Xbox 360 Motion Sensitive Controls Like Sony PS3: Is this needed?

The Sony PS3 has had motion sensitive controls from day one and while they are not as good as the Nintendo Wii's, it's still something extra.

The question would be how much motion sensitive controls is really needed on games consoles like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, to be honest I never use the tilt feature on my PS3 and would of liked the rumble from day one instead of motion sensitive controls.

[riddlesticks]

"I never use the tilt feature on my PS3 and would of liked the rumble from day one instead of motion sensitive controls."

ok well i think the motion thing that much but i still think its a good thing to have... its fun at times using it in warhawk but yeh DS3 with rumble is imo a definite improvement also with the motion controls...

tbh i dont think the xbox really needs it, like the ps3 dosent really need it anyway...

[fenderputty]

It worked REALLY well with R&C and RFOM. I thought it was used nicely in Uncharted as well. Folklore uses it well also. It's not something that's going to be a main point of a game but, it's nice to use it sometimes.

Having the option is better then not having it. I understand some people might not care but, others will. Why is adding a funtionality to a console bad? Bringing something new is really only going to make the console better. This would in no way be a bad thing and should be welcomed by all 360 fans.

[SUP3R]

Can someone explain how this is possible if it isn't initially programmed into the game?

[dsolomon818]

the sensors themselves activate the directions for left stick. game just reacts like you're using thumbstick

[mithril]

yes dsolomon818

but the problem with this kind of modification, you use the same channel of your analog stick.

the sixaxis use different channel, and possible to use sixaxis and analog in same time with two different functions.

[BeaArthur]

This sounds like a completely useless feature. I only used the sixaxis when it is necessary and I feel that some games put too much emphasis on it. I could easily live without it on the PS3 and would not pick up one of these controllers for the 360.

[fenderputty]

Yes ... for some people it's not something that's wanted but, for others it is. Why is this bad? What's wrong with offering some motion control options to the console? It's not like a game will require people to use that function since, it's not standard on all controllers.

Sometimes the motion control sucks. Its fun in a lot of instances though. RFOM used it well with the tags and the fire. Folklore used it well. Uncharted used it well with the grenades and the balancing. R&C used it well with the mini-games. Warhawk and Motorstorm are both games that are fun to use it on as long as you're not being competitive. I've tried to beat every level in motorstorm that I've won with the sticks on motion control. Total blast. MGS4 should implement it nicely somehow.

It's a nice feature as long as it's not the main point and should be welcomed to any console. It can't hurt at at all.

[yoghurt]

we like rumble and it is coming back, but it wasn't 100% sonys fault we couldn't use it before now, it was that lawsuit/disagreement thing.
anyhow, I find the motion sensitive controls good fun, as long as its not overused, using them in dark sector at the moment to control the glaive, really good

[Jack Meahoffer]

They paid the same settlement just later than Nintendo and MS. They thought they could strong arm their way to a better settlement. They tried to feed their fans the "Its not possible with motion controls" and "Rumble is last generation" bullshat. All they had to do was pay when Nintendo and MS did. Thats what happened spin it any way you want. No ones fault but Sony.

[dsolomon818]

True, i was only explaining how its possible for this mod to work without motion support programmed into game

[Bazookajoe_83]

Like heavenly sword, dark sector, flow, lair (when u play with analog stick and motion only for a few things), and some more.

I realy like to have the option, and i think it´s a good thing when they have it included in small ways. Would be cool if the 360 also could get this option.

[Tony240ZT]

Folk Lore uses it for captureing the Ids, which is alright. If it used button mashing instead I probably wouldn't care. It's okay, but it doesn't make a game better.
It was pretty well used in Drakes Fortune where you had to balance while walking accross logs.
I imagine the new MGS will find really interesting uses.
But ps3 and 360 don't need it, imho.

[toughNAME]

Aslong as it's optional, I don't really care

[fenderputty]

motion control isn't standard on the many millions of consoles and their controllers now. In order to make this work, the option to turn of that function would have to be put into place. Otherwise it would alienate all the current users.

[PimpHandHappy]

like they did in HS then it adds a little something to a game

i love the fact i have both now. I have tilt and rumble.

[Martini]

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[NovusTerminus]

I am against this for all consoles. I dont like the Wiimote. I dont like the SIXAXIS. I would hate something on the 360 controller.

