Moore on motion controlled FIFA

EA Sports president Peter Moore has told VideoGamer.com that he believes sports will play a large role in the early support for both Microsoft's Natal and Sony's PS3 motion controller. However, much of this will be through fun mini-games as we have seen with the Wii.

Asked if the publisher's market-leading FIFA franchise could incorporate Natal or Sony's motion wand, Moore said:

"Well I'm not sure that simply having a, let's say Natal from Microsoft, having a Natal version of FIFA is arguably the right thing to do. Are there some cool mini-games you can do as a Natal or motion controller from Sony, where you actually put the controller down maybe, you get up off the couch, and then there's a penalty competition? And maybe, and this is right off the top of my head, maybe, there's a penalty, instead of using the controller, you have to take the penalty?"

[tripewire]

"Well I'm not sure that simply having, let's say Cross Game chat from Sony, having cross game chat is arguably the right thing to do. Are there some cool things you can do with Cross Game chat or Universal custom soudtracks from Sony, where you actually put the music you want on? And maybe, and this is right off the top of my head, maybe, there's no Cross game chat or custom sound tracks, 'cos I'm a c**t"

[Cwalat]

Lol!^

Hahaha, right on!

[StanLee]

SMH @ fanboys. You dudes are disgusting.

[tripewire]

??

[kewlkat007]

""if the person that wants to talk to me for some reason doesnt have my cell phone or home phone or email or messenger then in truth i only care to talk with that person if he/she is playing the game im playing"
"

That's why sony doesn't need it.

[Xbox360Elite]

Everyone loves Natal.

[tripewire]

It was a typo. Peter Moore actually likes anal....

Oh and the ps2 had "Natal" what, 10 years ago?

Way to blaze the trail Microsoft.

[PS3PCFTW]

well noone except you.

everyone wants the ps3slim and its exclusive next gen content.

One more nail in your rrod coffin.

good riddance

[Xbox360Elite]

Natal is completely different. technology has moved on since 10 years ago Natal is more advanced soon even hospitals would be using Natal for full skeleton scans which only natal does also voice recognition will be used by numerous companies even the FBI thanks to Microsoft all this is possible.

[tripewire]

"Natal is completely different (really? the pre-recorded video demos looked alot like the ps2 games from a decade ago). technology has moved on since 10 years ago (I know. BluRay is a perfect example of that. I mean HOW THE F*** did MS stuff up dvd drives so bad when its a decade old technology?) Natal is more advanced soon even hospitals would be using Natal for full skeleton scans which only natal does (so Natal is an X-Ray emmiter?) also voice recognition (which worked pretty well back in the days of MacOs 8) will be used by numerous companies even the FBI thanks to Microsoft (what was their connection to voice recognition software again?) all this is possible."

Next....

[Trevorthenerd]

natal is just some crap version of the eyetoy

[tripewire]

Coming soon from EActivision (the merger is in the pipes) - Mutual Pleasure Time. The first game to use Natal. Developed so Peter Moore and Kottick could j*** each other off without actually being "Gay".

[qface64]

uhhh...... yeah... ._.

[IDetonation]

The open zone is for qu33rs like tripewire

[tripewire]

zing.....

[Trevorthenerd]

Im beginning to hate the 360 now. First they charge you $50 for gold. Have adverts on live and now this natal BS? I might trade in my 360 for a ps3 slim if this bs does not stop.

[Sitdown]

why you are beginning to hate the 360 now...1.)they have been charge for Live since forever, and you can find it for cheaper than $50. 2.)In my opinion advertisements are not as cumbersome as most want to make it out to be....I guess it depends what all you are doing on live. 3.)You dislike the "natal BS", but plan on switching over to a console that is having a similar device come out for it.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

You'll be changing to a console that already had Natal... If you think about it, tracking your movements as controls is EyeToy/Eye, just like PS Wand will be Wiimote.

I'm not telling who's copying who, screaming rip-off, or some other crap. Actually that's about the bigger question mark that appears when making a Natal and PS Wand face-off. Both Sony and MS are doing things done before, but those things never worked right to start with. EyeToy and Wiimote just don't work on any kind of game, and if forced (as in most of Wii library since the control was made mandatory) it just end screwing up everything, the limitations of the control scheme causes limitation on the game itself that we are not used in many genres because the gamepad makes everything possible.

That's the point, Sony and Micro think they can make it better and give it mass application without compromising game quality or the public attained. If we consider "artificial" things as having a pad in your hand that does anything with a button press, and consider "organic" moving as you would in reality, we could say the basic difference in MS and Sony plans for motion control are that MS wants less artificial and more organic while Sony thinks that for now some articial need to remain no matter how far the organic tracker is responsive.

It's all consequence from the point were we stand now in the videogame story. We are nearer than ever from Virtual Reality. Not only prototypes but practical and marketed products that promise to delivery bi-focal vision and body movement track. But we are still far from the point where we'll plug a wire to the head and go matrix. So standing between the total organic VR and total artificial ways to play is naturally controversial and we have those problems to solve.

For me? I just hope both companies are wise enough to admit we aren't that ready to VR and use the good sense to attain the motion controls, whatever they come to be, just where they are fun and practical, so to not compromise our hobby, make it more spread than EyeToy/Eye, but not as forced as Wiimote.

For you, Trevorthenerd, if you that much more averse than me to motion control, you probably are just F'ed up and shall have to learn and share some of your games with those casuals' bad habits.

[Christopher]

Do people really think that most gamers are physically capable enough to keep up with a speeding football and their character on screen? I mean, how many kids do you know will be able to leap after a football kicked by one of the greats? How about out maneuver our AI? Look, let's be realistic here people, if we were to go that far, we wouldn't sell many because it would be way too hard for the majority of the people and we want people to enjoy the game, from their couch, controller in hand, no need for being physically fit and capable to play against our AI in real time with their full body.

[Grandreaper9999]

You'd have to be practically strung-up on a web of wires or suspended in a dunk tank to have full body controls in a 3d environment. That's why EyeToy was not a major software pusher.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Yup, and even in that way, it would still fail because just tracking the movements you cause wont reproduce real moves, since we would take away impact and gravity to track movements that way.

We are really faraway from VR.

[Grandreaper9999]

So motion controls like Natal and the Wand are not viable solutions to video game controls? Thanks for confirming that Peter. They have to be limited experiences and practically forced into the games. I couldn't agree more.

It's too bad arcades aren't being opened back up using these technologies. They could have benefited tremendously from the tech we have (will have) in our home consoles. I remember seeing some neat things like on-rails shooters that respond when you duck for cover and reload. I dunno, I think more of that stuff would have been great to see.

[XKRUCI8]

LMFAO! That picture of Moore with the Xbox is still epic lulz to this day.

[Monteblanco]

For two years Konami's PES have showed how to football controls with the IR pointer in the Wii. So far, EA Sports never got it, as their own implementation still looks like a joke. No wonder they don't have a clue of what to do with Natal.