<![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> *Chuckle* "Microsoft: Ripping companies off since 1985!" :)

RPGJunky

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> sony did it so why shouldn't MS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Wa-Keen: PEBKAC

rainofwalrus

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Instead of wasting time on coping other people's ideas, they should focus on redesign shitty 360. That shit brakes every 3 months!

Wa-Keen

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> There was once a time when seeing "RARE" or "RAREWARE" on something meant that you were guaranteed to be satisfied with your purchase. What happened to you RARE?

*sniffle*

marfpilf

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I kept reading until i saw the words "furry" and "wand" within 2 sentences of each other. Time for a mind wipe.

dslsd64

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @WolvenOne: Has anyone though that perhaps selling this 'x motes' to get a sizable install base for games isn't even the end goal for the 360 having this device? Instead to essentially attack a key feature of the Wii in the consumer's mind.

They could simply implement it in order to downplay it as the main selling point for the competition.
People do buy the Wii for the wii-mote. But if MS had something as well, they might not buy a 360 for the motion sensing, or even end up buying the motion controller perhp, but the fact MS has and offers one reduces the appeal of the main feature of the Wii. If that makes sense.

MS is the only console with no next gen(motion) control.

Ehardergardens

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I just don't see how this can happen. Doesn't the Big N have a patent all set on the Wii-Mote?

Benjo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Well duh, Microsoft has ripped off everyone of their so called innovations. They're thieves. Be it a Mac idea, a Sony idea or a Nintendo. It's not a case of if they'll take it but when because they sure don't have their own ideas.

chiefpoopingpants

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> This would actually be cool for an RPG like Lost Odyssey. I can't tell you how many times I was playing that game and wanted to have my other hand free while running around and getting into random battles.

IceKXG

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Microsoft: Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

Murmaider

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> might get some wiimote shooters with a bit of quality this time.

SwindleUK

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Man You guyz are a bunch of pessimists! :-p

Anyway, not so much interested in motion control as I am in those 1'st person pointer applications. If they ever get their quality control in check, I may seriously have to reconsider this console.

wonder6oy

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Yay! M$ stealing another idea! Great job! Why don't you think of something original, assholes? How about spending less time working on this shit and fixing my 4th RROD'd 360.

Huxle

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> who cares? If it brings more games to more people... so be it!

If microsoft does a good job and it functions the same or better than the wii remote it'll likely be a sucess on some level. If not, well.. Microsofts own fault.

Not sure why anyone would be upset by this though. The wheel was invented.. it made sense.. everyone copied it and used it. The pen was invented.. it made sense.. everyone copied and used it.

The wii-mote is a tool.. not some god-given right to nintendo. Same goes for any tool... be it online service (i'm looking at you mr. PSN is copying XBL!!!) or whatever.

I see no wrong in this.

asphix20

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I support this! The Wii was nothing more than a SCALPER "revolution."

And I'm a Nintendo fanboy. Wiiless not by choice, mind you.

rainofwalrus

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Finally MS comes to their senses!
Sign me up. The biggest problems with the Wii (for me) are few great games and no HD. I didn't buy a 2000$ TV to watch SD graphics, and I won't buy a 450$ console (in my country, without the extra controller) so that my friends can play Wii Sports. I can buy 5 games that I will like and play for that.
This is what the mass market want's - an HD Wii.
I think MS can do this right and it could be their push into the casual market.
I bet you Sony is working on their own, too (if they're smart, and they are).
There was even a lot of talk about a third party Wiimote for 360/PS3. Maybe this is it?

Herbal23

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Wow...

Greatest. Controller. Ever.*

* For when the XBox360 becomes a RLoD360 or RRoD270, since you can throw it across the room and your controller becomes a live, interactive projectile to smash up against the 7th or 8th time that your system "reds out" on you!**

** May void warranty.

Soldier_CLE

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Wand and avatars? Sue their sorry copycatting asses.

thanius

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Having played both the Wii and the PS3, I can definitely state that I prefer motion control when it is well-integrated into the game. I have a Wii, but it has been gathering dust. I literally don't use it anymore. I had high hopes for 2K8 BB on it, but it was dumbed down to the point of absurdity. I play mostly the PS3 now, primarily for MLB 08 the Show (the Road to the Show feature). Motion control made MotorStorm a masterpiece, if anyone bothered to learn how to do it.

