The term "motion control" is starting to make me feel slightly queasy, not least of all because the industry has flocked to it and considered it the future of gaming, when we've been doing nonsense like this since the mid-nineties. Electronic Arts has been more than happy to jump on the bandwagon, declaring that motion controls will take half the market.
EA CEO John Riccitiello believes that games will have an even split between waggle and traditional controls, at least stating that proper controllers won't be obliterated by things like Natal: "My guess is that where this ends up is: motion controllers end up with half the market. And the other half still ends up with a more traditional game controller.
"I really don't know if you're going to want to play FIFA with a motion control device. First off, a 75-minute session would be frigging tiring, jumping all over the place. And frankly the traditional controller is pretty fun. I don't know where, for example, shooters end up, but the camera and/or infra-red reception doesn't give you the precision for a shooter that you get out of a traditional controller. While you can certainly look at Natal and say, yes I can have a gun and do this with it, I don't know that that's necessarily how I want to play."
You and me both, John. Fat people like me don't even want to stand up to pee, let alone play videogames.
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1:40 PM on 06.10.2009 | 
The funny thing is when FPS'es started to use game controllers that didn't give the precision of a mouse I remember thinking this will never become that popular and I fully expected mouse devices to be released for consoles. This did not happen and I personally play more FPS'es on consoles and am happy without mouse control.
"Motion control" games will no doubt incorporate the same auto aim targeting assist that console FPS'es have used to make up for the game controllers lack of precision (compared to that of a mouse). It is only a matter of time before the whole 'It's not precise enough, doesn't read my spasms properly' is done away with through clever programming/design.
I own a Wii and enjoy some of the games it has to offer but am still very surprised by its popularity. 2D games have become a niche and I fear so will 'traditional controller' games. If you think this inconceivable just remember the Wii. *shudder*
the future i think will be eyetracking where you can target what your eyes see and holding some sort of controller for triggers
natal is the first step to that I think. the next generation of motion controls will make or break gaming. If it fails, we just might see a videogame crash again...
As it stands I can only see something like a rail shooter really working with it.
As i predictet! Soon we all gonna play happy family games for happy people to make us all even happier! Cookin mamma 360 all the time, yeeesss! Or Happy dressing princess girly fun on the pony medstation, i ,personaly cant wait!
Will natal be, the devils device? Will it steal the souls out of our beloved games? Will it drive Nintendo, Microsoft and EA, the axis of pixel evilness more for money? I have an bad feeling how this will turn out. Only time will show
Seriously guys:
I hate the wii for making every gaming company go insane! The bad thing is with this piece of crap more and more "non-players" will buy games like you see it on the FamilWii. Making us , the controller driven people since ever, the minority. This means in the end, develophers will make more games for the money spending majority! Happy Family fuck yeahrrr!
Hey Sir playedallot! I wouldn't mind getting the ol' lady's frypan and beating L4DII Zombies into mush on the den floor. Don't that sound like happy fun?
POKEMON PIKACHU 2 PLX ON XBLA!!!
You just blew my mind.
Re4Wii proved that one.
Also it looks like EA will try some cool things for Natal seeing how they're saying they already had ideas of their own.
Gaming in the future. Can't wait, hopefully I will not hate.
acekard 2i