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Gamerace on 13 June 2008
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Million said:
Gamerace said:
Copying the Wiimote is generally a bad idea. Why would I get a PS3/360 for motion games when they have little such games to offer, and higher costs when I could get a Wii which has every game motion controlled, IR, plus balance board, wii wheel, 'lightgun' and lord knows what else they'll introduce this year and is cheaper to boot? Graphics? Not a seller for the mass market.

I think it's safe to assume that Sony wouldn't release a motion controller without the software to support it , Getaway and Eight Days wern't cancled for no reason I believe ( and didn't the article say something to effect of.. ) there needs to be a redistribution of resources to meet Sony's change in strategy.

The only real cost disadvantage Sony will experience from releasing Wii-Type games are the cost of the Blu-Ray , I don't think developing SMG for the PS3 would have cost anymore for the PS3 than it did the Wii if the developers actualy know what they are doing , in most cases they will as casual games are usualy more generic/simple in nature and don't really need to push the hardware.

It's ironic because the pesimistic view you hold is similar to those who criticised the Wii and said that it could never succeed.

 @HellFish , why would that matter ? Nothing about Nintendo Wii is actualy new .


Of course their will be 'some' software to support it - almost completely 1st party with a few 3rd party tossaway games.  But how does that compare to Wii have (almost) every single game supporting it?  It doesn't and that's the point.   The Wiimote IS the essence of Wii.  Gameplay is designed with it in mind.

With the PS3 (or 360) motion sensors some games may have an optional control scheme for it but games will be made based around the dualshock/sixaxis controller which every PS3 owner has not a peripheral that a few may have.  That's the problem with the idea of doing it now.

The other problem is that this will only put them to where Nintendo started - two years ago.  They will still be well behind Nintendo in appealling to the mass market.

Your right about pricing - if someone also wants a blu-ray player.

For the record, I'm one of the only people here who predicted Wii would be a huge success when it launched.