I can think of a lot of games that motion control on the 360 would be an asset. Any racing or driving game, any flight simulator, some shooters, sports games, etc. I have now played motion-controlled games, and I find it hard going back to the analog sticks for some types of games.

bornonce

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> The Wiimote was a rip-off of the world's worst universal remote first.

silentbobfan

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @ Everyone
[Sighs,] Hey, remember like almost a whole year ago when the Wii came out and Bill Gates did an interview when he said that Microsoft had already tried motion control with the Sidewinder Pad like, 5 years ago? Yeah there's also a motion sensitive controller video on youtube of a third party pad that worked on all PS1 and PS2 games. (I know most of you whippersnappers are too young to remember ancient news from nearly dead has-beens from almost a whole year ago.[/sarcasm]) So yeah, since Nintendo BOUGHT a little company called Gyration, which used to make wireless mice for Windows which you could wave in the air to move the pointer, (I have two them and I love playing PREY with them). I figure that pretty much means... Sony third party=1st, Microsoft=2nd, Gyration=3rd, and Nintendo being at least fourth in the order of companies that have thought of the idea of using motion control for input. Saying that Nintendo thought it up is like forgetting that the DS is just like the old game-and-watch systems, although in that case at least they are copying their OWN old-ass idea. Anyways I hope they can come up with a medication that could help people remember stuff that was posted on KOTAKU about a million times within the last year, (y'know, just saying...) Opinion: Microsoft will most likely follow their lead of specialized software from LIVE! and they will try to make games specifically to go with this controller instead of just tacking on waggle to every Capcom game. (Like someone we know..) It might be cool, but I doubt I'll buy it, personally. If I wanted waggle I would have already stalked Bestbuy employees, I mean BOUGHT a Wii for an inflated price on ebay.

GOLD5

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @turbofreak: Yeah, great games suck. I hates 'em too.

eastx

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> blatant copying is kind of sad. Motion controls aren't new and aren't new to being copied, but come on. At least make it something of your own.

Sugarbloodsuckers

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Why are people crying about Microsoft's lack of dignity/originality? It's absolutely true, but do you really believe for an instant that MS gives two shits what anyone thinks, if the product stands to make millions of dollars?

Hint: they don't.

cornunderscore2x

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> To the people saying MS is ripping off motions controls, they aren't. They were messing with motion controls back in '98:
[en.wikipedia.org]

The sixaxis is almost an exact rip of the freestyle pro. Whos the biter now?

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Jac21: its a Halo 3 avatar!! so he's a *snigger* reputable source.....AHAHAHA! Naw I'm kidding he's an ignorant fanboy

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> sorry. not buying it.

Fetus_God_of_Love

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> If MS can package that thing with a good game for cheap, it'll sell. Hell, I'd buy one for 30 bucks on sheer novelty factor. Now you can get HD versions of Wii shovelware and some hasty ports...with online play!

All kidding aside, I think most people buy Nintendo products is to play Nintendo published games, which makes the appeal of this thing a bit weak. But if Rare and some third parties like Ubisoft and EA support it, it's a good idea in the long run because then they'd be forced to put some extra effort into development. In the very least this is compelling, if not surprising.

Competition is good. Wii needs better online. MS needs to tap into casual. It works both ways.

billnabors65

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I can only afford this story a lol, which follows this post.

Seriously?

Here it comes...

lol

Michael Tarpey

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Jac21: @Jac21:

Oops, sorry for the double post.

Jac21

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @sargemat:

Oh you're , like, totally unbiased with that comment due to your icon and all. No fanboyism there.

And by the way, this is news how? It was bound to occur.

Jac21

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I imagine this will be about as effective as the SceneIt controller.

psychobaka

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @sargemat:

Oh, and your, like, totally unbiased with your icon and all. Little idiot.

And by the way, this is news how?

Jac21

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> If Rare actually complies with this bullshitery then I'm going to be extremely disappointed in them. Hopefully none of this is true.

Mech_Master

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Shameless, shameless, shameless. But you know, I wouldn't mind using that Wiimote on the next DOA Xtreme Beach game! Imagine the possibilities with that device in the hands of developers who seek to develop serious games!

ChiChi_BBQ

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> ooohh boy, all of a sudden the xbox fanboys are coming out of the wood work, so they can rejoice when they beat the Wii and then say it was Halo 3 that actually won it....srsly

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> RARE!!! PREPARE FOR YOU NAME TO BE TAKEN, AND YOUR ASS TO BE KICKED!
Signed
Reggie

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @emag: I think kb + mouse will dominate.

BlindedFTW

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> well, seeing that Microsoft hasn't really made anything Original by themselves in about, oh i donno, the past 10 years, this would pretty much be expected, no?

leimeisei

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @JudgeNutmeg: Virginia? Microsoft is based out of Redmond, Washington.

Doomstalk

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> This is my worst fear! Last thing I want is video games to turn out just like the wii! Its fun for some games, but not for all. What next, the playstation sixaxis remote? then next thing we know all three next gen systems have this. It has to stop somewhere!

madbassman39

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Ugh, please don't muck up my 360 with a flood of shitty waggle games. We have enough shitty games as it is.

Gray665

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Oooh how the mighty have fallen...

