End of WII !

[paul26982]

check this out, think it will put a dint in nintendo's market

http://us.playstation.com/ps3/playstation-move/ind...

[Fabric 2.2]

Basically a repack of Eyetoy, cheeky barstewards.

ETA, look familiar? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSzmRt7HhQ

Edited by Fabric 2.2 on Tuesday 16th March 18:20

[:J:]

Good old Sony, maybe they will have an idea of their own one day ?

Edited by :J: on Tuesday 16th March 18:26

[paul26982]

if you think the sixaxis controoler was the first motion controller, was shown off at e30 in 3005 and made before that,

[MattyB_]

paul26982 said:

if you think the sixaxis controoler was the first motion controller, was shown off at e30 in 3005 and made before that,

Nope, it was attempted YEARS ago, company bought out a similar device on the Atari 2600 in the 80's. Nintendo also did the Power Glove back in the 90's, something very similar.

Both Sony and MS are just trying to get a slice of family/casual market that the Wii dominates. "Natal" is supposed to be very impressive though - and doesn't require hand-held controllers like Sony or Nintendo's setup.

[peterattheboro]

paul26982 said:

check this out, think it will put a dint in nintendo's market

http://us.playstation.com/ps3/playstation-move/ind...

I hope not. Keep all this dancing around on one format please.

I'm one of the gamers who would rather sit on the sofa with a simple joypad and relax.

[ScottishSamurai]

peterattheboro said:

paul26982 said:

check this out, think it will put a dint in nintendo's market

http://us.playstation.com/ps3/playstation-move/ind...

I hope not. Keep all this dancing around on one format please.

I'm one of the gamers who would rather sit on the sofa with a simple joypad and relax.

You don't HAVE to use it you know...

[peterattheboro]

I know but as the kids and women start buying them then they'll concentrate on that type of technology and games which means us retro gamers will lose out (eventually)

[Blue Meanie]

peterattheboro said:

I know but as the kids and women start buying them then they'll concentrate on that type of technology and games which means us retro gamers will lose out (eventually)

if you are a retro gamer, you won't be interested in the new stuff anyway, surely?

[peterattheboro]

Blue Meanie said:

peterattheboro said:

I know but as the kids and women start buying them then they'll concentrate on that type of technology and games which means us retro gamers will lose out (eventually)

if you are a retro gamer, you won't be interested in the new stuff anyway, surely?

Exactly. Bought a Wii when it came out. Sold it a few weeks later

I'm not one for prancing about the living room (Not when i'm playing games anyway)

[paul26982]

MattyB_ said:

paul26982 said:

if you think the sixaxis controoler was the first motion controller, was shown off at e30 in 3005 and made before that,

Nope, it was attempted YEARS ago, company bought out a similar device on the Atari 2600 in the 80's. Nintendo also did the Power Glove back in the 90's, something very similar.

Both Sony and MS are just trying to get a slice of family/casual market that the Wii dominates. "Natal" is supposed to be very impressive though - and doesn't require hand-held controllers like Sony or Nintendo's setup.

natal looks poor, looks like wii styled games too ,every vid and when jonhothan ross had it at his home the games looked wii like, there just look silly not real games just stupid wii things

[Fabric 2.2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uCiOYacAk

[paul26982]

Fabric 2.2 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uCiOYacAk

controversal

[Halb]

Nintendo will just invent something else while MS and Sony copy the motion trick now. I lkike my wii and I like mu xbox...diferent reasons. But I hear GoW3 will be on this natal bks and you'll have to stand up and other silly st...not what I want for my gory shoot em ups.

[paul26982]

new wii at the end of the year, specs arnt much different apparently aprt from now hd compatible etc

[stormrider2]

Fabric 2.2 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uCiOYacAk

that video made me feel a little ill. And FPSs never do that to me :S

natal, wii, ps3 motion will all die out imo. its just never been successfully carried out and just becomes a gimmick. Theres a reason control pads have been around for so long and previous motion control attempts have failed. 3d will go the same way imo.

[Halb]

stormrider2 said:

Theres a reason control pads have been around for so long and previous motion control attempts have failed. 3d will go the same way imo.

Yeh, they were the sts, they ain't the sts anymore

[freecar]

this ps3 gadget is different and nobody seems to have pointed it out yet.

The wii controller responds to movement, no movement no input.

The "move" or whatever the hell it is called is constantly tracked by the ps3, it knows which way up it is how you are holding it, it knows if you twist it in your hand. Coupled with the eyetoy device that can track you and you have something quite different. The thought is that it is so accurate that golfers would be able to use it as a trainer.

Motion control doesn't interest me as there is normally no feedback so lack immersionm, especially the wii where I felt like I was experiencing constant lag to my inputs.

I hear that Natal is useless and devs hate trying to make it work. I hear it is very hit and miss and that the first successful thing is a demo where you try to befriend a 10yr old boy, apparently it just feels as though you're the boy's bad uncle and are trying to molest him!

[Halb]

freecar said:

I hear that Natal is useless and devs hate trying to make it work. I hear it is very hit and miss and that the first successful thing is a demo where you try to befriend a 10yr old boy, apparently it just feels as though you're the boy's bad uncle and are trying to molest him!

Going to be popular with Catholic Priests then?

Edited by Halb on Thursday 18th March 09:01

[Fabric 2.2]

stormrider2 said:

Fabric 2.2 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uCiOYacAk

that video made me feel a little ill. And FPSs never do that to me :S

It's not my cup of tea either. I personally don't see the appeal (at all) for motion control of any form, but that said, it's good to see adult games being tried and tested.