[QUOTE="Redmoonxl2"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="danneswegman"]someone is afraid of new things... don't worry, you can still play your shooters the old way this gen.Vandalvideo
But its not an entirely "new thing". its an old thing adopted by Nintendo and peddled to the main stream.That's what the word innovation means. "Something new or different introduced". Introducing motion control and pointing interface to consoles is an innovation.
They aren't introducing something new though. They're introducing something old to a new audience.Innovation can be the introducion of something new or finding new ways to use something that's existing. The Wiimote is innovative since it's the first attempt to make a remote relying on motion as a standard. The idea behind motion sensoring is not new but it's application on a home console as being a front and center device to play games is.
With that said, it's pretty clear that the Wii is not living up to it's potential. There are great games on the system but nothing that stands out as the true reason why motion sensor is the new digital pad. I have no doubt that something will come along and blow our minds with the ideas and innovation it brings but one thing is for certain: It's not here yet.
Actually there has long been third party devices like that that existed on the PC. The wiimote is not "a new way to use something thats existing". It is "something that is existing being introduced to a different audience'.Where did it exist? I've never seen any other product that combined acceleration sensing with an IR triangulated pointing control.
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