Biggest step forward for gaming in the 21st century

[SvennoJ]

curl-6 said:

SvennoJ said:

It's still not mainstream though. Touch screen is a mainstream breakthrough. But it sucks for gaming :/

Minority report type control, will that ever happen? Mind / voice control combined with eye tracking might be more convenient. All 3 still need a lot of work though. Yet I don't see people 'air typing' with motion control. And why would they, blind typing on touch screen is super fast.

For gaming it's not mainstream either. It's still an add-on for games, only a primary control scheme in VR and very few games outside VR. Yet there is still a lot of time left in the 21st century :)

It is mainstream though; it's the default for most of the best selling games on the best selling system on the market; Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Party, Ring Fit Adventure, Switch Sports, Pokémon Let's Go, Splatoon 2, Splatoon 3, Luigi's Mansion 3...

These aren't niche games, they're mainstream hits that have sold tens of millions of copies.

Yes, but is it really a big step forward. Touch screen quickly became the main control scheme. Motion control is still extra.

If it's not a fitness game, it's only an additional way to do some actions. Motion control was far more 'mainstream' last gen, Wii gen where Skyward Sword could only be played with motion control. TotK I can't remember a single thing I used motion control for (played with the controller, does it do any motion stuff?)

Anyway it's still a big enhancement to games and gaming in the 21st century. It's the primary control scheme in a lot of VR games, critical step forward. One day it will be mainstream!