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blizzid on 24 March 2009

My bet is it will fail spectacularly, for both systems.

Most people think the Wii is so successful due to motion controls, but that's not it - it's the way Nintendo markets those motion controls. (Actually, it's the way Nintendo markets the entire Wii experience - but motion controls are a big part of that.) Unless it has a brilliant marketing campaign to back it up, I don't see the GameTrak Freedom going anywhere.

Of course, I could always be wrong.



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Roma on 24 March 2009

Oh wow they are advancing in to the future! Lame and so late but the PS360 will be all over this thing now. Suddenly motion controls are cool :P



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Arius Dion on 24 March 2009

Now this is what I'd call a "gimmick."



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1337 Gamer on 24 March 2009

Yay good graphics and motion controls this will be a day 1 purchase for me



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Carl on 24 March 2009

This is interesting, kinda reminds me of something ive seen before... cant think what though

Anyway... this should put a small dent in the Wii's sales, seeing that its on the 360 first it should be marketed heavily by MS. Will be interesting to see what MS + Sony have planned for this also...



                            

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pakidan101 on 24 March 2009

*sigh* if this is a third-party company making this, then why will there be 360 games supporting this controller?

Unless Microsoft buys the damn company, why will there be any support?



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nightsurge on 24 March 2009
megaman79 said:
seece said:
darthdevidem01 said:
seece said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@seece

lets see

GDC will reveal more secrets & mysteries that shroud that game!

Hopefully!

I do wonder how the Wii will fare if this catchs on ....

 

Come on seece...for it to cause any harm to wii it will need BIG advertising.....will the companies do that? who knows

It depends how much Microsoft gets behind this, I mean it is the route they seem to be taking, casual gaming.

If it does ... and devs start using it on the PS360 ... what will be the Wii's unique selling point?

 

Man, ir pointer for shooters, u know the most popular genre on those systems.

Ofcourse theres the history and experience of making games for kids and everybody, the reason why its sold so well.

 

 

You've stated twice now that IR pointers are somehow better.  Unfortunately, you are wrong.  These new remotes will be leaps and bounds more precise than the Wii Infra-Red transmitter and sensor bar.  This new remote uses two sensor bars and 4 pulses emitted rapidly to precisely detect the location along with the accelerometers and everything inside the remote itself.

Also, there is no guarantee that a PS3 version will be released.   It sounds like they are trying it out on the 360 with the higher user base as a test-run.  If it does well, they'll release the PS3 version.  I really don't see why this won't sell.  And just because it is 3rd party, doesn't mean Microsoft can't purchase them and bundle them with every system.

If anything this makes the 360 look even better because you effectively could get a Wii HD (Xbox 360 arcade with motion control) equivalent for the same price or less than the current Wii SD.  For me HD beats SD and that's really the only hardware difference now.

 



Seece on 24 March 2009
pakidan101 said:
*sigh* if this is a third-party company making this, then why will there be 360 games supporting this controller?

Unless Microsoft buys the damn company, why will there be any support?

Read the artical, it already states there is games already being developed for it. Why would 3rd partys not make games for the 360 using the device?

 



 

megaman79 on 24 March 2009

@seece, because that didn't work with the avatars did it?



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BoleroOfFire on 24 March 2009
Roma said:
Oh wow they are advancing in to the future! Lame and so late but the PS360 will be all over this thing now. Suddenly motion controls are cool :P

Didn't you hear?  Things are always cool when a company other than Nintendo makes them.  

 



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