Microsoft to rip off the Wii Remote by the end of the year?
 

http://kotaku.com/376987/microsoft-t...ar-says-source

This just sounds stupid. I don't want this for the 360 :(


And here's a little BS mockup the article has just to make me cringe:

Re: Microsoft to rip off the Wii Remote by the end of the year?
 

Wii60 a reality?

The Xbox Wiimote
 

What would it be called? The Halomote? The RRoDite?

Anyhow

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/158...404/id_0.jhtml

More at the link.
I can't see ths being a good thing at all.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

Y'know, Maddox didn't do his April Fool's until today. Maybe this a new trend of late AFs.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

IMO, terrible idea for Microsoft to offer a motion control controller. Game developers will still have to cater to regular controllers, which means that it will never get full support and thus probably receive crappy support.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

So...Nintendo - Motion controller = Great idea omg so fantastic.
Microsoft - Motion controller = Terrible idea. Nobody wants it.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

Well, I don't think Microsoft having a motion controller is a bad idea, I think releasing it 3 years into the system's life cycle isn't the brightest.

Nintendo bet the farm on the motion controller. MS at best will get half assed support on the thing.


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Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

I don't think it matters how far into a systems life that it is introduced, but how far away from the new system it is released.

But in that case, they could be releasing it now to see if it's a justifiable option to also release it for Microsoft's next system on launch.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

If that thing gets all the third party Wii titles ported over, Nintendo doesn't have to fear a thing. :D

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

The Wii is a motion-controlled console, it's games use motion control, and everybody knows this.

The 360 will be a console which has you buying a new controller to be able to play motion-controlled games. And the very casual "gamers", who buy a Wii to have bowling tournaments (aka moms and retirement homes) will have no idea that there's such an option. That's why I don't think it'll work.

And (I think) the Wii's still cheaper. If not, there's a Wii price drop coming. Or they'll finally release the Wiis in storage to meet demand.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

Oh another thing.

The Wii has become such a big brand. People want the real deal, not some copycat that 'doesn't even have Wii Sports'.

Re: The Xbox Wiimote
 

It does matter, because the 360 has an established userbase...gamers who want to use a motion sensing control scheme will be Wii gamers for the next few years. That ship has sailed. Now, if Microsoft wanted to introduce a new motion controlled system that comes out before Nintendo's next one that offers consumers a lot more than the Wii does, that may not be the worst idea. Making a Wiimote for the 360 would do nothing more than make a quick buck or lose them money...nothing worthwhile.