Shane Kim Talks about Rumored Wii-mote Clone for Xbox 360

Rumors have circulated for months concerning a rumored motion controller for the Xbox 360.

Kim told Kombo that no such controller is being announced today, but Microsoft does not comment on rumors. He went on to say that Microsoft is very pleased with the success of Xbox 360 peripherals -- such as the Scene It! controller -- and the company is always investing in research and development of new innovative devices.

[blynx182]

They keep dodging questions like Neo dodged bullets in the Matrix. Whatever. "We don't comment on rumors and speculation" my ass. Nintendo denied that they are working on a new DS. Why can't Microsoft just do the same?

[Superfragilistic]

It's heartening at least that Shane Kim says the following:

"However, he did say that Microsoft has to be careful about doing such a thing, as it could be "dangerous" to blatantly rip-off Nintendo's Wii controller He added that Microsoft has to find and do what is best for itself, noting that what works for Nintendo might not work for Microsoft."

That tells me that if it does exist, it's not going to look like the picture next to this article or be a Wii remote copycat. Plus if it's to "work for Microsoft" does that mean integration with FPS & RTS?

[joevfx]

first they said HDMI was useless. then they added an HDMI to the 360. THen they said motion controllers are just a fad, then they start to add motion controlers to the 360 haha.

[InYourMom]

I say who cares?

Sony said rumble was last-gen and introduced a whole new controller to now support it. There is nothing wrong with companies changing their minds and responding to the customer base.

I thought this was a big load of BS at first but now I'm about %95 sure that this is coming; but what's the big deal? They aren't going to disable the traditional controller. If you don't like then don't buy it, I'm sure there will be games that take advantage of it but it's not going to replace their current controller.

[ReggieFilsAime]

How will they be successful as all our system have sold more than they'll ever make. Wii is the future and everyone wants one. Even I can't get my hands on this hot item of the century.

[Ikanago]

Releasing a wii-mote style controller wouldn't be enough. They'd need a library of games to support it. Otherwise, it would basically be like the PS3 Eye, which has some games available for it but they're sorta like demos and most people don't use it.

What makes the Wii-mote work is that every Wii game uses it (for better or worse) and the system was designed around it.

My guess is that MS won't be doing one of their own seeing as how they don't appear to have any games in development that support motion control.

[InYourMom]

I don't remember hearing about "Totem Ball" before they released the Vision Camera. For all we know MS could be deving these games right now.

Hypothetical:
Who knows maybe you have a game that uses both traditional and "waggle". It would be kinda cool like in Gears of War 2 that whenever you use the chainsaw you use the "Waggle" for the duels. It would kind of add an extra element to gameplay when each person has to reach for the waggle and then duel. Of course you could choose to use the traditional as well and set matches to support waggle or not. Just a "way out there" suggestion...

[Alcohog]

The 360 has officially jumped the shark when they announce this.

[power of Green]

PS3 is based on all of its competitions major innocations from this generation and last.

You're ignorant in the worse way.

PS3 is molded in the Xbox image.

PS3 is the console playing catch-up lol although Sony is having trouble cloning XBL's features.

I could make a list but you know what I'm talking about(I'm talking about from this generation too)

[Obama]

PS3 copying 360?? I don't remember the ps3 has a rrod feature.

[trancefreak]

This will be good new for current 360 owners and for potential new 360 owners if Microsoft can capture a similar Nintendo audience along with innovative titles for all.

[Miyamoto Shigeru]

I feel proud when the competition tries to follow in our footsteps

I feel no threat whatsoever

[Philip J Fry]

should be, "No news here, just words on a page."

[Vizion26]

Once again the competition rips off Nintendo.

Shame on you Microsoft. Come up with your own innovative ideas. Be a leader not a follower.

[ChickeyCantor]

if you sell apples, and the competitions sells Apples and Oranges. are you just gonna sit there and keep it to apples?