motion controls, will they ever appeal to the "core" gamers?

[SvennoJ]

Even the best examples sill don't convince me.

Some things were better in skyward sword, but giving up camera control is a big deal breaker. Plus I never got it to respond correctly more then 80% of the time. The mix of 1:1 and gesture recognition for sword fighting caused it to fail regularly or do the opposite.
The gladiator duels in sports champions work a lot better, but I wouldn't want to do that for more then half an hour at a time. Plus you still lose a lot of freedom of movement and moving through solid objects stays a problem.

Shooting is better in fps, but mostly when you're stationary. Running around, quickly checking left, right while strafing forward, going around the corner through a door, all less convenient with pointer controls. Maybe with a lot of practice it will become easier, I had to get used to dual analog after years of kb+mouse too. But it still feels limitting after 3 campaigns, 1 on the wii and 2 with move. Going back to a controller afterwards feels liberating. And since there is a choice this time, why play the limiting version.

Anyway those are the big things that hold it back for me, camera control and freedom of movement. Better accuracy and responsiveness are not going to solve those problems.

I still enjoy motion controls in plenty games build for it, but not as a full replacement for traditional 'core' games. Enhancements are fine.