In-depth comparison of the big three's motion controllers.

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superchunk said:
Very good dipiction of the actual hardware, however, ignoring the most important part makes this thread fail.

Games. These devices weren't created to build new computing products and interfaces. They were created to play games.

Natal will be unable to play the greater majority of existing genres. No buttons or controller at all makes it useless to the mass amount of games. Adding a controller and using this as a enhancer of some sort won't really make the game better in potentially any case. That is not saying some games could really utilize this, I for one would love an RTS with this, but as a whole this could NEVER be a primary control device for any console.

Sony's wand tries to mitigate that but again, no nunchuk like controller. Again a very limited device for all the same reasons that Natal will fail.

WM+ w/ the nunchuk is the only motion controller that gives you precise movements in 3D space while still being able to play any genre effectively.

So, maybe in terms of pure tech its Natal, Sony, Wiimote; but in terms of actual usuage and viability as a game controller, Wiimote is WAY ahead of the other two.

MS and Sony's products won't be anything but a niche device on a handful of games.

Although I was just comparing the technologies by thesemselves, this pretty much sums it up how I feel. Sony and Microsoft are a few years too late. I'm sure there will be some nice software for it, but the selection will be very limited.