The controller revolution has changed a lot over the past 6 years from the Nintendo Wii to the Kinect and the Move. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are all adapting their controllers to modern technology and competing against one another to be the best in the gesture controller market and finding new ways to excite the gaming world. In my essay I will analyse the ways in which each company has changed their controllers over the years, and how the gaming industry has became more competitive and constantly changing.
Nintendo Wii (and Wii Motion Plus)
Nintendo Wii was released in November 2006 in North America and within the next two months it was selling millions worldwide. The Wii Remote, can be used as a handheld pointing device and detects movement in three dimensions. Games for the wii are normally first party developed which means they are produced by themselves;these include wii sports resort, Just Dance 2 and others, which Sony and Microsoft decided to make their own of and copy this made the competition more competitive. The Wii motion plus is an add on to the wii controller, this was released in 2009. The add on allows the user to have a more accurate motion copied by the console.
Kinect
Kinect is a motion sensing input device introduced by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 and has now became the fastest selling consumer electronics device. It enables gamers to play and interact with the Xbox 360 without needing to touch a controller, by using natural user interface using gestures and spoke commands. It is based around a webcame style add on peripheral for the Xbox. Kinect competes with Wii and Wii Motion Plus and Playstation Move. The target audience for Kinect is mainly families, as the games used for Kinect such as; Kinect Sports get family members to join in and compete against each other. The games made for the Kinect are also produced by themselves making the a third party developer just like Nintendo Wii.
Move
Move is a motion sensing game controller platform for the PlayStation 3, released in September 2010. It is based around a handheld wand, JHardware available at launch included the main PlayStation Move motion controller, a supplementarty Playstation Move navigation controller. Playstation move is targeted mainly to families but also to many adults and children which shows it is a game for any generation.
Conclusion
So you can see that the competition between each of the companies is at it's peak now after the releases of their new controller, they are constantly trying to beat each other in the gaming industry.
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