...okay, here's the rest:
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Four years ago I wrote an email treaty and said, “Why aren’t accelerometers in remote controls? Why can’t I scroll down my channel guide with a gesture instead of up, up, up, up? So I think that’s interesting. We did a lot of research with gamers, talk to a lot of game developers and said, “Should we put an accelerometer in there and do the tilt thing?” And there wasn’t that much enthusiasm around it. Maybe Nintendo will be more persuasive and have more ideas in first party than we did and that will take off. I don’t think that’s the way you’re going to play FIFA. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play Madden. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play racing games. I think the traditional controller for traditional categories is really going to be what drives that. I don’t think most Electronic Arts games are going to be played with that thing. I think they’re going to be designed for the classic controller.
But to the extent that they do innovative games and bring new gamers in, that’s good. The extent that we think, “Hmm, we’ve got to do something like that too because now there’s a category of third parties that really want a simplified controller.” That’s good. I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say, “Why don’t we just take the Atari 2600 joystick, slap a battery and radio in there, and make that compatible with Xbox 360 too?” Just like we did with USB keyboards you can plug in. Remote control, that’s great. Let’s take it one step further and do a simple controller. We’ve talked about it. I like the idea. I don’t know if I like the implementation because it ain’t my remote. How am I going to watch a movie on Revolution? Am I going to have a different remote than that or am I going to have to use the four colored buttons?
Note what he's actually saying here 1) Microsoft is already allowing non-gamers to play games with a remote control. 2) I thought of putting accelerometers in a remote control FIRST 3) Developers don't really want accelerometers in the controller 4) But coming up with a simplified controller is good...in fact, we're thinking of releasing a wilreless Atari 2600 controller!
Oh, and my favorite quote from the whole thing: "I like the idea. I don’t know if I like the implementation because it ain’t my remote. How am I going to watch a movie on Revolution? Am I going to have a different remote than that or am I going to have to use the four colored buttons?"
Seriously, Microsoft, here's what you say in response to questions about the REV's controller from now on: "we applaud Nintendo's innovation, but are worried their controller might not work for traditional game types as well as conventional controllers, like ours." Stop trying to pretend that you came up with the idea, and stop being so, you know, moronic.
Topic: J Allard reveals what he thinks about REV's controller (Read 11365 times)
