Sega will play the part of the doe-eyed dreamer, fantasizing about a world without buttons, playing the role of motion controller-aficionado to the letter.

Then, when everyone else is enamored by the motion tech, Sega swoops in with the Dreamcast 2, featuring controllers so traditional that you have to take 'em out to dinner first before they let you play.

Sega makes millions and the world joins hands.

I play video games to relax at the end of the day, not to flap my arms around like a lunatic. We already have the Wii, and that's more than enough.

I hope they can actually make something cool with this motion control stuff. Rethinking gaming freaks me out.

"I want to go away and lock myself in a dark room with some of our cleverest chaps..."
He's going to molest retards?

@jrod885: HAHAHA!! That's perfect! What a great parody of a Hardcore Gamer. Solid work, chum. You should apply to write comedy articles on this site: SeanMalstrom.wordpress.com

@FistfulofAwesome,

That article explains absolutely nothing except for how misogynistic the author is. Constantly taking swings at female gamers and journalists.

Furthermore, there are no arguments in it AT ALL, only forceful opinions. Example:

"Sony and Microsoft *have* to use motion interfaces throughout all their games or risk being disrupted."

Ok but why? Nothing to back up this argument? No. I Didn't think so.

And how about THIS gem:

"The article, itself, is hilarious. Does she not realize that things are called ‘classic’ when it has no future, that when something is called tradition it is because it is dead?"

This QUOTE is hilarious. Only Nintendo calls that ONE controller the "classic" and it's because it's made to play the "classic" Nintendo games.

It's just as easy (actually easier) to argue that "classic" means something that is so rooted in our history that it will never go away. CocaCola "Classic" for example or "Classic" Rock.

They are deemed so because they are often considered to be the best possible representation of the subject. Despite Coke's many attempts to update the brand, they always fall back to the classic recipe because IT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

I don't often say things like this, but that article was shit. In fact, after reading some of the other stuff on that blog, the author is just a jerk who thinks he's right about everything and is always saying "I told you so" as often as possible.

Entertaining reading.

I am a hardcore Coke drinker.

Are you shitting me with the Coke 2 thing? I'm far more interested in this than the article!

I don't pay attention to Malstron articles, not since that piece on the "blue ocean" bullshit that pretended it was being brand new and unique, when it was just inventing even stupider buzzterms for things.

There's sonic's (18th) birthday present... A surprise kick to the nuts... Thanks Sega... *Waits for the death of sonic* It's coming soon folks...

@DinnerTimeNinja
No Prob! Screaming (or typing) like monkey doesn't accomplish anything so I like to be as courteous as possible.

Certainly Motion Controls will not be intergrated into everything. Change doesn't always occur instantly and we'll definitely be sliding into Motion Control rather than jumping into it (although, at three years we're in pretty deep. We definitely aren't wading anymore, to say the least). Even Nintendo hasn't made full use of it (Galaxy and Twilight Princess only used it partially).

What is necessary for change is simpler controllers. The current style employed by S/M simply have too many buttons and look cluttered if you take a close look at them (your Mom certainly doesn't want to try (in a general sense). Most of those buttons aren't necessary (even fighting games, the ones that traditionally use the most buttons, don't need all of them (Garou: Mark of the Wolves uses only 4). The best games have simple, streamlined use of the controllers.

Take current Hardcore darling Gears of War. At any given time you really only need about 3 buttons to play that game: A to cover/roll/run, LT to aim, and RT to shoot. The grenades and Melee-ing are essentially extras to the games main focus of shooting from cover (your actions 90% of the time). It's an incredibly simple game to control, and a Hardcore Favorite. Even the games director hopes that the next Xbox (if there is one) will use a simpler layout for it's controller: http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/yet-another-hardcore-parody/ (the link at the beginning of that page is where Bleszinski's quote is. The post itself is just something funny to read).

As for entire genres dying, I don't think that at all. Those genres will be changed when the talent emerges, though. PC gamers never thought a console could ever handle FPS's, but then came Goldeneye, then Halo, then Gears of War, and Finally MP3/Maybe the Conduit. Nothing is above change. Even fighter are doable with the Wii's controls (not the classic). Capcom has released TVC and the reviews say that it controls well (plus, I still say SSBB is a fighting game, and I can play that game quite comfortably with the Wii-mote alone). It's silly to think that Fighting games (and any other "Classic" controlled genre) will not be changed. The talent simply hasn't emerged yet. Plus, you should remember that the arcade Fighting Game Player looks down on the Console Player. Yet who is there more of? Developers will figure it out.

So, that's my piece.