Gates rubbishes motion-sensing controllers
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is currently the only console from the three major gaming companies that doesn’t have a motion-sensing controller. So what does Microsoft think of this? In an Interview with MTV news, Microsoft fat cat Bill Gates expressed his views on the motion-sensor movement.
Determined to save face, Gates rubbished motion-sensing controllers by saying that “it’s something that’s not mainstream for most games“. He was quick to remind us that Microsoft did produce a Joystick, the ‘SiderWinder Freestyle Pro 1.0’ back in the 1990’s, which featured motion-sensor technology and said “It’s tough because sometimes you move the controller, and you don’t [mean] to fly into the ground. You just want to put the controller down“.
“Gaming is changing,” he said. “We’ll never leave behind the old genres. There will always be first-person shooters and football and those things, but we’ve got to complement that with lots of new ideas so that everybody feels like it’s new and engaging for them.“
After this Interview it looks like an Xbox 360 controller with a built-in motion-sensor is highly unlikely. With the head of Microsoft basically downplaying the technology, don’t expect a Microsoft-made motion-sensing controller in the works for the near future. Xbox fans should cheer up though, as there is still a possibility of a controller with motion sensor technology being developed by a third party company. Watch this space.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is currently the only console from the three major gaming companies that doesn’t have a motion-sensing controller. So what does Microsoft think of this? In an Interview with MTV news, Microsoft fat cat Bill Gates expressed his views on the motion-sensor movement.
Determined to save face, Gates rubbished motion-sensing controllers by saying that “it’s something that’s not mainstream for most games“. He was quick to remind us that Microsoft did produce a Joystick, the ‘SiderWinder Freestyle Pro 1.0’ back in the 1990’s, which featured motion-sensor technology and said “It’s tough because sometimes you move the controller, and you don’t [mean] to fly into the ground. You just want to put the controller down“.
“Gaming is changing,” he said. “We’ll never leave behind the old genres. There will always be first-person shooters and football and those things, but we’ve got to complement that with lots of new ideas so that everybody feels like it’s new and engaging for them.“
After this Interview it looks like an Xbox 360 controller with a built-in motion-sensor is highly unlikely. With the head of Microsoft basically downplaying the technology, don’t expect a Microsoft-made motion-sensing controller in the works for the near future. Xbox fans should cheer up though, as there is still a possibility of a controller with motion sensor technology being developed by a third party company. Watch this space.