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When it comes to all things CES, words only mean so much. Anyone can claim to have the hottest, most feature-packed device on the planet, but you truly need to see the product in question to believe.

CNET got its hands on the Sixense control system, which is essentially a Wii remote with the accuracy of a Bullet Hell aficionado. The remote utillizes a technology called TrueMotion to measure exactly what position the controller is in, allowing for much more realistic on-screen movement.

Developers have had the tools necessary to integrate TrueMotion into their games for over a year now, and come this December, when the Sixense controller ships, a few PC titles will support the tech.

Crysis, Call of Duty 4, and Madden were listed as examples of compatible games, but Sixense says we won't be seeing a console version of its remote until 2010 at the earliest. I must say, I'm liking what was shown in the video demonstration.


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Timstuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:02
Timstuff
FIRST! And it looks cool. Better than Nintendo's, at least.
Shirley Temple's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:04
Shirley Temple
lol, Nintendo doesn't have an excuse for a crappy system anymore. Not that the Wiimote ever even really works properly.
t00l's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:08
t00l
Well this makes a complete dick out of the Nintendo Wii... but is it much of an improvement over the Wii controllers add on?
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:10
Face
Wow I never thought I'd see Nintendo influencing the PC market.
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:12
kevinski
I wonder if it's as laggy as the Wii Remote...
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:14
galagabug
this tech predates the wii... they've been demoing it for years. too lazy to look up if this is the same company behind the 'darwin' but i think it is.
Coldbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:18
Coldbrand
Taken down...
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:19
gamadaya
@Timstuff: Don't say first around here dude. It makes you look dumb.

I think this is pretty cool. The Wiimote is great, but the rest of the tech in the Wii is outdated, so I've been waiting for something like this. Hope it doesn't cost too much though. I'd love to try Crysis and Half Life 2 with it.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:22
Justice
@ColdBrand
You can view it here
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:26
SephirothX
Wii killer?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:26
Justice
Look's pretty good, it'll be interesting to see what Wii Motion Plus actually brings to the table when it's released.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:30
Justice
@SephirothX
I doubt it's a Wii killer at all, it would have to have LOADS of family appeal to stand a chance in the same market.
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 16:41
Unicorn
vid gone?
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 17:09
Happy Chainsaw Man
Video worked fine for me.
That's pretty cool for a baseball game, but how exactly is it going to improve a current shooter like Crysis?
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 17:12
Jordan Devore
Sorry guys, the video disappeared for a minute there. Should be working now, though.
psycho terror's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 17:13
psycho terror
looks awesome. maybe now we can have some awesome light gun games on the PC. hell i'd buy 2 just to play the house of the dead trilogy.
FuriousGeorge's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 17:25
FuriousGeorge
yea hi... youre late.... wii motion plus does all that and more... if they put a IR device on it then it could give the wii a run for its money since the wiimote needs an add-on
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 17:39
atastysammich
You got me all excited when you mentioned bullet hell, but will Madden really benefit from it? I guess we'll wait and see. As for me, if some indie shmups do actually start working with the thing, I'm as good as sold.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 18:28
B-Radicate
Yeah, but I suck at real life sports. It's why I play videogames in the first place.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 19:06
Holyetheline
That is so accurate and beautiful. Makes the Wii look broken.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 20:32
BluDesign
Great.

And now that we're 3 Christmases past when the Wii first came out we finally can see what innovative gameplay types this will benefit.

Casual games.

Awesome.

I'll just be over here clutching my standard controller, waiting for the Wii to get a game that I actually want to play.
trunxkam45's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 21:30
trunxkam45
sophisticated?

Doesn't sound fun.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/09/2009 00:06
pedrovay2003
@Kevinski

The Wii remote is laggy? News to me --- I've never had a single problem with it.

I'm really impressed with that video. However, I'm gonna have to go with Justice and say that I'll wait to see what Wii MotionPlus does. If Nintendo's words are true, then we'll have this on the Wii soon enough.

I guess I'd be more excited about this if I were a PC gamer, but I'm really not. I'm getting into more Valve stuff, but that's honestly about it.
silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/09/2009 10:06
silvain
Come on guys, the Wii works because it's built completely on the idea. This won't b/c it's optional for everything. This is the classic example of design trumping tech savvy.
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