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Posted by higgy on 09/17/05 11:47
"Okilee Dokilee" wrote:
> "Raiden" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:HJadnS9_rfi8dLfenZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@pipex.net...
>> The mysterious controller actually looks just like a TV remote.
>> Albeit with 3D sensors and such which can detect where you move it.
>> It is fair to say its vastly different from what the competition are
>> doing. Imagine playing Zelda with this, actually swinging the sword?
>> Nice.
>>
>> I wonder if it'll play DVDs?
>>
>> Articles:
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>> http://cube.ign.com/
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>> http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143782
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> As game graphics get closer and closer to 'real life', improvements in
> game controllers will become more and more important. In future it
> will be taken for granted that graphics just look like what you would
> see in the real World so we must be able to control these games
> better. Unfortunately many people will never try the Nintendo
> controller because the stark reality is that their console will not
> sell many units at all when up against the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
> There really isn't a market for a third console. We saw this with the
> Gamecube. Nintendo also don't help themselves when they constantly
> release and re-release kiddie games with "Fox McCloud" and "Mario"
> when much of the market for the next gen consoles will be people in
> their 20s and 30s.
Who are, let's face it, mostly idiots who want relentless rehashes of
their favourite footie games & beat-em-ups. ;-)
The Gamecube sold in rather similar numbers to the Xbox on the global
market. I don't know where it stands now, but it was often ahead of MS's
offering.
--
higgy.
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