RickyTV

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I agree they need to make it look diferent and I'm sure they will.. But think of all the good reasons like playing rts and with some kind of voice command or speech to text we could get a real nice IE. Only problem will be saying "free porn" outloud. ;)

Gunloc

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Little late to cash in on the Wii's success. I mean 25% of the Wii games are perfect for the motion sensing while the rest is utter crap.

Fireblast

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I wouldn't want one simply because I don't want yet another sensor bar thingy sitting below my TV. One is already too many. :/

mardigan71

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Tons Of Fun:

Well, you are talking about Microsoft. "Innovating" other people's ideas is their bread and butter...just ask Apple.

Arklop

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> No... if this is true, this is such a bad move from Microsoft.

rich8606

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> If it's true I can't say that I didn't see it coming.

M$ and $ony have been trying to add to the immersion in their game since the Wii was revealed.

The only thing they're missing is that the GAMES have to support it and be fun and interesting. You can't just throw out motion control and expect people to jump on it because it's "kinda like the Wii" you need to give them the equivalent of Wii Sports or something better along with that.

And all this is going on on the eve of Wii Fit aka the balance board, Nintendo is already a step ahead.

We all know Wii Fit is going to sell like stock ammo at a gun convetion. I mean my girlfriend who doesn't even PLAY video games, wants it and she just heard about it. Wait until that tv marketing campaign drops.

It's funny, though nintendo will barely market their games but I bet Wii Fit commercials will be EVERYWHERE.

Meanwhile Ninty will just keep printing money, printing money, printing money, printing money, and printing money.

FunKrusher

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> (1) I hope this is false.
(2) There's a good chance this is, what with all the "supposedly" and "rumor has it" and "unnamed source" being bandied about. Don't take it as gospel.

Now, let's all get back to complaining about mandatory PS3 game installation.

Does Not Equal (ダズノット)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> This isn't a very good idea. They're just gonna segment their market even further (from the already segmented core vs. pro owners).

VAMP

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Color me... enthused! Rare made their way in the 90s trying everything they could to out-do Nintendo on their own consoles. And what time, nostalgia, and Nintendo's shilling of their franchises has made many forget is that they did a pretty damn good job of it. Banjo-Kazooie was a better game than Mario 64. Diddy Kong Racing was a better game than Mario Kart 64. And before anyone decries that, keep in mind that the magazines and reviewers at the time were saying these things.

So here's hoping Rare does that again, makes Nintendo hungry to hang onto its market share, and the gamers get higher-quality games. Competition is good.

PositivelyJosh

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Perhaps if they could take motion sensing capabilities and put them into some sort of glove you could wear...

Jetter

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Oh, for fuck's sake, if I wanted a Wii I'd buy one. Please, please don't let my console get infested with fucking Mii's.

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @DARTH_TIGRIS:

Um, I meant Wii FIT, not Wii Play.

DARTH_TIGRIS

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Totally getting one of these, I'm so glad I bought a 360.

If all these internet blog rumors are true, and MS does make a blue ray drive and a wii mote. it'll be like having all 3 systems!!

PHANTOMFANGS

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Phantommizzi: We don't need it but Microsoft do. The casual market will see a cheap 360 with waggle and eat it up.

NeutralFanboy

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Doesn't the 360 have a controller already, and doesn't it work fine? What have I been playing with? Also, if you want to play with a Wiimote, wouldn't you just buy a Wii?

TheEngineer

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Microsoft is not stupid enough to believe they'll be able to get away with this. By the time they get this out, the 360 will be in it's 3rd year, far too late to introduce something like this.

Tiger-Fever

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> THIS IS SO AWFUL

Bernard McGraw

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> This would be absolute crap, sony has already ripped off nintendo enough, now microsoft may be doing it as well? Nintendo needs to kick some major ass if this comes into play.

chaos_isnt_here

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Sony had a third party tilt controller for the PSOne in 1999, called the Tilt Force 2. Albeit it only had two axes while the current one has 6.

Sony is known for copying other people's ideas, but in this case Sony didn't copy Nintendo they copied Pelican Accessories who probably got a fat check from them after the PS3 launched.

Sources: Tilt Force 2 by Pelican Accessories

flashtut

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @slomo788: And MS will be bashed just as hard, if not harder if this comes to reality in this generation of consoles.

huginn

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> lamest controller since the PS3 bommerang. I'll give it that recognition.

XWonka

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> More stuff is better, this is great financial move from Microsoft. But it is potentially a PR nightmare, because it will shock the 360's base, 'cause they aren't kiddy and don't waggle...

Kurdel

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @dynosaulo: Plus... it would make the Xbox360 turn into a more expensive version of the "Vii"

Dynosaulo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Since this controller is an "add on" on not a "main" controller, it will probably fade quickly into niche-obscurity like the rest of it's like... Flight controller, dance mat, lightgun, guitar controller, arcade controller, buzz, powerglove... The list goes on.

