Do you, Sony and Microsoft see a future in Motion Control?

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I've said this from the very beginning after first seeing a Wii in action. A combination of motion sensing, pointing, gesturing, and traditional controls will be part of every manufacturers control scheme before this generation ends...

Part of the reason is that LCD/Plasma don't work with traditional light-guns and hence the reason the gun-con with TC 4 on the PS3 uses a system similar to the Wii...

That type of control will be refined/improved over time... Gyroscopic mice have been around for a number of years on the PC platform and provide for quite accurate controls. I suspect future implementations will use Gyros, IR, and Accelerometers to provide more accurate positioning in 3D space.

Ideally, I'd love to see a controller like the 360's wireless pad that had a small "brick" in it that contained the 3D control technology. "pop" it out of the controller and put it in something more ergonomic than the wii-mote but still similar for a point and shoot type game. That would open up a world of possibilities in gaming.

That said, peripherals never do as well as included controllers. For this type of technology to succeed on the current 360 and/or the PS3, it would have to come with a phenomenal game that basically everyone wants. The price would have to be no more than any other top shelf game. Microsoft would need to encourage 3rd parties to patch games to take advantage of point and shoot technology before it gets released.... Say halo 3, COD4, and Bioshock... that'll move units...

It'll happen. Microsoft has never been an innovator. In their role as an imitator, however, they do spend quite a bit of time trying to refine and come up with a better offering to crush the innovator. Look for it soon on your 360. It's in their nature and they can't help it.