A bit harsh when refering to Sony.

Well, yeah. When Sony does it, its cool. When they add motion controls, it is no longer gimmicky. If they do not add rumble, it is because it is last-gen technology- though they 'changed' their minds about it (Immersion settlement).

@MikeB: I'm talking about the PS2, NOT the PS3... You honestly don't think I like spending over 600 Euro's for an import console only for an upscale for PS2 games?! Nice try! No one told me that PS2 games would look like sh*t on a LCD TV and you would say that at least a KH2 and FFXII would have a progressive scan option, but no....

@DonWII I'm not harsh, that's my true and personal opinion and feeling when I plug in a KH2 in the PS2 and see it on screen.

 So funny one month ago you said you will for sure buy a PS3 now you are bashing it again and provocate PS3 fans like you already did on other forums.

You must be really desperate to acting like a child of 12 when you are in real life 30+

One month ago? Are you crazy? That was like 9 months ago, dream on...

It's an idea, and possibly worth it for Sony to take a shot at this idea. However, as DonWii mentioned mentioned above, peripherals simply don't capture enough of the market for this ever to be more than a niche phenomenon. The reason why the PS2 continues to do well today is largely due to its gigantic installed base of more than 100 million. If new games are released that will only work with a motion-sensing controller, that install base drops down to 0, killing the biggest edge of the PS2.

Here are the groups Sony would need to convince for this to be a success:

* Convince developers to make games using the motion-sensing controls.

* Convince consumers to purchase the motion-sending controller.

* Convince consumers to continue supporting the PS2 even longer into the future with game purchases.

It looks like an attractive idea on paper: hey, why not get all those PS2 owners to upgrade with our new controller, undercutting the Wii's market! Unfortunately, the precedents for this in the gaming industry are not good. Developers rarely support peripherals; why spent a lot of money developing a game only a small portion of your install base can use? That's not a winning proposition. Getting consumers to buy an "upgrade" for their existing systems has also historically been a losing venture. Does anyone else remember Sega's disasters with Sega CD and 32X? How about Nintendo's 64DD? Consumers aren't as stupid as companies like to think they are. In the mid 90s, they could see that it was better to wait for a new Saturn/Playstation/N64 rather than wasting money on junk like the 32X. I think most consumers today are intelligent enough to do the same, investing in a brand-new Wii rather than a slowly dying PS2 with tacked-on motion controls.

Copycats almost never do as well as the original. Every succcessful game spawns imitators, but the sales rarely match that of the innovator. Think of how many copiers there have been of Pokemon, The Sims, and Doom (to name a few off the top of my head). Consumers would know who was imitating who, and I believe that the sales would reflect that.

 basically ps123 pads  born from snes one...

so still nintendo is the base where others build...

on the internet there is a genealogical tree of pads. 

http://www.axess.com/twilight/console/

look at exchange of ideas between nintendo and sega...and how microsoft used exp on dreamcast for xbox pad...

 then look at sony column...how sad...

 Maybe Crazy but not a **** liar B***H.

@ ALKO

Its too late for a Sony PS2 Wand add-on.

For some reason, people are not willing to pay $35 for a wand-controller plus $30-50 for a game. But people are willing to pay $250 for a new wand-enabled console. That's just how the market works.

People are also willing to pay $60-70 for Guitar Hero + guitar-controller. That's just how the market works.