No Motion for 360 Anytime Soon
Gates says MS already threw that party and no one came.
Nintendo and, more recently, Sony have been pushing motion-sensing technology as new ways for people to control games. Now that two of the three hardware makers have some sort of support for the feature, you may be wondering whether Microsoft will be heading down a similar path sometime soon. It won't.
"There's room for innovation here, but moving that controller around - it's something that's not mainstream for most games," Microsoft founder Bill Gates told MTV News.
And he's talking from experience. A few years ago Microsoft experimented with a controller that used similar tilt-control to what Sony is using for the PlayStation 3, but the idea went nowhere.
"It's tough because sometimes you move the controller, and you don't [mean] to fly into the ground. You just want to put the controller down," said Gates.
"People aren't that good at totally standing still. Even pilots actually sit in a chair when they do their flying. So there's a lot to be learned about these controllers."
Rather than using gimmicky controls, Gates says Microsoft is all about Xbox Live and the changes this will bring to gaming.
"Some games you are going to be playing by yourself," he told MTV. "But most of gaming, particularly as we draw in both men and women and people of all ages, most of it is going to be social."
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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