Xbox 360 motion sensing controller

**QuikSsurfer** · 12-31-2007, 09:26 AM

this is a rumor

http://xboxfamily.com/xf/index.php?o...=1107&Itemid=2

If what we’re hearing out of Saratoga, California is true, Xbox 360 owners can expect to be playing motion sensing games, much like that of the Wii or PS3, by the end of next year. The details are still sketchy, but it appears a first-party add-on to existing controllers may be the delivery method of the technology. More after the jump:

Hardcore gamers have known for sometime that it’s not too difficult to add motion-sensing functionality to the 360. With homebrew add-ons being worked on for the last year or so like the Xilt mod , it seemed only a matter of time before MS decided to release their own peripheral.

It appears Microsoft has contracted the Saratoga, California firm, Gyration to handle the peripheral. If that name sounds familiar, it’s for good reason. Gyration is the company responsible for the prototype designs of the Nintendo Wii-mote, which we all know has become a huge success. Most recently, the company was in the spotlight for creating a motion-sensing remote for Microsoft’s Media Center.

While details are still a bit thin on when “exactly” we’ll see this technology, we’re still excited at the prospect of new interactivity with our Xbox 360 games. There's also no word on whether or not the new add-on will incorporate the motion-sensing technology that MS successfully patented last year.

**TinyEvel** · 12-31-2007, 12:23 PM

Fly O.T. McWall · 12-31-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TinyEvel

ghey

your just mad that sony's about to fall even further behind.

JBucc · 12-31-2007, 12:31 PM

I hope it's something that's going to have games made specifically for it, and not an attachment. If it's an attachment to your controller we're going to have a bunch of games with crap pointlessly thrown in for motion control like many PS3 games have for the tilt thing.

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JBucc MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Casino cash: $10004952	I hope it's something that's going to have games made specifically for it, and not an attachment. If it's an attachment to your controller we're going to have a bunch of games with crap pointlessly thrown in for motion control like many PS3 games have for the tilt thing.
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