Take a look at your Xbox 360 controller and think of one object you could compare its looks to. Seriously, what do you think it looks like? If you said a martian aircraft due the amount of buttons it has, then congrats, you think just like Cliff Bleszinski.Talking with CVG, Bleszinski discussed the 360's controller, admitting that "if you look at a controller right now it looks like an alien spaceship." Cliff hopes that next gen, Microsoft creates an Xbox input device that has "fewer buttons on the controller" and recommends doing something more "with a built-in camera or a little motion sensitivity." "You look at the Wii controller with less buttons - they added functionality by doing waggle" Bleszinski explained, "there are other ways of providing interactivity without having every single finger doing something at once on a friggin' controller."
And as much as it pains us to admit this, sorry Cliff, we don't totally agree with you on this one. The Wii is the Wii and the 360 is the 360, try playing a FPS on the Wii or using motion detecting cameras and tell us how competitive or fun it ends up being.
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7-10-2008 @ 1:47PM
mercilessming_2000 said...
God how true, I had a Wii and played it for about 5 months at most and just got tired of stupid waggle wii mote gimmick I like gamepad and would have kept the wii if I could have played all the games with a good controller like the 360 controller. PLEASE MICROSOFT STAY away from motion control. Even my PS3 fanboy Friends don't speak excitedly about the little motion control they have.
7-08-2008 @ 2:14PM
Brave said...
NO.
If this happens, it would make Xbox 360 games, and Xbox games less compatible with the Next Xbox.
and Motion sensing sucks.
I hate moving my controller around like that.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:14PM
LilTmac2003 said...
At first, I thought this was a complete fake interview.
Than, I seen the word friggin', and was like, nevermind.
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7-08-2008 @ 3:03PM
natrontheape said...
classic... this made me laugh during an otherwise boring afternoon.
7-08-2008 @ 2:15PM
Dirty said...
Not to mention how lame the six-axis is
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7-08-2008 @ 2:15PM
Optimus Prime said...
I officially hate him now
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7-08-2008 @ 2:20PM
Thrombo19 said...
The 360 is almost perfect the way it is. The DPad stinks, so when its used for shortcutting stuff I tend to miss out on those pieces, but other than that, the 360 is pretty money. I don't need to jiggle shit.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:25PM
xFenixKnightx said...
Uhhh, como what??? It basically has the same layout as the SNES controller from waaaaaaay back when, minus the analogs and extra top bumpers. Hell no, fuck waggle!!!
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7-08-2008 @ 2:27PM
headwoundcity said...
Just worry about making games and leave the "the man waggle" and sticks to the other guys...er...yeah just shut-up all together and make sure Gears doesn't suck. Thanks.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:28PM
Aaron said...
Just think of all 90% of Wii games that work like CRAP....................... Now what you thinking Cliffy ?
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7-08-2008 @ 2:28PM
black_vegeta said...
He really needs to have a nice warm cup of SHUT THE HELL UP!
Only thing I agree or have been agreey is the D-Pad.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:33PM
Ed said...
let's all just go back to call him CliffyB.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:34PM
adge01 said...
Funny how people forget that the PS3/360's library has LOTS of games with crappy controls and there not "motion-controlled".
If you have crappy designers crappy games you will make....
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7-08-2008 @ 2:35PM
UNSCleric said...
Cliffy and Epic are pretty annoying and arrogant.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:37PM
Dwag said...
What about the Conduit Its a FPS that uses waggle?
Cliff your wrong the only problem with the 360s controller is that D-pad.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:39PM
john said...
Cliff must know something about Microsoft's E3 announcement.
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7-09-2008 @ 5:23AM
Boff said...
That's what I was thinking. There's nothing wrong with the current controller (obviously minus the d-pad) so why would he come out and say that? Unless he was 'asked' to mention it. Seems to much of a coincidence that E3 is just around the corner and there may be an announcement on motion controls.
7-08-2008 @ 2:47PM
SadisticHam said...
If he can make gears of war work as well on a motion sensing type controller as it does to this day I'd be all for it, sadly i can't see that happening..all I'd expect is a very dumbed down game.
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7-08-2008 @ 2:57PM
BobTheElephant said...
As much of a Wii fan as I am, I personally appreciate that the 360 is its own system. I have a Wii for all those weird gesture-based games that I may enjoy, but I have a 360 for everything else...I'd like to keep it that way.
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7-08-2008 @ 3:01PM
Bumbolio said...
Motion controlls aren't the greatest thing ever, but a pointer like the one in the Wii Remote would make FPSs a whole lot more fun on the console. In my opinion I think that the wiimote and nunchuck combo is the closest you can get to a keyboard and mouse on a console without actually using a keyboard and a mouse. I'm kind of glad that some PS3 games support a key board and mouse setup. I now own all 3 consoles, and I really love FPS games. I just wish they could take the controls from the Wii and combine them with the graphics of the PS3 and Xbox 360. If you don't believe me, and can calm your fanboism for long enough, I suggest that you try Metroid Prime 3, or Medal of Honor Heroes for the Wii. I think that most people would prefer the high level of aiming precision of the wii remote over that of an anolog stick. Then again, this is coming from a person who started playing FPSs on a PC, not a console.
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