Zeus
05-14-2008, 06:40 AM
Microsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim recently said he has never heard of the rumored motion sensing controller for the Xbox 360. "Sony is Blu-ray and Nintendo is the motion-control, our thing is online. And each of these has strengths and weaknesses in different markets of the world. whatever we do has to take advantage of our unique capabilities." said Kim.
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Going back to the motion controller rumour it must be tempting to try and do something similar to capture some of that market - but wouldn't it come across as a bit 'me too'?
Kim: Well, you have to be careful about doing the me too thing. But what's interesting is that you have a lot of third parties that are trying to rush to the Wii phenomenon, but if you look at the data, the vast majority of software that has sold on Wii has come from Nintendo. So it's not turned out to be a great third party eco-system.
So it could work if you had something that had a great third party eco-system. Having said that, our unique perspective is going to be online oriented for better or worse. In the same way that Sony is Blu-ray and Nintendo is the motion-control, our thing is online. And each of these has strengths and weaknesses in different markets of the world. whatever we do has to take advantage of our unique capabilities.
Which is why we thought it was weird when we heard the motion controller rumours...
Kim: I agree with you. But I've never heard of a motion sensing controller... I don't know what you are talking about...
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News Source: <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188949" target=_blank">cvg</a>
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Going back to the motion controller rumour it must be tempting to try and do something similar to capture some of that market - but wouldn't it come across as a bit 'me too'?
Kim: Well, you have to be careful about doing the me too thing. But what's interesting is that you have a lot of third parties that are trying to rush to the Wii phenomenon, but if you look at the data, the vast majority of software that has sold on Wii has come from Nintendo. So it's not turned out to be a great third party eco-system.
So it could work if you had something that had a great third party eco-system. Having said that, our unique perspective is going to be online oriented for better or worse. In the same way that Sony is Blu-ray and Nintendo is the motion-control, our thing is online. And each of these has strengths and weaknesses in different markets of the world. whatever we do has to take advantage of our unique capabilities.
Which is why we thought it was weird when we heard the motion controller rumours...
Kim: I agree with you. But I've never heard of a motion sensing controller... I don't know what you are talking about...
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News Source: <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188949" target=_blank">cvg</a>