Xbox may make a move on Wii

timesonline writes "Nintendo's bestselling Wii may soon have a rival. Speculation is rife about a new motion-sensitive controller for the Microsoft Xbox 360. Like the Wii, this would enable gamers to control on-screen characters by moving their body rather than pressing buttons. More than 24m Wiis have been sold worldwide since its launch in 2006. So popular have games such as Wii tennis and boxing become that there has been a surge in injuries caused by overexertion or by players accidentally striking bystanders. An announcement about the Xbox is expected on www.e3expo.com - the website of E3, the Los Angeles gaming trade show. You heard it here first."

[masterofpwnage]

i think the the biggest rival the wii has is the ps3 with the motion control.

imean ps3 is the closet in sales to the wii, and software is rising alot

and i am dam sure ps3 have more casual gamer because all the people i kno with 360 only buys those hardcore games.

[Voiceofreason]

PS3 is in 3rd place. It barely outsells the xbox if at all. Neither is a threat to Wii but to think the PS3 has a chance is just ludicrous at this point. Even with MGS4 they couldnt beat the Wii or touch the lead the 360 has over them. Still 6 million behind.

[SullyDrake]

MGS4 alone moved systems and is the first in a chain to anchor the PS3 as #1. Soon we will get the FPS of the year Resistance 2, LBP, FFXIII, White Knight Story, God Of War III, Killzone 2, among others.

Soon the Wii audience will realize that it's barriers have already been stretched an inch from snapping, and they'll need a true next-gen console. They'll look to the PS3 for the best, most reliable hardware, best games, free online service, large ever-growing community, feature-rich interface, and the fact that it's already more got more going for it than the Wii and 360 and hasn't even hit a fifth of it's lifespan yet.

Reason tells me that the XBOX 720 will only barely be more advanced than the PS3 already is.

[TayTayShaniqua]

"PS3 is in 3rd place. It barely outsells the xbox if at all. "

LOL, vgchartz.com.

Microsoft hoping to attract the Wii crowd is like some sleazy downtown porno store owner thinking he is going to start attracting the soccer mom crowd by putting one of those pop a coin in and bounce around kiddie rides out in front of his store.

[harrisk954]

Needs to concentrate on their core audience and on its competition with Sony instead of trying to "take on" Nintendo at this point. To fight a two-front war at is completely ludicrous for them considering that they are either losing to Sony (globally) or simply losing ground to Sony (in the U.S.). IMO they have no shot of getting the Wii crowd b/c Nintendo has tapped into something that I don't think MS (or Sony for that matter) really understand. Plus, the Wii may be selling a lot of systems, but how much software is it actually moving? For MS to make another HUGE capital investment on new hardware to shift their focus in such a completely different direction simply does not make sense to me. I think that MS is doing whatever it can to stay relevant right now for its stock value -- which, by the way has been stagnant for years (hence their recent over-bidding for Yahoo).

[KimboSlice]

IMO if this move really happens then the 360 will eventually retake first place because it would be like buying a wii but with far superior graphics for about the same price.

[ChickeyCantor]

"MGS4 alone moved systems"
Yes it did, but the other two are still untouched arent they?

[TheFreak]

they need the mario games, zelda and the rest of nintendos free for all games to make a move on the wii

[SixTwoTwo]

Yah good luck with that

[aaquib5]

Please, stop embarrassing yourself. The 360 has been outsold by the PS3 worldwide every month since last year. PS3 also has the upperhand in casual gaming + is a huge benefit to those interested in Bluray. Think of it as the average customer:

360 - Hmm....If I buy this the games that I can buy are GH3, Rockband, Halo 3, Gears of War, and Mass Effect. Those are the big games for it. I get a DVD player, but no Bluray, and I'll need to pay an extra $100 just for wifi.

PS3 - Games I can buy are GH3, Rock Band, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance, Warhawk, and Gran Turismo 5: Prolouge. I get a built in Bluray player, which'll save me money in the future, and wifi is built in. In addition, I get a web browser, free online, the ability to store all my videos on the huge user-replaceable HDD, and all for just $50.

What looks more "casual" to you? You know PS3 is more casual when its heavy hitter of the year is LittleBigPlanet. You know the 360 is hardcore when its big hit of the year is GeOW 2.

[cloudkillerffvii]

...ps3 is still in third place

when it surpasses 360 sales, it will be in second place

if it surpasses wii sales, then it will be in first place

until both of those happen, it is in third place

[tojfs7931]

resistance 2 and killzone 2 aren't hard core?

