Like most other posters in this here thread, I have serious doubts that this will be anything more than a flop. I can only name one third-party add-on that had any sort of success this past generation (the Guitar Hero controller), and people only plunk down money for that because the games are so awesome. In fact, I can't name a single other third-party console add-on EVER that has had similar success to the GH controller; most of them are horrible flops, gimmicks, and quick cash-ins.
What people fail to understand is that the Wii Remote is successful because there's an entire console, with a 4-5 year lifespan ahead of it, geared exclusively toward that specific control system. Unless Sony were to, at the very least, bundle these motion-sensing doohickeys with a PS2, they'll never take off.
So, yep. After this Christmas, we'll have one more failed gadget to add to the pile of junky third-party console accessories.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
