Yes. This is great. I love motion control. I like that due to the increase in interactivity my own capabilities affect my success in a game more and more and that I'm even able to compete against other players in a player versus player environment. I don't want to continuously press a couple of buttons and have the main character do the actual work. Gaming is supposed to be engaging. And after my 8 hour long day at my desk job, all I want is to NOT sit still. Love this new improvement in motion tracking.


IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T BUY IT. There are others who do.

 

Well, obviously I'm not going to buy it: console gaming is retarded as gaming gets, in my opinion. Doens't mean I can't complain about the technology.

 

Depends, but...

...this is essentially what I'm disagreeing with. You don't like having to move if you want to play a game? Totally fine, that's your opinion. But complaining about the technology? This is in fact a technological improvement, however minor it is compared to the Wii. And it's pretty cheap.

If you combine this sort of tracking (-> human hands), the pure amount of touchscreens that flood our markets daily and a couple of things shown on TEDTalks recently, advanced computer-human-interaction seen in a couple of movies taking place in the future (i.e. Minority Report) doesn't seem so unbelievable anymore.

That's why I'm wholeheartedly encouraging these sort of things.

 

Lolwut?
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blah blah blah, I'm a stupid whore.

 

Regardless of whether or not they're the same person, that is one gay ass email.

Just sayin'.

 

Yaah, there's a reason I don't use it anymore and gave it to my younger brother.

 

Twenty miles per day, by bike, really isn't much. But then, that's more than I'd expect most PC gamers to be capable of, so kudos. I guess.

On topic: I'd probably get this solely for the tennis-like games tbh. Untill they come up with some way to stop the remote (and my swing) as it comes into "contact" with my opponent, remote gaming is just an exercise in painful overextension. Wasn't surprised in the slightest when Wii people complained about soreness and over-exertion...


I'll still try this, since 1:1 is admittedly legit, and I have a PS3 now. I'm betting it'll just be one more accessory to add to the eBay bundle once I sell it, and get an XBox and fulfill my Minority Report-styled, gesture-filled wet dream.

 

Yes, it's a technological improvement, but Schro is right that he/she can bitch about it. If technology like this is more than a gimmick and sells well, 'old school' controller games could become obsolete, destroying gaming for schro and all people like him/her.

 

Doubtful. Wand- (to differentiate from controller) and gesture-based input are targeted quite specifically at non-gamers. The video game industry has made, and will continue to make, too much money to phase out regular controllers.

 

That's why the Wii has zero major games made for old-school audiences that require motion control.

None. Not a single one requires motion control.

Oh wait.

THAT BEING SAID: for what it's worth, I don't see controllers being phased out, but the possibility is there, and that bothers me.

 

That's right - they haven't made a single one that requires motion control, as each game can still be played with a regular remote if one chooses.

Because it'd be batshit insane to expect such rabid game title fanatics (e.g. Smash Brothers) to calmly accept using a wand without burning down each and ever Nintendo facility in protest.

 

The Wii has the classic controller for a reason...

 

Actually, the vast majority of them do require the motion control to some extent. It may not necessarily be a huge thing, but it's there. Super Smash Bros. is the minority.

 

It's true that it's unlikely for controller games to be phased out entirely anytime in the near future....But it has far to much potential as an issue.

Already, lots of console games focus more on multiplayer and DLCs then they do the actual content. Gaming is getting more casual by the day, and though the idea of virtual reality is awesome, I'm not ready to get rid of my Zelda's, Silent Hill's, Resident Evil's, Final Fantasy's, Ico's, and Psychonaut's.

Most games I know of only take three or four hours to beat, at most. What happened to the fifty hour epics you ended up playing well into the early morning?

We'll probably always have PC games, as well as homebrews, but I'm still sick of needing internet and eighteen other people I've never heard of (and that, frankly, piss me off) just to spend my night gaming. I, for one, would love to see a renewal of elaborate storylines and amazing single player gameplay that ends with you either feeling like the goddamn hero of time or a moment of astonishment where the gears click into place and you realize that you've been mindfucked so bad you need a morning after pill.

We almost never see great moments in games anymore. From the WTF moments to the self-satisfied 'your ass is a hat now', there gone. I haven't seen many characters I gave a shit about since the 360 got launched. Maybe I'm just playing the wrong games, but it seems to be that the entire concept of a game has turned into a cheap whore you look at and go 'yeah, I've got fifteen minutes.' Show me I'm wrong.

That said, move looks pretty cool, and I hope they don't fuck kinect up to bad.