in Europe. SCEA hasn’t provided actual customer sales numbers for America. All we know is Sony sold one million Move units to retailers in its first month. The Shooting Attachment is Sony’s official accessory made for games such as The Shoot and Time Crisis: Razing Storm. It adds a tiny extra bit of realism to compliment Move’s highly accurate motion controls.

NPD may not be reporting videogame sales numbers anymore, but platform makers are free to divulge as much information it wants. Sony is showing much confidence in its products and expects holiday sales in Europe to be very good.

PlayStation Move was released yesterday (September 17, 2010) in retail stores around the United States. I’ve been waiting to get some uninterrupted personal time with the controller for a while now. At around 8am Friday morning I headed out to the store to pick up Move. After some digging through the back room, the sales associate brought out the Move and the Navigation Controller. Not really seeing a need for the Navigation Controller right now, I opted for just Move. After some employee comments about how Move is just a Wii ripoff, I started on my way back home.

The battle royale for motion control domination is about to get a bit more serious between Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.

E3 2010 may have been the first time that all three companies were in the same building with fully operational, possibly final versions, of motion control devices we could actually touch – or, as the case with Kinect, not touch – and give a try. By the end of the year (2010) we expect all three to be in gamers’ homes.

While Sony and Microsoft are playing a bit of catch-up with Nintendo, that doesn’t necessarily mean the WiiMote will rule the game room when it comes to the new wave in game control tech.

Here’s a competitive overview of each of the three motion control schemes based on time spent playing with each (for the Move and Kinect, on the E3 2010 floor) noting the benefits and faults of each.

As some have said, it looks like a fat magic wand. As many said during E3, it’s the Wii wireless remote motion controller (aka the WiiMote) all over again.

The component you cannot see was the Playstation Eye (formerly the EyeToy) digital camera sitting on top of many of the monitors at E3 2010. The Playstation Move controller and the Playstation Eye work in cooperation to track controller-to-on-screen movements, much like Nintendo’s WiiMote and Sensor Bar.

Sony showed how new and existing games such as LittleBigPlanet can be used with the PlayStation Move. One player controls Sackboy with the DualShock 3 and the other uses to PlayStation Move to interact with the environment. EyePet can also be used in conjunction with PlayStation Move. SOCOM 4 can be played in its entirety. with the PlayStation Move along with a subcontroller.

PlayStation Move has multicolored sphere’s and second controller that does not feature a glowing bulb. You can purchase a stand alone PlayStation Move controller, a package containing the controller, PlayStation Eye and a game or an ultimate bundle that includes a PS3. Sony looks to price the controller,camera and game combo at under $99.

The PS3 Arc was rumored to be the official name of the motion controller but was not confirmed or denied by Sony. PS3 Arc’s website carries a tagline of “Arc You Ready?” Interestingly enough this seems to be a throwback to the original PlayStation slogan that was, “You Are Not Ready.”

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai explained the reason for this delay is so that the controller can take better advantage of more varied titles that will be released in the Fall. Hirai also said Sony is working closely with third party developers and publishers to create games that take advantage of the motion controller.