What does do you mean by linear and unlinear when used in that context?

Linear means that the input can only occur in a fixed few directions (ie. left-to-right, left-right-up-down, etc.). Non-linear means that the input is allowed in a much wider space, consisting of at least two free dimensions of movement (X/Y, Y/Z, or X/Z).

Oh ok that's better. If that is the case then hopefully motion plus will sell well so more games utilize it. I'm sure it will since it is being packed in with Wii Sports.

Motion Plus might have been a hasty reaction from Nintendo when they realized the controller needed more inputs.

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Yes, that is how the industry is progressing, and as I said I counted the Wii's inputs as 16, not 10.

However I don't think you can just count the inputs and say that that's how good the controller is. Take for example, the N64 had 4 c buttons, whereas the GC had one c stick. In a game like smash bros or Soul Calliber II, the GC cstick was used as 4 independent buttons, but in many 1st person games it was used to control the camera, and did it much more effectively than 4 c buttons ever could

The way I see the evolution

dpad < analogue stick < motion controls. With the mouse having a similar purpose

buttons, for the most part, you dont actually need all that many, what's more important to me is how they're positioned.

What games actually use all the buttons?

^ games like tempest 2000, myst, flashback, syndicate and of course white men can't jump, i don't which game used all of the buttons though, i am 80% sure tempest used all of the buttons

Don't you people understand?

Since the early 1980s, 80-130 keys. The end.