Dave Perry: Gamers ignore Wii's 'sloppy' controls

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GranTurismo said:

twesterm said:

GranTurismo said:
I've played a bunch of games using the wii-mote and i must say it is very sloppy and very hard to control. I even had to have another person navigate the wii menu to get me into the game because it was impossible to control the icon on screen to get to the game. I'm sure i'm not the only person to have these problems.

3) you were standing off to the side of the TV. I'm guessing it was option 3) and in that case, you're not likely able to control the Wii well at all. That isn't a shoddy control scheme, that's just a design limitation (see that awesome spin?). Try standing in the middle of the TV or even slightly on the side and try again. I'm guessing your friend was in the right spot and didn't have a problem while you were sitting in a chair or something off to the side. If it wasn't option 3), well, then I don't know because pointing and clicking isn't that hard.

Number 3 seems to be the only thing that it could of been. He was in direct view of the TV while i was slighty to the right. But this was only by 1-2 feet. Next time when i play the wii i'll play it in the direct center of the TV. If the wii is meant to be a party toy then why would i need to be in the direct center of the Tv to play the game perfectly. Would this not destroy the party feel of the system.

 If there were 3 people and 2 of them were having no problem, and you were not in the center then that means that somebody else was probably in a similar or more extreme position than you were and not having any problems.  Which means it was either you or the remote. It could be either.

I have had 4 people play MP8 pointing from all sorts of angles at distances ranging from 8-12 ft and had little or no problems.  Most of the issues occur when pointing at the screen initially as the cursor locates itself.  Once the initial jump is done everything settles in and I am able to look down the Wiimote like a site and see that it lines up pretty well from just about any angle I can sit at in my living room and from distances beyond what they recommend.  

I will point out that my friend has had problems with low batteries causing his distance to be shortened.  With better batteries, preferably rechargeables, and remembering to recharge them, there should be no technical problems.