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Ampillion, now with the hair stylings of TVs Frank: QFT. I agree completely. Microsoft recognizes what Nintendo has done right since the get go. After Microsoft's realeased their "Arcade" SKU and their various controllers, this doesn't surprise me much. Seems like they're really starting to go after the casual and Wii audience.

TheOtis

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @tincow: I mean... if Nintendo didn't mind before, i don't think they will mind now. Unless, of course, M$ uses nintendo's design... that would be really stupid

Dynosaulo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> M$ is ALWAYS willing to copy, it always has and it always will, copying ones, buying others, thats M$ vintage right there.

FelicioLostHorizonPT

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Slomo788

Don't call me your friend, I'm not your friend budday.

Al2x

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> While I'm not in support of BLATANT COPYING, I am of the belief that games with new controllers and interfaces CAN be highly successful. Thus a system (Wii) need not be built exclusively around such controls.

The ridiculous success of the Guitar Hero series, Rock Band and Wii Play should make it clear that, if the accompanying games are fun and offer new experiences, then people will buy in droves even with the expensive price that comes with adding a unique controller.

Am I wrong?

DARTH_TIGRIS

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @dynosaulo: omg, not "anglish"... "English"... ¬¬' yes.. i'm stupid. =P

Dynosaulo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Uh..just to clear this up, a lot of people seem to be confused.

"Making a controller with motion-control" - Not ripping off Nintendo.

"Making one that looks functionally identical to the WiiMote" - This is what's funny/an issue/a problem/whatever.

tincow

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> My god... people talk about ripoffs, but really... The only company that doesn't do ripoffs is Nintendo.

Let's remember

Nintendo came up with the SNES controller... sony copied... for the Playstation, only with two more shoulder buttons.

Nintendo thought about an analog stick... Sony thought wtf, let's make it two!

Nintendo came up with the rumble pack... Sony, again, made it two... (they were internal... but anyway

Later, sega copied those ideas, then microsoft too...

SO
If the copies made of nintendo's ideas are actually working, let them keep copying.

(sorry for my REALLY bad anglish... =P )

Dynosaulo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> It looks like the developer was working closely with Microsoft... Paint.

Doomstalk

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I don't see this happening, or at least taking off for a long life span.

That's as long as posts have to be, anything else is "Look how much insight I have!" talk...

Monstercloud

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Nintendo did say early on that they expected that the WiiRemote would be a new industry standard eventually. It may come about a bit sooner than some expect.

NESv1

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> All this does for me is confirm Scene It 2 and that gets me excited

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I would buy it only so I could play a lightgun game on the 360.

I'm still sitting here with my Xbox lightgun and House of the Dead 3.

Kanik

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Gwah Hah Hah Hah! God, I hope this is true.

@ 5:50 Bill Gates on innovative UI and Wii remote denial

xot

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Microsoft hits a new low.

AcidFaux

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> From the mockup on the multiplayer blog, MS seems to have missed the mark. There's no camera listed, so pointer functionality is right out (so no 'FPS control'), and motion sensitivity is hardly exciting.

obonicus

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> ok 20 dollars says that if this post was about sony making a wii mote then every fucking post would be about how gay sony is or how much they suck or how they arent original. but because its microsoft with all of you 360 fanboys saying this is a pretty cool idea.

cbg2113

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @flashtut:

Not the eye toy. It's by 3DV Systems. They call it the Z--camera. It does full movement tracking. A video of it is available at ign. Something like this is the future of motion controls. Combine the camera with a standard 360 controller and you really got something promising.

[blogs.ign.com]

xgenius

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I think the one thing we can be certain is true about this story is that once again Rare are behind schedule.

Still, if this is true there could be one major upside: Resident Evil 5 compatibility! RE4 Wii Edition is simply awesome, if we could have RE5 with the Wii-type controls it could well be the best thing ever.

photoboy

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Assuming this is legit (which it likely isn't) - the sketch on the MTV page says the 360mote has four colored LEDs at the top where the wiimote has its IR beam.

What does that mean?

Are those merely colored lights to signify which player I am controlling? Or is it some new kind of four-way optical sensor?

I'm confused. If Microsoft can do motion control better than the Wii, I am all for it. If they can't, they should step aside.

Ess

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Take the scene it controller and add Wii power and bam.The 360 roller motion controller.I'll take a check uncle Bill.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> So is this getting here before or after the PS3mote?

