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Motion controls hit the mainstream so hard people don't even think about them any more. Think about how many devices have gyroscopes / accelerometers and how many games use them without you even thinking about it.

Think about all of the people who say motion controls were a fad and virtual reality is the true next big thing. Think about them and laugh. The joke is that gyroscopes & accelerometers, AKA motion controls, are the core technology which allows VR to work.

Motion controls can and do coexist with other control types. People just prefer to 'see no evil' and pretend it doesn't exist. They don't think of Star Power in Guitar Hero as something that is triggered with motion controls. They don't think of Journey as a motion-controlled game because it just maps camera controls to the gyro.