An X-mote Opinion Thread: By Zenfoldor

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Legend11 said:
What I don't understand in all this is that it was Nintendo fans who were (and still are) praising the Wii remote and trying to convince gamers on other consoles that it's superior to a gamepad in many ways and it's the future. So why is it now when it's revealed that Microsoft may be coming out with their own that some Nintendo fans seem to have endless reasons why they shouldn't and some are bashing Microsoft because of it?

Either the Wii remote is a good controller and a good idea or it's not, you can't have it both ways. So to those arguing that Microsoft shouldn't bring out such a controller and bashing them for it tell us why it's a bad idea for them to give more gamers the choice to use such a controller. Why are you in particular arguing that it's better to use a standard controller over one similar to the Wii remote?

Here's what I think... The only advantage the Wii has gamewise (at least in some games) over the 360 and PS3 is it's controller. If both Microsoft and Sony brought out similar controllers then that advantage gets thrown out the window. For example no longer would some Nintendo fans be able to say they want Resident Evil 5 on the Wii because of superior controls because the 360 and PS3 would have the same plus better graphics, etc. No longer would the Wii make sense for THE killer Star Wars lightsaber game because the 360 and PS3 would have the same thing plus better graphics, etc. No longer would the Wii's controller be able to be thrown in the faces of other console gamers. They would then be left having to say that they wanted exclusives which would be inferior versions of games that could be make on the 360 and PS3 simply because of the Wii's installed base.

I agree. You should check out my "pros" section.

 

Either way, speaking strictly from a marketing and profit perspective, I think the X-mote might be doomed to failure, and could drag the Xbox brand down with it, regaurdless of my feelings.

 

I personally, being a Wii fan, am very excited about this. I feel that it completely owns many of the Microsoft fanboys who for years have used the term "waggle" to marginalize motion controls.

 

With the X-mote, they won't be marginalizable anymore, they will be simply "gamings future, by Nintendo."

 

Next gen, I see all controls similar to the 6 axis with IR pointing abilities and motion controls, and things like this cement my belief.

 

MS fanboys have been the most outspoken critics of the Wii-mote and the Wii in general. It seems that MS doesn't feel the same way.

 

All of the "Wii is 2 Gamecubes duct-taped together" are thrown out the window. Microsoft, the respected name in the american entheusiast press, validates the Wii and what its trying to do, by trying to make itself more like the Wii.

 

I don't look at this as a threat towards the Wii, but instead a validation of Nintendo's philosophy.