Enkur

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @dcuk7: The MS one didn't have the pointer tech, which is the part of the Wiimote that the good games that use it use.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> some where reggie is gathering his Corps. to invade the offices of MS. Intel reads as follows:

//begin transmission//
"mission is to infiltrate and destroy MS. Take absolutely no prisoners. If Bill Gates is spotted, he must be taken dead or alive. kill anything that moves. even office pets and the like. Once the documents of Wii rip-off are procured, employ exit strategy. and by the way if you see Peter Moore wandering around be sure to put a big tattoo of a 1up mushroom on his forehead.
//end transmission//

zanzibarlegend

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Well we've seen companies "borrow" eachothers ideas before, but I highly doubt it's happening now with this rumored device. Microsoft doing this would be like admitted they've failed to achieve Nintendo's success level and bowing to the big Japanese gaming empire. Somehow I don't think that's in Bill Gates' playbook, I think he'd buy Nintendo himself before allowing this sort of blatant copycatting to go on. But I could be wrong.

Sush

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Tons Of Fun:

No, a straight-up rip-off like this should be unacceptable. For exaple, Sony may have copied Nintendo when they chose to put motion sensing in their controllers, but the way it works is different, and its shape is still the same as previous PS controllers. This is pretty much a direct copy of the Wiimote. Which is sad, stupid, and hopefully 100% fake. April first happened days a week ago, methinks this is a bit late.

dgonchild

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @StabbyCutyou: don't forget about Zune, Starlight.. and.. well, all the "new" features on Vista were already on MacOS and Linux for ages..

Anyway, this looks like just a rumour.. but seeing the success of the Wii, I'm sure that the next generation consoles will all have something like it.

CockroachMan

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @lionkitten: @dcuk7: Like I said in my last post, it's not just about copying a successful feature that might become standard in games and that Sony and Nintendo had the balls to introduce while MS was screaming "gimmick!" I mean, the thing is named "X-remote." Need I say more?

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @xgenius:

You mean EyeToy?

flashtut

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Reading these comments I take it very few actually saw the sketch in the MTV newspost that looks like someone realized they forgot to do an April Fools prank and spent a few seconds in MS Paint.

Lijik

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I love how people say MS are "ripping off" the idea of a motion sensing controller when it was Microsoft themselves who had a working motion sensing game controller way back in... the year 2000 I think it was.

Funnily enough, there just wasn't the demand for it at the time so it went by the wayside. All Nintendo have done is take that idea and launched it at the right time. Bit harsh to say MS are copycats seeing as they were the first to bring a motion sensing game technology to the mass market, albeit on the PC where it was probably destined to fail!

Someone who isn't as lazy as I am will find out what it was called and post a link I'm sure!

dcuk7

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Hahaha, so lame. I hope this is a late April Fool's joke. The 360 is clearly a hardcore machine and I don't think anyone wants to see it flooded with gimmicky remote sensor games. With the 360 already three years into it's lifecycle does producing a peripheral like this even make sense at this point? Microsoft would be better off waiting until 2010 and release the Xbox 720 bundled with an X-remote.

PaulHunter

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Oh please with the "stealing/rip off/imitating" comments.

Like both Nintendo and Sony didn't steal inspiration and elements from Xbox Live? If anything, don't most f us agree that Nintendo SHOULD steal more from Xbox Live so that online play isn't broken or difficult?

They ALL "borrow" ideas and implement them in various ways. That's true of every industry ever invented. To think that gaming is any different than cars or banking or coffeeshops or anything else is so comical. It's a copycat world.

Get over it.

lionkitten

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> On one hand, I would hate to see Microsoft blatantly copycat nintendo. On the other hand, a wiimote-like device for the 360 would make Resident Evil 5 that much better.

thumbuki

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> it smell fail !

ThisIsHell666

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> microsoft isn' the only one, Sony is rumored to already be demoing theirs to devs...

x999x

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Tiberian: Agreed. I personally can't wait until Microsoft comes out with their Sidewinder Xbox 360 controller. That way, when they realize what Sony realized, that their demographic doesn't care for motion controls, we can finally be done with it.

RawSteelUT

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Smart move really. Wii is selling like hotcakes. Its all about money...not what internet forum posters and bloggers want. Hell, the Wii is made of stuff from nightmares. How could this be any different?

Poltergeist13

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Oh god please let this fail even worse than the HD-DVD drives.

AnotherGamer

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Microsoft really has no clue as to what makes Wii popular. The controller is part of it but certainly not everything.

mizzle

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Now we can have resident evil 5 with wii controls! I like it!

Gunloc

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Haha, terrible. Obviously an Xbox 360 could do anything a Wii could do with better visuals, and much better online, but Nintendo still has enough franchises to justify spending the $250.

Wolfers

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> not to be fanboyish, but won't Microsoft have a hard time making a remote of their own without stepping on patents?

Sandbox_Emperor

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @DGOJG: Do you mean the joke showing a PS3 Mote & Nunchuck ripoff seeing as how Sony "copied" analog sticks and rumble from Ninty about a decade ago?

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Sounds Microsofty.

