In a roundtable interview posted by Gamertag Radio, Xbox head Peter Moore said Microsoft is "doing a lot of stuff" to overcome the hurdle of controller over-complexity.
Moore commented on the time that he spent with the Wii controller at E3, saying that his experience with Sonic on the console was "intuitive," although he also commented that Super Monkey Ball fatigued his faux-tattooed arms. He also said that the Wii's controller may wear thin after a half hour.
Despite his reservations about the Wii's controller, he suggested that it's a step in the right direction for the industry.
"...Shoulder buttons, triggers, analog sticks, d-pads, I mean, there's a lot going on there when you compare it to the old Atari 2600 button-and-stick, which everybody could pick up and have some fun with."
He continued, "Clearly, I think that the Wii is trying to get back to those days, although when I picked it up, I was surprised how much stuff there is on there, and it took me a while even then to get going on those things. I'm a huge fan of any kind of innovation you can try and do that will make a broader reach for games, because as an industry we've got to do that. We've got to bring more people in that are currently maybe intimidated when they look at that controller.
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Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
Microsoft has slashed the prices of games across the Xbox 360 store in preparation for its July 29th closure.
The Dishwasher
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Two non-BC and no-PC-version Arcade titles I downloaded recently. Dishwasher's sequel is on Steam at least.
I've also downloaded Ninety-Nine Nights II (shame the first wasn't available). I still want to download Burnout 3: Takedown before the weekend's up, though that is still the full $9.99 non-discounted price
Burnout 3 not available in modern times is a crime to humanity.
I know it’s probably due to the music licensing-though they can simply add other music as Burnout 3’s biggest flaw to me personally-is the music!!!
It has 17 buttons if you count D-pad directions, the Guide button, and analog stick 'clickers'....and I have NO probs keeping up.
But there are alot of games adopting the Context Sensitive, or "One Button To Rule Them All", AKA, the "A" button, lol
I also think the Wii will be a task to play, any person that works likes to come home and play when board or to relax the Wii will become more work then play. Like i said in the old site, I give the Wii 2 years before the dust from the hyped up craz settles and after that Wii will slowly die, with kids and Japanese wemen prolonging the agony. THIS POST IS A THEORY AND IS NOT TO TAKEN SERIOUSLLY
I predect that a woman in Connecticut, U.S.A - in a Wii induced arm-flailing fit - will strike her son in the head. The son will suffer brain death, reduced to a vegitative state. Nintendo will be sued and cease operations.
In a similar household accident, a Sony PS3 player will hit himself in the face while climbing sharply in Warhawk. His friends will laugh because he is of below-average intellegence.
Meanwhile, users of the XBOX 360 wireless controller will continue to be found charming, intellegent, and knees-quakingly sexy by the opposite sex.
Just think what terrible incidents were avoided by "undesigning" the PS3 from the deadly boomerang configuration(or is it "re-redesigning" - I guess you're not really redesigning when you change a controller back from a redesign to its original state)
your both moronic lol, but that was pretty funny
Exactly! I don't want to waive my controller around! Once this becomes mass public knowledge, PS3's lack of rumble, they will hate it. I like to get really comfortable,, and play... I don't want anything moving but my fingers.