I like nothing more that trying to fudge my brain into working in mirror motion, as I look at the screen and try and move some card indicator thing like a rejected village person. I like a short delay as well, so my antics look ever worse when trying to play a game.
Maybe attach some electrodes, and if I don't react in time then I get electrocuted, possibly killed.
Personally I can't be bothered. Not with new concepts in gaming, I'm talking about these new ideas on how we interact with games. What the hell is wrong with a controller?. Some people work, and when they get home they don't want to flail around the living room like a cut snake. Nintendo aim their games at people who are at home all day with little to do, besides maybe watching Jeremy Kyle. But that's not to say they skimp on their games, they still maintain quality.
My guess is that the problem with controllers is that everybody already has one, and they can only charge a modest amount for one. Give the gamers a wise-cracking goldfish on a stick, that they control by flaring their nostrils, and they'll be happy because they are so stupid.
The difference with the Wii, is that most of those games have substance, they are not gimmicks because they take themselves very seriously sometimes - players can be better or worse, it's not a bit melting pot of generic un-challenging gameplay. These Wii games are not Warioware or Rabbid Rabbits or whatever you call them - there is more to them than MS and Sony are assuming, and it'll kick them both in the butt.
Do we need to think back on Sony's previous attempts at doing anything APART from their old standard controller? Anyone remember EyeToy 1?
Personally, from me, they can both stuff it - cram both their new gadgets and not bother me with any of it. We have an affordable platform for virtual reality for once, and they are more interested in making webcam games and joystick jugglers.
Personally I would develop an all-in gaming chair solution, 3D VR specs, console built in, bolt on accessories like steering wheel, USB controller support, PC hardware based... A full VR station for less than £600, or about the same as you'd spend on a console and a TV. That's my idea a the future of videogames, and I've been waiting 20 years, now it's affordable and has real potential, it's ignored in favor of teaching a virtual monkey how to draw a penis. The market seems to sway, back and forth between hardcore and softcore gaming, and people are being left by the wayside if they don't want to play that particular flavor of the month. Look at GTA4, we go from the crazy Slovac and his greasy cousin, causing general mayhem and having a good time. Now we add on Ballad of Gay Tony, with the dancing, and the casual sex, and not dying when you fall off a building. They took a brilliant game and sold it (again) to people who never liked the game in the first place. People should have just gotten San Andreas, more game, less money, same features.
Shouldn't we be moving FORWARD, not going back to Eyetoy and Seaman and pretending to have relationships with freakin pixels. The facebook generation will come out with some horrific games if we let them.
