So I noticed that theres this whole evolution of gaming thing going on with E3 this year. This whole obsession with Playstation move and Project natal I personally think is going to end up turning me off from the type of gamer I am. Don't get me wrong I think the concept is cool, but despite the massive amount of money Nintendo has made from the Wii I still looked at it as an inferior console, in that it doesn't really appeal to me, to swing something around whilst gaming. Gaming is something I do to relax and remove some pressure from my life. I'm not overweight I don't need the extra exercise from jumping around, and the whole bit thats involved with this type of gaming.
Watching E3 I noticed its really been the central focus as Sony spoke mostly only of this new "incredible" dynamic that Playstation move will be adding to the console. but I find it hard to believe that it can really be as seamless as they make it seem. Going back to Nintendo for a moment I can recall the Zelda demonstration having quite a bit of technical difficulties, not that I blame him, its not his fault that something like that should happen and I felt bad as he was probably embarrassed. This is the kind of thing I can't help but think will be a rising trend with this whole motion technology, constant glitching. And I don't really want to go through the whole stages of error before they get the formula right. I'd much prefer just sitting in my bedroom or living room, and playing as I have since I was young.
I'm not completely against the idea of motion technology being integrated into next gen. I'm just hoping that this won't be an absolutely necessary addition to the next generation of games and gaming. I was always skeptical about how ridiculous it seemed to me that so many games relied on online play when making the transition from PS2/Xbox to PS3/Xbox 360 but after getting into it I found it was an essential addition to gaming and that it was an absolute commodity. I'm thinking maybe its that same sort of skepticism that comes from viewing or hearing about something and generating an opinion before actually trying it for myself. Though in that same sense not every game was online, and it was never forced on me to game online. Hopefully that choice still remains, and some of the real keepers like the Uncharted, Assassins Creed, or Fable series remain being controlled with your hands and fingers rather than your arms and legs.
With that being said, as long as this whole wave of motion technology doesn't completely take over, I'm sure I can learn to live with it but I don't think I'll ever be too interested in it.