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whatever on 15 July 2008

So it looks like the 1:1 motion add-on was not a pre-emptive strike against M$.  So does that mean it could be a pre-emptive strike against Sony?  Do we see a Piimote?  I hope not, it would look rather desparate, especially now.



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HappySqurriel on 15 July 2008

Honestly, I think Nintendo wanted to release just enough information to pique people's interest and get them to think about how it could be used before demonstrating it. There are hundreds of question that people want answered that relate to how well it works, how many games will use it, how Nintendo will package it, how it actually works, and so on ...

In other words, I don't think Nintendo announced this to impact Sony/Microsoft as much as they announced this to get people more involved with what was going to happen at Nintendo's keynote.



Kyros on 15 July 2008

I hope not, it would look rather desparate


Depends on how good it is. It won't be a game changer that is true (since it isn't available on all consoles it will be as inconsequential as the 1:1) but we all agree that the next console generation of all three contenders will have some kind of motion controls, I mean the PS3 already has it even if its rather shoddy. So both MS and Sony will release some kind of add-on and they will test it with the current gen. That MS didn't show it at E3 only means that it hasn't been ready yet.



megaman79 on 15 July 2008

35 min we will find out.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.