What you guys call a motion control is known as a gesture interface: http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/10/02/the-future-it-is-all-a-gesture/
Sony had one with Eyetoy on the Playstation 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeToy
Unfortunately because this was invented in Great Britain Sony did not put the resources they should have behind it. It would have been a world beater.
I believe that Nintendo saw the potential in Eyetoy that Sony had missed. Hence the gesture interface in the Wii.
FWIW Microsoft are very strongly tipped to bring out a gesture interface for the 360 this year. This could be optical, ultrasonic, accelerometers, or any of a range of other technologies that are available. The 360 will also see some very sharp price reductions this year. And Live is a lot better and a long way ahead of any comparable offering. And 360 out grossed Wii for total revenue in the USA in 2007.
Do not get Wii blind to the point of underestimating Microsoft.
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