These are the last few paragraphs of Matt Casamasina's GDC blog.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/107/1077008p1.html

It's anecdotal and unproven and I know from experience that it's never so black and white. The fact of the matter is, the Wii remote shipped with so many problems that Nintendo was forced to release an upgrade device that even needs constant recalibration. And Wii MotionPlus? Word on the street is that the heat from your hands de-calibrates the sensor. It's still not perfect by any means, but it's workable, and I think that by the time Natal ships, it will be workable too, even if developers have to kill themselves getting it there. Lest we not forget that there are some amazing games for Wii and whether by ingenuity or simple trickery, the motion controls sometimes feel fantastic.

What I do find very telling about both some of these public unveilings and secret murmurings, however, is just how difficult it seems to be to nail motion controls. People love to shrug off Nintendo's work. Hell, I've done it. But for all the primitive graphics surrounding the Wii Sports experience, there's some pretty fancy handiwork powering the gameplay controls -- and I think Microsoft and Sony are only now discovering just how fancy it really is.

Speaking of Nintendo, everyone seems to be waiting for word on the company's next system. It's the go-to question in interviews. "Yes, I understand Wii sold a bazillion units in December alone, but hey -- when's Wii HD coming?" Yeah -- I'm guilty of that one, too. And it's no different when I talk to developers and publishers, nearly all of whom receive the obligatory query about new hardware -- what and when? I always resign myself to the no comment or the no idea, but at GDC I struck a bit of a niblet when a developer said Nintendo told him it would be ready to roll with Wii 2 in 2012. Anybody with a brain would probably guess as much, but it is even so always refreshing to hear so from a semi-official source.

Of course, the NPD numbers just hit and the Wii dominance is at an end. Outsold in February by Xbox 360, ending a forever-long winning streak. And PS3 was not far behind, either. We'll just have to see if Nintendo isn't willing to move that date forward.

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Nothing like imposing the realities of 2010 on something that was released in 2006 (the critique of the Wii Remote).

The great irony is that in the bashy, he is being "complementary" to Nintendo.

It also shows the pre-occupation with graphics on the part of game "journalists."

Mike from Morgantown

Takeaways so far: Sony has made a dildo-controller that feels like a gimped Wii remote. Natal sucks. And Wii 2 is in no rush. At least, that's how it goes in pure black and white and if you believe everything you hear at this year's Game Developers Conference. Of course, if you do, then maybe you'll also believe that GameCube's fill rate is much better than Xbox's and therefore Nintendo's hardware is superior. Right?

No, the bullshit.

That's just Cassamassina though, the others don't have quite the reputation for making shit up.

A blog is an opinion. It's really getting annoying, he doesnt see the Wii as the great thing yu guys think it is, a lot of people think that way too. He critized the faults just like praises the good. I don't always agree with him, but that's his views, deal with it.

A blog is an opinion. It's really getting annoying, he doesnt see the Wii as the great thing yu guys think it is, a lot of people think that way too. He critized the faults just like praises the good. I don't always agree with him, but that's his views, deal with it.

You might not have noticed the bullshit comment about Wii motion plus, but that's what I was talking about. Not his opinion.

Then there's Kid Icarus, Halo DS, Gameboy Evolution etc. etc. They may have grains of truth to them, but Cassamassina takes the littlest tech demo or rumour he's heard and makes them fact.

Dude, did you read the amount crap he said aboutthe PS3 and the Move? that's what he does, he's IGN version of TWESTERM. He hates everyting except what he likes. I don't care because that's his opinion.

He can have his own opinion, he can't have his own facts. You're really missing the point by continually pretending the only thing he says or said is "opinion".