Today, Xbox boss Peter Moore hinted that Microsoft is "quite possibly" working on a simplified game controller designed to attract new gamers who might be intimidated by traditional joypads. At a recent EA Community Event, Moore said the company is looking at "Any way that we can play and make games easier and more intuitive, that takes the intimidation factor away from what is a pretty complex device now when you look at the controller." "Shoulder buttons, triggers, analog sticks, d-pads - I mean, there's a lot going on there."

Compare it to the old Atari 2600 joystick, Moore suggested. Moore went on to explain that his 14 year-old daughter loves racing games, particularly Project Gotham Racing, but "She's frustrated because the button configurations, the use of triggers... She just doesn't like it". He went on to say that Microsoft is "not going to force anything that is not going to be intuitive and innovative" - which could suggest that the company is unlikely to follow in Sony and Nintendo's footsteps by producing a motion-sensing controller.

News source: gamesindustry.biz


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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by AZKABAZ on 29 Jun 2006 - 10:52
New controller includes revolutionary motion sensing technology! Go Nintendo for kick-starting people thinking about a simplified controller!
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Emphatic on 29 Jun 2006 - 11:55
Quote - AZKABAZ said @ #1
New controller includes revolutionary motion sensing technology! Go Nintendo for kick-starting people thinking about a simplified controller!


Erm the article just said that Moore implyed it was unlikely to use motion sensitivity...
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Aahz on 29 Jun 2006 - 14:22
Let's see the overwhelming majority of the money flowing in the gaming industry comes from males age 18-35 so let's start making things that totally fail to target that consumer. Sounds like a strategy to WIN! :p

I'm sorry but my grandma isn't going to play videogames no matter how they are controlled period. She likes to sew and knit not frag bots.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by yert* on 30 Jun 2006 - 04:31
Amen sista
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by Overseer on 30 Jun 2006 - 07:14
Quote - Aahz said @ #2
Let's see the overwhelming majority of the money flowing in the gaming industry comes from males age 18-35 so let's start making things that totally fail to target that consumer. Sounds like a strategy to WIN! :p

I'm sorry but my grandma isn't going to play videogames no matter how they are controlled period. She likes to sew and knit not frag bots.

There's more to the 360 than fragging bots. Arcade Live has Uno, Hearts, Spades, and soon Poker. You don't need a lot of buttons and sticks to play those.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Nodiaque on 01 Jul 2006 - 14:27
and you would buy a new controller only to play arcade game? Simplified controller for more complexe game, that doesn't fit. It's like saying "hey, go play WOW without a keyboard and let's chat with the onscreen kb and replace the mouse with a joystick with 2 buttons"...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by flapjackman176 on 06 Jul 2006 - 02:07
Great.. steal some more things from your industry M$.

Well.. what happened to your philosophy? you don't steal you just buy the other company out!
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