Gimmick or not?

I feel the need to say this only because of the people that either fear that the Revolution Controller will be a gimmick or those that are honestly having the belief that it will be and say so many negative things on it.

That games will be shorter, easier, boring after 5 minutes and only have the Revolution controller itself as its main selling argument is...

1: Not the controllers fault in itself. It’s rather the developers that don’t put their time into making a good game, and instead tries to make some fast money. Some people may just not have any good ideas or want to put their time into understanding and using this new system, and to say that it will be “gimmicky, crappy, cheap, I-wish-I-hadn't-bought-it gimmick games based around that controller than you can ever possibly imagine.” is just about the most immature thing I have heard in a long time. (Actual quote form a relatively big game studio by the way). At least there are some other respected game developers out there that se the potential in it, and that seem to appreciate that Nintendo is trying to evolve the gaming industry in terms of actual gameplay as well.

2: Nothing that will be new to Revolution at all. There always has been, and always will be games like that, no mater what system. The only difference being that on Revolution, just like it was on Nintendo DS, people will use the excuse “they tried to make a crappy game and make money out of it by taking advantage of the controller” rather then “the game is just carp, how the heck did they think they could sell a single copy”. Obviously, people will blame a bad game in the controller if its something innovative rather then just says it’s a bad game in this case.

3: Not a game that anyone if forcing you to buy. If a game get bad reviews or if you are not happy with a game you just bought, you can just decide to not buy it or sell it again, respectively.

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It’s always fun to hear people talk about stuff and give long speeches on things they haven’t even carefully thought through, or possibly could not have. And even say things about products they haven’t tried or got much info on yet. Those people need to se things out of more then one perspective. Like how a game developer may spend several years and really put their heart and soul into a project that in the end, can’t be called anything other then perfect. Does it really mater what you do or use to control the game if that control is flawless? We don’t even know for sure if the controller will work as good as expected or not. And I don’t deny that there will be short games, that are boring, and that only have the controller going for them because they tried to use it in some way. But is that reason enough to blame the controller for being gimmicky with a seriously negative tone, just because the game developers was lazy and didn’t actually make a good game no mater if they actually tried or not?

For a contrast, is Play Station 3’s Blue-Ray discs a gimmick if the game developers don’t fill them to the limit just because they are new? A stupid reference, I agree, but I hope that someone get my point at the least. (I have nothing negative to say about Blue-Ray at all, just so that you know).

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Lets think about some semi related stuff for a moment: Imagine a game developer that makes a great FPS game that is really awesome and fun to play with all the features you could ever ask for. Should it be that hard to implement the Revolution controller for the game based on what we know about it so far? Answer: Don’t look that way. Conclusion: It won’t be hard to develop games using the revolution controller, so game developers can put their main focus on making a good game, not on making the controller work right.

Question: Would it be better if all game developers only made epic games that took them 5 years to make and that are filled with content? Answer: Heck no! Reason: The industry would loose a lot of gamers that want a short game to pass some time, or to play for a few hours every week, or on Friday night with some buddies. Not everyone is into longer games that take ages to complete and that will require your attention for several days if you want to get something out of it. Then it can be argued what a game really need fo4r criteria to be a good game, if pricing is fair and a lot of other things, but that is aside the point here really.

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This is my take on the Revolution controller. I don’t think it is flawless by any means, and I know that most sane people at the least acknowledge the controller for what it is no mater if they like it or not. In the end we don’t have all that much info about it, and even less so on what games we will actually get to play using it. So I don’t say anything for sure until I get more info and actually get to try one out, other then that people that call Revolutions controller a gimmick with that negative tone, really don’t know what they are talking about. if you are sceptic, or just hate it, try to be more understanding and less immature. You might even find negative things about it if you like it that you would not find if you hate it...