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VIRTUALISATION Here comes the Xbox 360’s Wii-mote?
VIRTUALISATION Here comes the Xbox 360’s Wii-mote? | Here comes the Xbox 360’s Wii-mote? |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 08 April 2008 | |
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Actually I thought there was another motion controller game pad that Microsoft had created that also worked with Midtown Madness, but I can’t find it on the Internet – so, I’m just moving on with the rest of the story. Anyway – all of that is firmly in the past, and while the PC platform remains a massive mover of games, much of the action is now happening on dedicated games consoles, with the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PS3 both sporting motion control, although Nintendo’s version is clearly the superior implementation at the moment. Now, while there have been many rumours about Microsoft deciding to bring motion control to the Xbox 360, Microsoft hasn’t done it yet. This has all now changed with the latest rumour from MTV that an “Xbox 360 version of Wii Remote has been in development since summer”, according to a source that spoke exclusively to MTV News. There’s lots more information in MTV’s article which is definitely worth reading, but MTV’s source says the Xbox 360 motion remote will appear “before the end of the year”. Interestingly, the source is a “developer who has been briefed on the project”. MTV’s report claims the motion remote has “been in active development at Microsoft since last August”, with Microsoft-owned studio ‘Rare’ working on the project – while Microsoft has predictably told MTV that it “does not comment on rumours and speculation”. Please read onto page 2 to see what Bill Gates said about the topic in 2006 and 2007 – with some very interesting comments indeed – and claims from Sony that “Microsoft has already leveraged all their big assets” for the Xbox 360 – something that will plainly be untrue should the motion controller rumour be on the money! Continue on... |
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