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It's March of 2010, and Sony has just officially announced the PlayStation Move. Why? Because the Nintendo Wii has sold over 53,000,000 consoles! Motion controllers are upon us whether we want them or not.

Now I've been playing games since 1986, so about 24 years or so. In my 24 years of gaming I've had one hell of a time, and through the evolution of controllers i have also acquired a very large skill set for a control pad. Every gamer has. Up until a few years ago, major console releases gave us 3 main things better looking games, better sounding games and a new improved version of the original Nintendo Famicom game pad, and I loved it.

That was until November 19, 2006 when Nintendo released the Wii. The Wii did not look much better than the Game Cube, it did not have a game pad as it's main input device, and most shocking of all... it was not designed for hardcore (longtime / highly skilled) players. Nintendo claimed it was targeting a new market. Their gamble has payed off so far. 53,590,289 Wii consoles sold and going strong.

In this industry, money talks and although the 360 and PS3 combined outsell the Wii now, their sales are split between 2 different company's, and PS3 and 360 fan boys are too busy flaming eachother to realize they are on the same team. Now with The PlayStation Move and Natal releases on the horizon, I see some hope with motion controls coexisting with traditional game pads.

I guess what I'm trying to say is this I genuinely felt betrayed by Nintendo with the Wii, after years and countless hours with Nintendo consoles they throw out their baby (The game pad), and with it the gamers that they created. Myself being one of them I hope they find a place for hardcore gamers in the future.

2 Questions Do you believe motion controls are the future or just a fad? Is Nintendo's next system going to be next gen or another R&D experiment?

Hi Joshua!

I bet there was some good info and a good opinion in this, but not many people will read this. Check out Jeff Cork's forum rules listed below to learn how to not do this. I look foward to reading threads from you, but I'm not reading that, but welcome and enjoy your stay on GIO (also the above image is from the rules listed below so that is an actual rule here on GIO. Thanks).

http://gameinformer.com/forums/f/32/t/3729.aspx

Dudes right I skimmed through it because aint noway I'ma reading that big ass slab of words all the way through.

But IMO motions controls are a step in the right direction. Why innovate games and not the way we play them?

Wtf? too long? lol Better? lmao Gotta talk like a high school girl texting now? Man i love what we have become. Only joking, but I did break it up so people would quit crying. hey I'm a gamer not a writer.

JW is right.  It's not that big of a paragraph (though technically it should be broken up).  Seriously, show of hands - how many of you have ever read a novel?  Do you have that WOT image like on a trigger finger just itching to post it at somebody?  Grow up.

OT:  Motion controls are apparently the future whether anyone really wants them or not.  I do expect bolder things from Nintendo, and hopefully the full package will come with graphics and sound, too.

@ Wilson:

The problem isn't that it's too long. It's that there aren't enough breaks in your post.

Like this.

People tend to dislike posts that aren't structured well, regardless of length.

@ Imbalance:

Trigger finger? For a shooter? No, sir, we keep the missile launch codes ready and on standby at all times.

Thanks for changing the structure. I believe the motion controls are going to be the future. It may end up being a phase, but I believe its been growing over the last decade and is finally coming full circle. However it will be interesting what gamers will want from motion gaming. Natal or the Sony move and Wii? 

However what counts the most is the games that are made for the motion controls. Right now casual games lead the way for motion gaming, but hopefully we'll get more Zeldas, Madworlds, and Metroids in the future for the more hardcore gamers. 

By the way I really like the name of the thread. :)

@Naked Snake: I'm definitely with you in saying that the success of motion-based controllers is based on their compatibility with serious, more hardcore games. I have only three games for the Wii and have no interest in buying any more at the moment.

I believe that motion controls could be the future, but only if they're reliable, responsive, and easy to use. If the ultimate goal of future gaming is it to make it as realistic as possible (i.e. enhanced graphics, ambient sound, etc.) then motion controls would be a step in the right direction.

Motion controllers are a next logical step in gaming evolution.  I think what will come next is either brain implant controllers, holodecks, or we will upload our brains into computers and be IN the gaming environment itself.

LOL!