You gotta love 'em and their original ideas.

BornToFlail

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> this just in: motion controlled gaming, not really that fun.

LX

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Tons Of Fun:

You are an idiot, sir. If this turns out to be true, it will end up thrown to the wayside like pretty much everything else of its type. Rare will release some sub par game with it, it won't sell but 6 units, and then no one else will make games for it. The "core" gamer market has made it quite clear that they have no interest whatsoever in a controller of this type, so I can guarantee you right now that you won't be seeing any incredible, mind blowing games for it that you would enjoy (i.e. no hooker killing or headshots).

This is aimed at people as an extra expensive peripheral to an already expensive console and all it offers is things that the people that it is aimed at don't give half a damn about. Has "FAIL" written all over it.

usfslacker

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I was expecting it sooner, I mean everyone has been on, or is on the motion sensor bandwagon.

Flawless101

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> HAHAHAHA a x-mote? ok, i wouldnt buy this if microsoft DID actually put it up but its interesting to see.. lol

Kaizin514

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Isnt there already a Sony-Wii-esc one thats been in works for ages? It was in PSM3..rummors at one of the latest gaming conferences..

DGOJG

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> am i the only one that continues to question why we are getting new sources from MTV???? It started off as a music channel and now its not even about music.

...i don't trust them with my games =(

NightMystic

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> too bad add-ons don't sell...

it's time for microsoft to understand that they have to focus on lowering price to reach mass market and then next generation, bring wii type functionality.

reptile168

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Yetanotheruninspiredscreename: you should take Kotaku's crack-artist team to seriously. They do good work word... not very accurate when it comes to visual details like this.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> ugh- I can't make it through all the fanboyism and hate...

...this is possible, but doubtful. For one, it'd probably only be with Rare games and not all games (if it came out this year). For two, it'd probably be in development for the next console, not the current console. For three, MS is trying too hard when there hasn't even been enough time for something extraordinary to use the motion controls yet...it's just a new way to play, and it's interesting but nonetheless not the only way.

Of course, Microsoft just wants the money so...

JGab

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @xXSlayer77Xx:

A number company handled manufactoring in Japan. PAX. Mattel was the US side. Another company did the research and guess what it's a scaled down data glove used to control robot waldos. Said data glove cost at the time 10,000.

[www.ageinc.com]

Btw people in vr research use powergloves because they are a lot cheaper to modify then use a 1000 or more dollar data glove.

Yetanotheruninspiredscreename

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> first microsoft rip off the ps2 buzz controller for scene-it
then nintendo attempting to steal the singstar card from sony, now this...*sigh*

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Do not want!

Seriously, I don't have a 360 to play with motion controls. I don't want that stuff forced into my games.

Deus Ex Machina

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Too bad Nintendo couldn't "ripoff" Microsoft's XBL service.

exkon

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Mr.SithNinja: LOL! I'm sure Nintendo won't be too happy about this if it's true. Anyone still have that picture of, "Achievement Unlocked: Copy the Leader"?

Tenchuu

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I get enough waggle on my wii. I'm going to stick to regular games for my 360.

J0hnny-Kickass

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Even if this isn't true, it's stuff like this that really makes me hate Microsoft. And I don't even have a Wii.

jerimas

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> i hate copycats.. i really do.. i bashed sony for trying to build motion controls into its controller after knowing how the wii worked.. but, as a 360 owner, i'm kind of interested in this.. sure it won't be as groundbreaking as the wii-mote but it may be put to good use! if we start seeing game patches to support this control scheme on already released shooters and if the controls are any good i'll think about it.. but then again.. it's just a rumor!

henri1kk

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Doesn't this remind you of the ps1 era?
-N64 innovates with their (crappy) analog stick
-Sony copies with the duelshock, and does it better
-MS just copies

The only big difference then was we didn't have fanboys screaming 'rip off'

Well, I hope this is real. COD4 with motion control aiming would be amazing!
Better even than keyboard and mouse..? Maybe.

Beeswing

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @SirCletus:

So what if they can't come up with an original idea, do you think they give a toss about that when they're counting their money?
Do you think the average casual gamer consumer who buys the product, gives a toss about who came up with the original idea?

Who do these things matter to?
Not me, that's for sure, I just want games I like to play.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @TheHun: If Microsoft brings something new to the table this year, I will swallow my hat, go to the nearest Best Buy and get an Elite the same instant (apparently it has less problems than the other SKUs). Well I eventually will buy one for Gears 2 anyways, unless Epic decides to update the engine for third-parties so that PS3 can also have games with the new UE3 features.

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Coming soon, the XBOX Parasite! A USB cable with built in microcontroller, which connects to your Wii through its expansion interface. The XBOX Parasite comes with a DVD which loads a specialized Parasite control into the Wii program space and allows (well, forces) the Wii to act as a peripheral to the 360. Hey presto, you have a Wii60, use your Wii as a 3d spatial mouse for Halo 3 and Gears of War.