Please FOR THE LOVE OF BATMAN! We need to just have some games. No motion crap. >.>

[ceedubya9]

on PS3 games. Lots of times it just seems like a tacked on feature just because it can be done. Whenever there is an option to or not to use it, I normally do not. There are few games in which it actually seemed to be fun. Right now, Heavenly Sword is the only one that comes to mind that I have actually played.

[Danja]

well there are some games that uses the sixaxis really well...

Heavenly Sword
R&C
Flow
Folklore
.and my fave Virtual Bowling

[fenderputty]

RFOM to that. As well as uncharted and Pain.

Warhawk is fun but, it's not accurate enough. The same goes with motrostorm. It's fun but not accurate enough to be competitive. I still use it for sh1tts and giggles though.

[NegativeCreepWA]

Just give me ps3 controller with rumble, shaped like a 360 controller. Then ill be happy. I think its the controller that ruins playstations shooters.

[NovusTerminus]

I dont like the anolog placement of the 360. I prefer the offset anolog. I just dont like this motion stuff everyone is trying to cash in on.

[Danja]

The only one trying to cash in on Motion controls is MS

Sony implemented Motion Controls as a way to fill the void since rumble was gonna be absent.....and now we get the DS3..with both Tilt controls and rumble.....all we need now is a built in microphone...lol......j/k..btw

[SL1M DADDY]

I thought it was them that said Motion Controls were a fad?

[DJ]

Expect MS to copy it directly, regardless of what they initially said.

[nevelo07]

what seems the problem today YOU CAN SAY THINGS LIKE

1. you realize xbox360 is crap

2. you only have gears of unreal engine 2 to play in 08

3. my screen is frozen

4. I SEE 3 FLASHING RED LIGHTS

LOL LOL

[JoelR]

I have troubles with this statement:

"The Sony PS3 has had motion sensitive controls from day one and while they are not as good as the Nintendo Wii’s, it’s still something extra"

the PS3 sixaxis controller is capable of much finer motion detection and velocity detection then the wii...
.25mm and .0002m/s velocity.
to say that a less accurate less percise motion detection is better is totally being a fanboi.

[ion666]

save mortal kombat

[moujahed]

Sony released the PS3 before Microsoft realeased the XboX360... Microsoft would've mimmicked alot of the things Sony has done, minus the free PSN, Blu-Ray, Open source, ect.

[Pain]

Xbox 360 = Hi rez PS 2 "Gaming Only Console they claim" Thats Constantly being Changed into something its not, eg look at what has come out since release 'Hd-dvd drive, media center abilities(ala Apple TV)
,ad on's ect
"More or less everything PS3 has"

M$ did double ram when they found out PS3 had 256ram, If PS3 had been first M$ would have Made
the RROD 2 x2 Everything they PS3 has. Fact.

[xtreampro]

remember that SONY is a japanese company so they would of still been better if PS3 came out earlyer because they are about 3-4 yrs ahead of us

[XxCYONIDExX]

The video is a fake. It's the same demo that they used for the PS3 a couple of years ago.

[QuackPot]

Updates and future games should allow users to switch to motion-control/sixaxis for AIMING & LOOKING - instead of using the right analogue stick traditionally.

Then the xbox 360 could make a conventional controller with motion control added instead of developing a totally new controller.

Better still, games should fully allow configuration of the controller for a game so you can set it up to use with one hand mostly + motion control for aiming.

Again, a more simpler solution to keep or add motion control instead of developing a whole new controller.

But I'm still a fan of the X-mote or Play-mote controllers.

PS

http://www.adamthole.com

If this guy is legit, this would be a neat mod especially if the motion tie in directly to aiming/looking then playing gears, halo, cod etc would be a whole new experience. But have to see what Microsoft does.

[Infernus]

That just replaces the left stick, which is exactly NOT what the Sixaxis is all about. Pointless 360 addition tbh, that's far worse than both the PS3 and Wii's motion capabilities.

Also, to those earlier, using the Sixaxis motion control in Warhawk is much better imo than just using the sticks. Flying the warhawk is far less rigid than using the sticks, but you have to learn how to do it and not many people have the patience, which is rather sad really...

"to be honest I never use the tilt feature on my PS3 and would of liked the rumble from day one instead of motion sensitive controls."

We'd have all loved rumble from day one but it wasn't up to Sony at all, it was all down to the court case. It wasn't that they chose not to put in rumble, they just legally couldn't.

I'm sure Sony would have wanted rumble and motion sensing capabilities in the same controller but it just couldn't happen till a settlement was agreed upon. Now we have the DS3 which is the REAL PS3 controller.

[jinn]

motion sensing is not whats needed for the next gen