Hello readers, it’s me, Mr. Jack S. again, here with some more stuff for you to read, consider about and then go out and buy and spend 10 hours with it. That’s right, more games.
As you all already know, the Wii has revolutionised the way games are now sold on the market, attracting the younger crowd with more family friendly games like Carnival Games and the Nintendo produced Wii titles like Wii sports, Wii move, Wii Music and recently released Wii party. Nintendo sales have never been better, and they still begin to sell all over the world, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.
Sony and Microsoft, although originally mocking the Wii as a ‘fad’ and a ‘cheap toy’ have now turned 180 after seeing the market and have sent forth their offerings onto the world of casual gamers: The Microsoft Kinect and the Playstation Move.
The Microsoft Kinect has been touted as the new way to play games, no remote, and no wireless. It’s just you and a camera. That’s right, the Kinect is a motion capture device that will see your movements through the camera and let you play the games from there. From dancing to fighting, this is a new innovation that has not seen any predecessors. (Apart from the Playstation Eye) No more cumbersome controls and constant battery changes, this is the future in your living room, and you’re playing your games with it.
The Playstation Move is a safer approach to the gamers. Rather than try to make something new that could potentially fail, they decided to refine the shortcomings of the Wii. Motion sensor is now two tiered: Using motion capture via a camera of the remote controls and the movements of the controls themselves, utilising the tech from both Nintendo and Microsoft. They also have a wider range of games coming out for it, and this seems to be a promising show from the heads of Sony as it will also affect future gamers everywhere.
Probably you’re wondering, what Nintendo is going to do to retort to these obviously attacks to the Wii motion sensor approach to games. Well, they’re not. Instead of trying to fight in a 3 way tango, they decided to take the market that is everywhere: the Handhelds, with something that has never been seen before, 3D handheld without the glasses. Yes, you did read that right, 3D without any red and blue glasses.
The 3DS, Nintendo’s secret ace in the hole in the gamers war, this is really nothing like the world has seen before. A handheld that will propel 3D games, using technology from the science books that let you sees a 3D image without glasses. Not only that, it has cameras, nice quality screens, the ability to tweak the 3D and much, much more, there are no words for this. This is the gaming revolution at its best, breaking the glass ceiling and rising to new heights in the technocratic society.
One thing is sure: Games are once again changing for the better, and you can only expect one place games are going to go, and that’s up. Till next time, have fun, and cheers.
