12/28/2007 2:26:23 AM

Nice of them to introduce FUD the very day after I finally convinced the CFO to approve an earmark for a Wii. Guess there's no real reason that I have to tell her, though....

DaveG

12/28/2007 2:49:11 PM

I picture it playing out like the weird side items on a restaurant menu. Y'know, like when you go to a steakhouse and they have, like, spaghetti too. Or you go out for Thai and they also serve some half-ass cheeseburger ... to satisfy that one jerk in the group that didn't really want to go where everyone else wanted to go for dinner that night.

What I mean is -- as far as the Xbox 360 is concerned -- casual, motion-sensor games will be that weird side order. Sure, curiosity will win out once in a (long) while. But the prices better be right. Because I ain't goin' to a Thai restaurant to buy an $8 burger. The beef satays in peanut sauce will win. And in this over-baked analogy, the beef satays in peanut sauce are the traditionally-controlled games.

But hey, if Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 throws in motion-sensing without dispensing with the rest of its standard control schemes? I'll check it out for a few rounds. That still won't make me enjoy golfing at Bandon Dunes. But I'll try it.

Dear lord, where's my coffee this morning?

Randy Kalista

1/1/2008 1:51:45 AM

Whats the point? The Wii aside, the PS3 motion sensing seems to be doing "OK", but I haven't had any problem playing Xbox 360 games without it. I really could give too shits about hiking the ball by dipping the controller. I say, leave it out or now, and re-evaluate it for the next generation of consoles.

dkeener