windbane said:
Grampy said:
windbane said:
NJ5 said:
Perhaps the answer to Sony's problems is much simpler than we thought and windbane here at vgchartz just found it... They just have to start a Little Plastic Add-ons division. They can ride on the profits from that division throughout the recession. They just need some cool games to go with the add-ons.
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If Sony released a wii-mote-like controller with some bundled game that cost $10 more, I think people would buy it, yeah. Sony is already trying to nickle and dime LBP costumes, btw...and now "premium" themes...
What's genius about this wii-mote+ thing is that you almost have the buy the thing if you want to play the best games in the future. I mean, who wants 4 inferior wii-motes?
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I can't tell if you're trolling or just really don't get it. Motion plus is not a plastic racing wheel, a zapper or some minor piece of add on. It's not even a balance board. It is essentially the next generation in gaming control.
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Ah, zapper, I forgot about that one!
What the heck are you talking about, though? I am saying Nintendo is genius because they have made a lot of money selling bundles. It's not the next generation of gaming control, it's what the Wiimote was promised to be to begin with.
I'll just requote myself and you can reread it, because it's not trolling: "What's geniuss about this wii-mote+ thing is that you almost have the buy the thing if you want to play the best games in the future. I mean, who wants 4 inferior wii-motes?" The point is that Resort alone might just be what Wii Sports was, a demo of what is to come. it's a clever bundle to promote sales. They are guaranteed to sell 10s of millions. Good for them.
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It was NOT what it was promised to be, nor could it have been. If you care to go back to my posting at the bottom of page 9 where I go into the history of the The InvenSense IDG-600 sensor MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) in more detail, the technology in a size and price to be usable for a game controller DID NOT EXIST at the time.
The units that did (MEMS was used to provide vehicle stability control then later camera and lens image stabilization control) would have made each Wiimote cost more than the system.
The system being used was developed and built to Nintendo's standards and was not even announced until late Jan. 2008.
The Wiimote was already a huge step ofrward as witnessed by its success. At that time no one was seriously contemplating real time, one to one, 3 dimensional and full rotational sensing because the microscopic gyroscopes simply did not exist.
