Banjo and Halo Wars to launch alongside 360mote in September

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Million said:
I think HD Graphics + Motion controls executed effectivley could deprive Wii of alot of it's hardcore gamer market. If MS does this right then they could increase it's competetivness against the PS3 and Wii.

 It could if games use it; if they don't, then it won't.  Also, it may not because if games start going Wii/360, then Wii would likely be the lead development platform (see PS2 last gen), so the graphics on 360 wouldn't be as great compared to Wii as they are now.  So in that case, the fact that Wii games are $10 cheaper may come into play.

 Just in my case though, I don't think i'd like the 360 version of the controller as much.  Although it could just be the pictures, it looks fatter than the Wii remote, and the 4 buttons don't look as easy to press as the A button on the wiimote (they look like they would be where my palm is, not where my thumb is... although once again, since I am just looking at the picture it could be different when I actually use it).

 Also, whats the deal with using an analog stick?  Are they not gonna have a separated analog stick? 'Cause once again, this is only a guess based on my previous play experience and may change in practice, but I would likely get confused moving and 'looking' (read: using the pointer) with the same hand.  I mean, I am just so used to leaning into something, or whatever from decades of using controllers... It may be hard for me to change my default pathways in the brain to send 2 different commands from the same part of my brain.  We'll see how it bears out in practice though; this is all conjecture and I am more than willing to give it its fair shake.  Especially for a RTS game, which is one of the genres that got me most excited for the Wii way back when

(the other being FPS for obvious reasons)

(and seriously, MoH:H2 pwned those controls when i rented it.  Now I just need to wait for one that looks like it has a decent story [Hint to Valve: I am not opposed to purchasing HL2 for a third time if nothing better comes along]).