psmote xmote confirmed?
from what i read the tech is about more accelerometers.
Galaki said:
Is that supposed to be a trick question? It's obviously 4-D. |
Well, yeah, but then the video game industry would be completely casual-ized. And then they wouldn't be games.
Okami
To lavish praise upon this title, the assumption of a common plateau between player and game must be made. I won't open my unworthy mouth.
It will be interesting to see the financial terms they have with this company.
There are 30m Wii units in the market - and probably close to 100m Wiimotes.
If Ninty is serious about "getting all Wiimotes upgraded" (making it affordable to do so), there is a serious cost involved.
If Ninty pays InvenSense say $2 per 'Motion +' unit - that is $200m over the existing 100m Wiimotes.
If the Wii ends up selling 100m units lifetime, there could be as many as 250m - 350m Wiimotes in the market. If there is one Motion + for each Wiimote (or they end up getting bundled or even built-in), that could come to $500m - $700m in license fees.
Covering that would be the primary reason I think Ninty should look at purchasing the company - but its likely that whatever deal they have done with them has involved a significant upfront payment, in exchange for either a significantly reduced license fee for a period of time.
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These numbers are all estimates, but I just want to demonstrate the lifetime quantities of money/license fees that could be involved.
Gesta Non Verba
Nocturnal is helping companies get cheaper game ratings in Australia:
Wii code: 2263 4706 2910 1099
As far as I can tell, Nintendo has already whupped MS and Sony in the motion control field. It has nothing to do with technology, but everything to do with passion.
If MS or Sony release a *mote, they'll only be doing it to say 'Oh, we have motion controls too!'. It'll never catch on because that's not what their consoles are about. Everybody knows that in order to make a good Wii game you need good motion controls, the same way that everyone knows in order to make a PS3/360 game you need cutting edge graphics. The same way that graphics are suffering on the wii because they aren't the main sell behind the games, support for any new *motes will be almost non-existent beyond 1st parties because they aren't why people are buying games for those systems.
Look at games like Lair on the PS3: They use motion control, but their hearts aren't in it.
Wii has more 20 million sellers than PS3 has 5 million sellers.
Acolyte of Disruption
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