Did Nintendo's 1:1 MotionPlus kill the 360's Newton?

[steven787]

Gamerace said:

Pre-E3 there was no shortage of rumour about what Microsoft would do:

Drop price - Check (clearance sale though)

Introduce Avatars - Check

Change the dashboard - Check

Beg casuals to buy 360 - Check

Show known games - Check

Get FFXIII - Whoa! What?! Okay no rumour on that one. Good job MS on keeping one secret.

Of course the biggest and most pervasive rumour was the introduction of a 360 motion controller to go with Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. A rumour seemingly confirmed in a video where they apparently shake the controller to shake an item free on screen.

All the other rumours were right but the 'Newton' motion controller was a no-show (except some motion control in Lips in a minor way).

Could it be that Nintendo's surprise announcement of MotionPlus add-on that gives Wii-motes true 1:1 control made the Newton seem so inferior MS decided to pull it at the last second?? Maybe to introduce it later? Or modify it first?

Or was this one rumour that had no substance to begin with?

 

I was following until we got here.

There was no motion controller.  That video you reference was some comment to the effect of "shake the thing" meaning press "x" to shake.  Just like when they say "Now kill the guy," they don't mean to kill the guy literally just press a button to kill the guy.

Next, on to your question.  No.

MS would not invest millions into R&D and bring it as far along as those stupid rumors were saying it was and pull it the day before.