| swyggi said: I believe that these are the two concepts that separate the 360 and PS3 from the Wii and contribute to the overall conflict between the two types of gaming.
It's clear that Nintendo chose Interaction for this generation and Sony and MS chose Immersion. Anybody can pick up and play the Wii while interacting with what is happening in the game. However, interaction takes away from immersion, or the ability to subconsciously become a part of a game world without having to think about what you are doing like pressing a button. Traditional gamers are more fond of games that take them away from reality and put them into another world. The Wii makes it difficult to be immersed due to the controls themselves and the constant awareness of reacting to the gameplay by moving. When you're moving your heart will beat faster than if you didn't do anything obviously giving you awareness of the situation.
One of the other major differences between Immersion and Interaction is play time. When a player is immersed in a game, the play time will be much higher due to the player being "lost" in the game.
This is not to say that you can't be immersed while interacting with a game. But if the interaction wasn't there, you'd more likely be more immersed into the game itself. Conflicting joy can happen in interaction, sometimes a gamer won't care for the controls and just care about the game, other times the gamer likes a combination of both. It differs for people.
Interaction provides a sense of uniqueness to a game. To do something on the outside of a game and effect the inside of a game usually induces a good feeling of joy and accomplishment. The one problem with this is that if the game that is being played with these controls is not up to snuff in terms of the actual game itself according to the gamers tastes, the controls become almost useless to give off a radiant joy of accomplishment. This is where the line is drawn from someone who prefers the Wii and someone who prefers either the PS3 or 360.
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For me the new method of interaction is actually what CREATES immersion. I feel more immersed in a tennis game when I'm swinging my remote than when I'm pressing a button. Graphics don't affect my immersion level. I actually have the ability to use what they call "willing suspension of disbelief." It's what sucks you into a movie or a book or a video game. It's been around since the beginning of time. Hell, when they first showed The Great Train Robbery in theaters in 1903, people ran out screaming when a robber pointed a gun at the camera becuase IT WAS SO FUCKING REAL. This was before color or even sound. Pixels don't create immersion.
