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Gamerace on 02 March 2010
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Sharky54 said:
Gamerace said:
Wass said:
Gamerace said:
I don't think Arc is going to make much difference for Sony either way. If it sells well, it'll probably be on the scale of the Eyetoy on PS2 (preportionately to PS3 base). If it doesn't... well... it'll quickly and quietly be forgotten about. Like Nintendo's Power Glove.

It certainly won't be a catastrophe. Nor even much of a missed oppurtunity.

That all depends on what Sony shows us at GDC.

Imagine a The Elder Scrolls game with the Arc? I'd totally waggle the shit out of the Adoring Fan.


Having owned a Wii since launch I guarantee you the novelty of that would wear off fast.  As soon as your arms start cramming.  It's great for short bursts (Wii Sport Resort) but for hours on end?   We'll see how Red Steel 2 fares.

Most traditional games were never intended for motion.  Some sports titles work well and surprising sandbox games really benefit but for pretty much anything else, traditional core gamers will very quickly lose their interest in Arc (or Natal) and go back to the controls they grew up with to play traditional games.  I've heard so many people complain that dual analog is better for FPS than Wiimote but that's just because they can't aim, but they have years of practise moving an analog stick.  Arc will have the exact same issues.   That is why Nintendo never focused on winning over that crowd in the first place.

Sony and microsoft have already won that crowd. They are trying to each take a bite out of nintendo's pie now. Thats why they are doing this.

Oh I get that.   But I don't see them having much success there.   Few casual gamers will become multi-system owners.  And if you're a casual gamer (I hate that term) looking to buy your first system  Wii has a far, far more extensive library of games for you, is cheaper and doesn't require additional purchases for motion control.   

If that's the target market then using DS3 as a nunchuk is a MASSIVE mistake.  The wiimote is designed to look as unintimidating as possible.  It's made to look like a TV remote.   That's why Nunchuk is totally seperate and optional, so as to not scare away people who 'don't get' current controllers.    If you give them an Arc and then say, but you still have to use this controller with a gazillion buttons and knobs, but with only one hand now, they'll be immediately turned off.

Natal has some merit as it'll be seen as entirely new but Arc screams 'me too' 'Wii clone' to the casual observer.    Where Arc (and Natal) may succeed is in getting the wives of current owners to use PS3's (360's) and buy games like EA Sport Active and probably Boom Blox.

In the end, it'll all depend on the 'games'.  On that front I'd give Sony the edge over MS as Sony knows how to make games for non-gamers.  MS doesn't.