Wii Motion Plus, 1 year later

[Alby_da_Wolf]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Pyro as Bill said:

I don't ever remember Nintendo claiming 1:1 for the original Wiimote.

"

Iwata: I suppose the obvious question is: if it offers such huge advantages, why didn’t you use it in the Wii Remote from the very start?

Takamoto: We actually looked into the idea of including a gyro sensor at the very start of the Wii Remote’s development. But the idea was rejected due to issues of both space and cost which attaching a gyro sensor would entail.

Iwata: I see. But gyro sensors are measuring devices that have actually been around for a considerable amount of time, aren’t they?

Takamoto: That’s right. They were originally called gyroscopes and were used to measure angle and rotation speed in rockets and the navigation systems of ships. But they were very bulky instruments.

Iwata: They’re fitted in the noses of airplanes as well, aren’t they?

Takamoto: Right. That’s the sort of size we’re talking about. And let’s not forget that they were also extremely expensive."

If you swallow this bullshit, you'll get enterocolitis.

Low cost, small size gyroscopes based on vibrating elements instead of the more bulky rotors were already available when Wii entered its final development stages. Wikipedia is your friend and you'll be able to find enough dates for several kind of gyros.

But were those small gyros effective enough to fill the needs of the Motion ? Unless you can verify that, their story is not bullshit.

OK, I already gave enough infos, but let's make it even easier:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrating_structure_gyroscope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarioWare:_Twisted!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIXAXIS

BTW, WM Plus itself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_MotionPlus uses a kind of vibrating gyro tech that was first conceptually devised more than 60 years ago, can you honestly believe that it remained expensive and bulky until after 2006, then it became suddenly compact and affordable in 2008-2009?

Edit: anyway, it's quite obvious that not including it since the beginning and not even including it in new consoles after release and selling it separately only for older ones, made it receive less SW support and opened a big opportunity to PS Move that otherwise should have fought a much stronger and better established rival, and would have made Wii receive more "hardcore" games too. So if Nintendo is fine with how it made things go, who are we to argue?