ChaoticLimbs

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> THAT'S what they meant by "Wii-60".....

Mr.SithNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Cruithne: Yes, it's business. It's definitely Microsoft's business: they can't seem to come up an original idea (at least, these days) from which to profit.

Granted, lots of companies do the same. As for the Ford/cars example, that's a bit different. Microsoft seems to really like to focus on swiping other companies' gimmicks, which seems particularly odd to me. Wii-motes and Miis? They couldn't come up with that themselves?

Another of my favorites is the blatant rip-off of Widgets in Vista, called "Gadgets." Real original, guys. What makes me laugh, though, is that ripping off Dashboard and Widgets seems so...pointless. Borrowing from core concept, functionality and usability and innovating and evolving is one thing (this is where the "car" analogy works). But blatantly ripping off a completely non-essential feature? Why? This probably isn't a proper analogy to the theft-of-concept of Wii-mote (as the Wii-mote IS a central selling point of the Wii), but it's an anecdote I find humorous nonetheless.

SirCletus

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Ampillion, now with the hair stylings of TVs Frank: Yea. So it's crap. And we don't want more half assed motion controls that aren't fun or don't work properly in games.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @slomo788: Nothing is confirmed.
For all you know it's the next best thing and not a rip-off at all! (though probably not just sayin)

TheHun

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> FINALLY! Ninjabread Man will be mine on the 360!

Justin42

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Hovering over Redmond, VA tonight... the stench of desperation.

JudgeNutmeg

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Kind of sad if true, but we'll see.

Struct09

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @okenny :):Arg... scratch that last statement... wrong story :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> To anyone who's even the least bit surprised, please refer to "History". It's just choc-full of great examples of MS doing this in the past.

Windows is nothing more than the MS version of the System/Finder OS.

Some of you may know this under it's current name, MacOS.

I believe TNT had some kind of movie about Billy and Steve a while back, like 10 years back. Oh those nerds...

For more examples, please see C#.Net and Java

Hopefully, this will go down in flames, right next to good ol MS-Bob and WindowsME.

StabbyCutyou

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Candlejack: No, see...
If they'd done this much, much earlier, we'd actually see a lot better push to use motion controls. At this point, it smells more like 'we want moneys' then 'we want to offer something new'.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I'm afraid you're going to have to run that by me again.

In who with the what now?

Okayyy....

I'm just going to go over here now.
--hitting head against brick wall--

Yeah! Sure fine, that sounds just dandy!

TokeYo

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thus, if this is true, than it says a lot about what Microsoft really thinks of the WiiMote.

That being said, even throwing aside marketing, I see a key problem, adaptation. In other words, why should 360 developers take advantage of this controller when only a small fraction of the 360 owners have one? So unless Microsoft can tackle adaptation and give developers incentive to make games for the controller, it may be the industries next, Game Cube Gamboy Link Cable.

Microsoft can however, do a few things to push adaptation. The first would be to bundle the controller in every new X-box 360 alongside the standard controller.

The second would be to put out a, "killer ap," with the controller bundled with it. Doesn't even need to be THAT great of a game, WiiPlay has pretty much proven this.

Finally, Microsoft can keep costs down. If they sell the wand controllers for $30 dollars a piece, the same price at the WiiMote, than they'll look cheap in comparison to Microsoft's $50 dollar standard controllers.

All this being said though, I'm somewhat dubious.

We're into the third year of the X-box 360 lifespan by now, in another two to three years Microsoft will be announcing the successor to the console. So I think I may be a little late in the game for Microsoft to radically shift it's focus like this.

My suggestion to Microsoft, would be to continue refining the controller, make it as responsive and accurate as they possibly can. Then when they're done with that, start looking into other features they can add to it as well.

If they do that long enough, than they can simply use THAT design for the 360's successor, and have themselves an uber-controller that's really hard to beat.

WolvenOne

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Sorry, I had an problem getting the article posted. Its up now to those who already visited.

VillageOoOIdiot

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I'm glad. It will be easier for microsoft to copy nintendo's hardware and make wii-like games than for nintendo to emulate microsoft's software and make an xbox-live-like service. At least microsoft is WILLING to copy. Look past the sleaziness of it all and think positive!

xanavi

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> So we have patent laws that can sometimes prevent companies from making money off of other companies' innovations (so that there are better incentives to innovate)... I wonder how the inevitable lawsuit will turn out (I root for Nintendo).

jbliton

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Wow, I guess I have to eat my hat, socks, shirt, cut off my fingers and my penis and then gouge my eyes out because those are all the things I've said I'd do at various times if MS ripped off Nintendo before Sony.

Shit.


