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[Eddie_the_Hated]

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I don't know why everyone is ripping motion controls.
Why does everyone have to be such a fan boy?
Unless you work for MS and are making billions just realize that certain controls work better for certain games.

Name me one person at Microsoft making "billions"...

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The Wii controller is by far hands down better than the 360 controller for first person shooters.

I would refuse to play 1st person shooters on any console because the analog controls are garbage.
The Wiimote makes them as close as possible to a PC.

The Wiimote is nowhere near as accurate as a good optical mouse. To begin with, the controls are floaty, at best when you're playing an on-the-rails title. That's not counting having to move your camera about. You need to move your 'mote's reticle beyond your target to center your screen on it. After doing that, you still need to track back track back and actually aim your crosshair/reticle at whatever it is you're shooting at.

It's time consuming, and inaccurate. A mouse is as simple as pointing and clicking.

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The Wiimote does suck for other types of games so I like the option of having different choices.

I like the fact that MS is releasing this accessory.
For someone like me that mostly plays PC's, this is excellent.

People are likening this rumoured attachment to the Nintendo Wii controller, when in truth if a peripheral is ever revealed (God willing, it won't) it will most likely be more akin to the Playstation 3's SIXAXIS/TOUCHSENSE. It wouldn't make sense to attach accelerometers to a controller designed to fit in two hands. At most it would have gyroscopic functionality.

I personally think it's kitschy & unimaginative. Of all the things that Microsoft could be doing to improve their standing in the games industry, motion sensing is not it.

[poopiepants]

Billions is supposed to be an exaggeration.


I don't know what games you have played but try Medal of Honor Heroes and Metroid Prime Corruption.
You will see and feel what excellent controls are like first hand.

If you've tried some crap title like Red Steel and basing the Wiimote on that, you need to try one of the titles above.

It is accurate as hell and it's as close to a mouse as your going to get.
Don't take my word for it, try it out.

[Eddie_the_Hated]

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Billions is supposed to be an exaggeration.


I don't know what games you have played but try Medal of Honor Heroes and Metroid Prime Corruption.
You will see and feel what excellent controls are like first hand.

If you've tried some crap title like Red Steel and basing the Wiimote on that, you need to try one of the titles above.

It is accurate as hell and it's as close to a mouse as your going to get.
Don't take my word for it, try it out.
 

Been there done that.

I've got firsthand experience with both games, and while both titles are fantastic, the Wiimote doesn't add any level of accuracy to my game. It's got usage in the neat little tricks you can do (IE, pulling sheilds & unlocking stuff in MP3), but at the end of the day it won't make a title.

...It could break it though.

[stevenalvarado]

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The Wii controller is by far hands down better than the 360 controller for first person shooters.

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The Wiimote is nowhere near as accurate as a good optical mouse.

   


let them give the 360 players the option to buy whatever they want.

[g8crapachino]

QUOTE(Tiuk @ Dec 27 2007, 03:30 AM)

Lame. Hope this doesn't happen.

Why?  What different does it make to you whether it happens or not?  Will it keep you up at night knowing that some people may buy them?  

This no different then guitars, dance pads, camera's and other unique controllers.  Some people will buy them, some people won't.  There's nothing wrong with having choices.