Comments on: Upcoming two-part controller from Sony sounds nothing like wiimote

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:03:29 +0000

Yeah, the PS3 accelerometer was totally an afterthought, literally being tacked on after Nintendo announced the Wii. Adding a second accelerometer would just be a second afterthought, and I just don’t see the need. Very few Wii games require both accelerometers.
As for a port of Area 51 and Virtua Cop… I’d hit that.
Still, I long for the day when I can shoot zombies, thugs, and dinosaurs in HD, preferably all three in the same game. And ninjas.

By: Devin Coldewey

Devin Coldewey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:36:59 +0000

The Sixaxis was a piece. I felt it was unresponsive to begin with, and games that used it just had it as an afterthought or alternate control scheme that was usually worse or no better than analog sticks.

I think of it more as a marketing move than an actual use of motion controls.

Dude, they need to do a major omnibus port of all the old games like Area 51 and Virtua Cop to Wii. I would pay so much for that.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:50:39 +0000

Wait, why won’t we count the Sixaxis? Sure it’s been underutilized, but there’s nothing wrong with the technology. It was used successfully in fLow. I’d rather see Sony utilize their existing accelerometer before introducing another one.
I don’t think the two-fisted Nintendo controller (counting the Nunchuk) is the real reason the Wii is kicking ass… it’s Mario!
If Sony really feels deficient in the controller hardware department, add an infrared controller and sensor bar for pointing. The lack of a pointing device on the PS3 is why all the gun games are moving to the Wii. (We’re not counting Time Crisis 4).