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IGN Survey (62,000 Surveyed): Gamers aren't excited by motion controls.
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Night_Trekker
Member
More like "hardcore" gamers who read IGN don't like motion controls. Not surprising!
Love love love the bitter tears over motion controls becoming popular. One of the best things about this gen.
Love love love the bitter tears over motion controls becoming popular. One of the best things about this gen.
RoninChaos
Member
I don't either. I think it's tacked on and pretty shitty for most games.
bigtroyjon
Member
I think you forgot the shocking news! part of the thread title 
lordfroakie
Member
Hmm...
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I dislike it. Just don't see a point to it, doesn't make me feel like the experience is better, it's usually a hassle. I'm a simpleton, when I play games I just want to sit, hand on controller, play. Especially in my room where there isn't a ton of space to move around.
GhostWriter24
Member
Can anyone name me a great motion controlled game? Anyone?
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Buttons forever. I really don't like motion controls either.
The touch screen is a pretty good tool that adds gameplay elements like the DS and ios. But that's about it. As for motion controls? I want to relax when I'm playing, comfortably on my couch or laying down on my bed. I don't want to stand up and move my arms around make them tired.
Motion controls is not relaxing, and playing consoles is all about relaxation after a long day. That's why it never grew on me.
The touch screen is a pretty good tool that adds gameplay elements like the DS and ios. But that's about it. As for motion controls? I want to relax when I'm playing, comfortably on my couch or laying down on my bed. I don't want to stand up and move my arms around make them tired.
Motion controls is not relaxing, and playing consoles is all about relaxation after a long day. That's why it never grew on me.
What bitter tears? I bought a Wii for the motion controls
and to play with an ex
So, uh, until a game shows me they're a decent alternative to something that can be done on a touch-screen, why should I care?
bigtroyjon said:I think you forgot the shocking news! part of the thread title
Pretty much.
Isn't ign like one of the biggest gaming sites out there in terms of traffic? People are making it sound like only "hardcore gamers" go there or something.
Also, yes, fuck motion controls. The Wii U is a sign that Nintendo is moving on, Sony doesn't really seem to give a shit about them anymore, and I give Microsoft a couple more years to try and reclaim those magic sales numbers the Kinect had, before people realize that the games don't play like they do in the commercials.
Also, yes, fuck motion controls. The Wii U is a sign that Nintendo is moving on, Sony doesn't really seem to give a shit about them anymore, and I give Microsoft a couple more years to try and reclaim those magic sales numbers the Kinect had, before people realize that the games don't play like they do in the commercials.
Yeah, I think that MS is at risk of dramatic overreach with their base customers when all they have to show at E3 is Halo 4, kinect, and dashboard services.
Indeed there is a big wide ocean of non-hardcore gamers, but consumer electronics history seems to show that forsaking your core audience as you pivot to a bigger one is always a long-term fail.
Indeed there is a big wide ocean of non-hardcore gamers, but consumer electronics history seems to show that forsaking your core audience as you pivot to a bigger one is always a long-term fail.
Boomblox
MisterHero
Super Member
Skyward Sword.
Eat it haters. It's not Nintendo's fault that MS used Kinect in a completely wrong manner
-Pyromaniac-
Member
it's THE biggest in terms of traffic, and as someone that used to post on their forums (still do in 1 place) it's a wasteland now, so most of the hardcore people are gone.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I think you forgot the shocking news! part of the thread title
I don't know what's the character limit for thread titles, and I wanted to keep the "informative" part of the title there.
Aside: Is it me, or did everyone else know that ign is giving away a free month of XBL Gold? Is that legit?
EDIT:
Yep, that's what I figured. Obviously this was not just "hardcore gamers" sharing their opinions though.
EDIT:
Yep, that's what I figured. Obviously this was not just "hardcore gamers" sharing their opinions though.
Night_Trekker
Member
I don't care at all if you care. I'm greatly amused by hardcore gamers moaning and crying about the existence and popularity of motion controls, that's all.
I know how this will work: if I say "Super Mario Galaxy," youll say "that's not really a motion control game," right?
Metroid Prime 3. Better control than any other console fps.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Are you saying you the bitter tears are one of the best things about this gen, or that motion controls are?
Either way, I think you're wrong.
Hell no. One of the main reasons I stopped playing half way.
ShipTheCheese
Member
I don't get it. The Xbox360 was my go-to console during the earlier years of this gen. Now its lost pretty much all of its steam for me, even to the point where people are now expecting the microsoft e3 conference to be a joke because, well..
bigtroyjon
Member
They have a new XBL app, part of promoting it.
Nice! Sounds good to me then.
Also, this thread just makes me super fucking excited to play Skyward Sword and Metroid Prime 3. I plan to play through them soon.
off topic: dude, your avatar is the shit!
on topic: motion controls suck, there I said it.
JakkuFurosu
Member
lol ign survey
Gouty
Bloodborne is shit
How can you possibly say this? Motion controls this gen at their absolute best ranged from manageable to unnecessary.
abstract alien
Member
Good thing none of these people actually matter in the slightest.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I'm bored with developers pussying out of getting creative with them.
JaseMath
Member
FieryBalrog
Member
Motion controls are back to being niche. They failed to take over the default and are now largely relegated to dance games and some sports games. They are present elsewhere but hardly anyone wants them outside of those uses.
Off-topic: Thank you, and the same to you.
As for a free month of XBL: Fuck, you need to have your CC or Paypal on your account to get it. I'm not giving them my CC info.
BomberMouse
Member
This. It's incredible mediocre. On a second thought it seems fitting.
revolverjgw
Member
Hate them. One of my favorite features of Dolphin is mapping waggle to button presses.
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Like it or not it's use of motion control was excellent. Honorable mentions to Red Steel 2 and Wii Sports Resort. Many other games made great use of the motion and pointer controls. The key is to use motion controls when they make sense and not for every little thing just because the system has them.
while I agree, I think we'll have to see what everyone brings to the table next gen. Although the Wii-U will have the tablet controller, if it only allows for one per console, the Wii Mote is still going to be a heavily used controller for anyone who purchases the system.
Night_Trekker
Member
Were they intended to talk over as the default way of controlling games? I don't think you can prove that. I think they were intended to sell hardware and make money, which they did. Quite a lot of both. Cry about it.
Any time crybaby "hardcore" gamers are reminded they don't get what they want just because that's the way it's usually gone, that's a good thing. Good and extremely funny.
Even better than the success of motion controls has been the sales success of a dramatically weaker console using old tech. Millions of manchildren still impotently whine about it to this day, and that's a beautiful thing.
And I'm all broken up about that.
Freezie KO
Banned
IGN poll: Majority of gamers obstinate, stubborn, and closed-minded*
*assuming this includes pointer controls.
*assuming this includes pointer controls.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Well yeah, waggle sucks. I can live with it- it never affected my enjoyment of Super Mario Galaxy- but it's such a waste of the technology.
Well, maybe not the technology of the OG Wiimote, given that was kinda a turd, but definitely the tech of Move or MotionPlus.
bigtroyjon
Member
Should pointer controls really be considered motion controls? Seems like that is more mouse simulation than motion control.
FieryBalrog
Member
What will it bring to the table that it hasn't already by being present in another generation (and not even the selling point of the system)? We've already had all sorts of uses from it and most of it isn't good.
If anything I think Kinect has a brighter future.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
This is the one motion-heavy Wii game I really enjoyed.