[Silogon]

Lame. Motion controls are so absurd. I think Microsoft deserves better than a relegated hack job to Nintendo's garbage bin.

[gumgum99]

good luck with that

[RecSpec]

It'll have to slip something into the Wii's drink for that to happen.

[aiphanes]

Look at microsoft track record in hardware...do you really think a wii like remote for the Xbox 360 will be reliable? Will it actually work better than the nintendo wiimote?

And you people know that Sony is working of the same thing...so the Xbox 360 will have competition from all sides...there is no way the Xbox can win this generation...its all down hill from last christmas...

The PS3 will surpase the Xbox 360 by this time next year...

[tojfs7931]

Just as well as nintendo's version? Microsoft has just as many good engineers/design team people as nintendo. Although lately you wouldn't think so.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

It's too early to tell. Nobody knows how well it works and nobody knows what type of game support the thing will have. If they support it like they supported the Vision Camera with motion games I expect this to fizzle.

[SpaZaA]

I still think Sony should implement it's body tracking options with the PSeye, it's been proved to work (and well).

[AAACE5]

I noticed that sony fans have the most loyalty to their console. The only bad thing about that is, I believe most of the fans do not know anything about the components installed inside the system. Yes they may know it has a CELL processor with 8 cores, a RSX chip, Blu-ray, and a HDD installed. But I wonder if the ones who truely defend the PS3 (you know the ones who probably got the ps3 logo tattooed on their body), Truely understand what all those pieces do? Do they know how many resistors are in the system? Do they know the system floating point? Which core receives information first? I'm just curious! If they love ps3 so much, you would think they should know this stuff right?

Any ps3 fanboys, should not respond to this cause it would be too obvious that you went and found the info to post it on here!

That was targeted at fanboys, not real gamers who are more comfortable with PS3 than the others!

Almost forgot, I still think a motion controller for a 360 isn't a good idea. The ps3 has it, and it isn't used in alot of games from what I hear. And the motion sensing thing is still more or less a novelty in my opinion, until it is fully realized. The Wii seemed like fun at first while playing. But lost its fun factor after a little while.

[masterofpwnage]

how about if they did kno wat all that shiit is and they were fanboys.

hmmmm

u dont kno.

and who gives a shiit about all that shiit.

i didnt buy a ps3 because i was interested in the inside.

knowing this stuff doesnt make a real ps3 fanboy.

[SpaZaA]

"Do they know how many resistors are in the system? Do they know the system floating point? Which core receives information first?"

Right bubs, I'm sure that the general "fanboy" really concerns themselves with those specifics.
Your comment is one of stupidest ones i've read on N4G, why?, because you are trying way too hard to sound clever.
You need to look up the definition for "fanatic", those would be the only people who would concern themselves with those issues rather than what games & features a console has. Fanboys =/= fanatics, fanboys = people who love their choice of console to the point of blind loyalty and lack of knowledge about the actual facts.

[tojfs7931]

How a television works in order to watch something on it.

[cockxxx]

MICROSOFT needs to do whatever they can to free the poor nintendo wii owners from nintendos evil clutches and offer them a truly next gen gaming experience onley posible on the xbox 360

[thenickel]

Well word of mouth is everything and 360 fans just need to help promote the new controller and amazing lineup for 360 on they way. Everybody talked up the Wii before release and look what happened. I say for the sake of the next generation to get out there and spread the word after e3.

[Leon Kennedy]

All I can say is I wanna play Resident Evil 5 with the Wii control scheme like RE4 Wii Edition. If Microsoft could make a motion controller WITH the infrared pointer like the Wii remote, and Capcom tailored the RE5 control scheme to fit the new controller, they would kill two birds with one stone - The new Wii-like control scheme AND the 360's graphics (no need for a Wii port with dumbed-down graphics). Please Microsoft make this new controller! - or at the very least - Please Capcom port RE5 to Wii!

[juuken]

Um...MS, you have a formidable opponent and that's Sony. I would focus on them if I were you.

[xboxrumble]

now that I got that FACT out the way..what is happening still now does not chang this FACT.

the 360 is closer to the Wii's price,[what casuals can afford] so potential sales could shift if ms managaes to do omething similar with the 360

but in HD.

[SpaZaA]

FACT - The TOTAL sales gap between PS3 and 360 is quickly shrinking.
FACT - The PS3 has outsold the 360 every month globally since the start of 2007. PS3 is catching up, and fast.