Any any rate, if it is true and that mock up is accurate, HOLY CRAP is that shameless!

MR. FAP☆FAP!

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Casual gamers don't care about HD. Give it up Microsoft. Give it up.

KingBroly

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Kyle81: And we come full-circle :) Of all people, for YOU to utter these words is priceless. *hug* you just made my day ;)

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> And for anyone feeling like putting Sony in the same basket. Don't be stupid. Motion sensing is becoming a standard in console gaming, just like rumble was before, and just like cams are becoming now. Nintendo uses it in casual gaming, and bases the entire game off of it. Sony used it in more "hardcore games," like Resistance, Uncharted and in racing games. In shooters and action games it's just used for one function, not the whole thing. MS is ripping Nintendo off not by using motion sensing (their controller is clearly the last one in terms of innovation and feature this gen) but by THE WAY they apply it. This is clearly a "port" of the Wii-mote to the 360. Even the name is a rip-off (remove Wii, put X... wtf?). Sony never went that far, and at least they jumped at the same time as Nintendo instead of that "wait and see" approach that MS always uses. I just hope this fails, just like their other knock offs have always failed.

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Seriously. Just give me a third analogue stick instead of a dpad. That would really make people angry. But the dpad is useless on a 360 controller anyways so /shrug. PS people could play on a 360 controller even easier, and I think some hardcore mech games could use 3 sticks. Gotta innovate something new on a controller to separate casuals from hardcore anyways. People can then say "you noob casuals, you cant even handle 3 sticks"

Thats the world I want to live in. It's sad cause I started off sarcastic but now when I think of the uselessness of the 360 dpad it doesnt sound THAT terrible.

Derigor

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Eew. Looks ugly. If it ever makes it to market, I won't be buying it, since I'm not 8. What a bizarre move for Microsoft, too. I thought they knew their core demographic much better than to attempt this.

Besides, wasn't the industry on the cusp of admitting that waggling a controller while looking at SNES-era graphics is nothing more than a passing (albeit lucrative) fad?

Prediction: this'll come out way too late for the cash-in bonanza that the Wii enjoyed, Microsoft and Nintendo will start a non-consequential court fight and it will all drift away into nothingness that no one will remember in no time flat.

While it's strange for Microsoft to do this (if in fact they are), I still think their console's the best of the bunch this generation.

DaPress

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Cruithne: Indeed. Finally, we'll have playable FPSes on the 360!

Wiimote pointing is to mouse and keyboard what mouse and keyboard is to dual analog.

emag

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> HAHA! Good one. Yea, you almost got me there. Lol. Lol. Right? Please. Be a joke. :(

This is so crucifying. If anything, the world needs less games with half assed motion controls.

--
And stop this buddy/friend/guy/pal bullshit. This is not youtube, and you sure as hell aren't in South Park.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @Overlord44: don't forget the MGS4 pack-in game with a free key for FF13 beta ;)

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I can already see the final product : a glove with motion sensing abilities. This way, they rip off 2 Nintendo ideas at once.

Actually, that would be kinda cool... if done right.

In any case, if it turns out it's really a remote like the mock-up shown here, I really hope MS will fail, because it would be too blatant a rip-off to merit any kind of success.

Mokona

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Hahaha.

ohhello

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> The article forgot to mention that the X-remote will most like explode in your hand

tralfaz23

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @JustEaton: LOL. Yes, that is why the PS3 copied features and are still trying to implement features that the original xbox did or the 360 is already doing. The PS3 is badass, but lets not forget that some of it's features are copies of what MS has already done. Oh, and didn't MS have a motion sensing wand-like controller years ago? Oooh, I think they did.

Everyone copies everyone in videogames.

I_Hate_This_Place

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @slomo788: I'm not your guy, buddy

valouris

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> Yeah, have you noticed how Henry Ford started producing the motor car, then before you knew it every fucker was coming out with their own version of "the car" ?

Get a grip people, it's business, if the consumer demands casual games and Wii type controls, then Microsoft would be dumb not to give it to them.
Personally, some cool FPS Wii controls and 360 graphics sounds pretty sweet, I'd like to see it.

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @JustEaton: yea i'm surwe ps2 never had dre or ps1 had overheating problem. the george foreman grill also has problems.

JoDark117

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> @AllOfUsAreLost: he's not your friend child molester.

...oh wait. Did I take that too far? Did I kill it? *face-palm*

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Rip Off Wii Remote By End Of Year, Says Source]]> I don't see the point in this. Microsoft has a pretty good market share this generation. If they release this "X-remote", they are basically going after potential Wii consumers. To even attempt to make this thing successful MS has to commit a lot of resources to this project which might mean less resources spent on what has made the Xbox360 what it is today.
Look at the PS3. It has the sixaxis functionality, but I doubt that is the reason anyone purchased one.

Noks415

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