[karlostomy]

Dude, it's imperative that you stop smoking the crack pipe.

Your post is a load of sh1t.

The ps3 was absolutely annihilated in 2007 and is catching Up *very slowly* in 2008. Maybe it will catch up by 2012 (in time for ps4).

[PirateThom]

Are you sure, karlostomy?

Sales figures disagree

XBOX360
2007 - 7.3 million

PS3
2007 - 8.8 million

http://forums.highdefdigest...

[karlostomy]

Yes man. I am sure.

Perhaps, instead of relying on the accuracy of a random "forum post" (which is often how these fallacies get perpetuated), you should do your own research?

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 06th Jan 2007 to 29th Dec 2007:
Console PS3
Total: 7,640,918
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable...

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 06th Jan 2007 to 29th Dec 2007:
Console X360
Total: 7,904,002
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable...

You don't need to thank me.
Just knowing I am right was enough.

[Thoas]

First they spend money to get Rock Band 2 for a time exclusive and from what i hear no one cares about it because it looks the same as 1. Now they think a fad like a copycat Wii remote will help them from drowning too. HAHAHAAHA M$ give up and save your money and fix your broken software for PC's.

[Denges]

i thought bots said motion control were a gimmick

[Amon]

and it rrods on its 1st step hahahaha

[Pain]

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[CrazedFiend]

this is OLD f'n news!

"You heard it here first."

LMFAO!!!

Who approved this???

[tojfs7931]

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The games are not shovelware and poorly designed mini party games.

[OOG]

AH well I think if they can work on a motion controller like the Wii now and tweak it out over the enxt few years it would be a nice added extra controller to buy with the next system.....I believe in a xbox that would have 2 controllers...the pad and the motion sensing one

[PirateThom]

So, because Microsoft are doing it, it's not a gimmick anymore?

"If you're not doing it like Microsoft, you're not doing it right®"

[SpecialSauce]

wuuuut are u talking about. if u mean 3rd in sales yaaaa becuz the 360 has been out almost twice as long. 360 is in dead last and ps3 is sellin better now. the only reason it had a chance was becuz it was out first. have u seen all the reports saying "buy a ps3", "360 is dead". however, i can understand how u can make this mistake seeing as how u tell urself otherwise every night.

[Product]

people actually thinks this will sell think of all the R&D that went into the wii remote(what was it like 3 years)you think Microsoft can come in and create a just as responsive control? and then after that sell it to casual gamers who think of microsoft first as a pc software maker?

wii wins this gen.I swear the writers of these stories are more fanboy then anyone else on here.

[fm81]

actually xbox360 may make a move to third place behind wii n ps3 this console war..360 is a good name for the xbox..3-they gonna rank third in console war..6-they rank six behind wii,ds,psp,ps3 n ps2 in japan..0-they av zero good games coming out..gearsowar 2 or fable 2 will not save 360..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa..

[phantomexe]

I do have a ps3 and no mgs4 didn't hit anywhere near where they projected it.I know in japan the wii still sold more units with no big titles releases then the ps3 did with mgs4.What happens in japan is sure to follow here in the states as well.I think imo only the only title thats really going push real hardware big time is ff13.Sony last 2 consuls got there biggest bost from se ff series.

[HerBieScrogg]

Haters every where we go....why not bite off the Wii....PHony bit off Microsoft with the trophies and the Sorry a$$ media player...so why not...PHony fans just scared that the 360 will win after all...

[phantomexe]

I don't wonder when the wii going get its next big game.The wii got some great games comeing and 3rd partys are steping up games like The Conduit,Madworld,Tome Raider underworld,Red Steal 2,New zelda going happen at some point,Force unleashed yes wii,Megaman old school 2D,Finel Fantasy crystal bearers,Sadness if thats really true.Thats just some games off the top of my head.I'm sure there alot i'm forgeting.You guys say nintendo has already played there hand this year but what about star fox,f-zero,DK,Eternal darkness yes nintendo owns the rights along with goldensun.Nintendo is huge with over 30 in house delopment teams.There lots of games comeing and alot already out.deadly creatures looks good new fatalframe made with nintendo help looks great.I just hope nintendo inproves there online.

[avacadosnorkel]

maybe try to suck it off or something.

[linkmaster95]

People liked the wiimote for it's originality. The 360 version will make gamers laugh at microsnot's last failure in the game industry.