Gaming has always been a gimmick, it's a gimmick to get our money. As different things become popular the gimmicks change.

Back in the day the gimmick was rumble packs, then analog controllers, then touch screen and now it's full motion controls.

Yet the standard controller remains. I think there is room for both, but you have to expect these companies which are businesses to run them as such. You have to make money in order to be successful. Which is why we'll continue to see all the companies try to implement as many flavor of the week gimmicks as they can.

Doesn't change what I do, because I enjoy motion controls as well as standard controls. It's win/win for a gamer like me and for a lot of others.

I just can't understand why people want to jump around the room, waving their arms in undefined gestures to play a game... it's not a gimmick, it's just weird.

according to people only what Nintendo makes is a gimmick and what ms and sony come out with is revolutionary.

I don't understand the question....how is trying to use new technology a gimmick? Without innovations nothing would ever evolve...

Sure the Kinect might be pretty much useless for hardcore gamers now, but who knows the possibility in the future.

Motion controls could enhance gaming if they took what is good about existing controllers (buttons and analogs) and then added to it.

I know playing FPS games with Move is WAY more accurate than using only analogs but it would have been better if the wand had a stick too. If the camera was as capable as kinect it would have been even better.

Motion controls could be great but everyone is doing it wrong.

Too many games and apps have become gimmicks. Then again, that's why cable T.V. has infomercials and "as seen on TV" commercials for cheap gimmicky products. It's all impulse buying.

Gaming isn't becoming the gimmick, the Xbox360 is.

That headline is enough for me to want to put my fist through my computer monitor.

This gen sucks. Long live Nes-PS2 era.

As long as the HXC gamers can hold as say in it... gimicry will come and go in phases, but as far as truely staying? we have yet to see anything that proves it can last... legitly!

gaming is just incorporating the whole family.

Its always used gimmicks and occasionally a gimmick (like rumble or the touch screen in the ds) becomes an innovation. Look at the power glove, light gun, track pad, ddr pad, eye toy, wii-mote, wii-mote add-ons, move, kinect, u-draw, touch screens, 3d exc. Everyone wants something special to sell their product. Kinect could be one of the greatest gaming innovations since the rumble pack if dev's stop thinking of how to make a game using it and start thinking how to improve normal games with it. Microphone for commands/conversation, use it instead of a mic and have a video of you instead of a gamertag, a few gestures here and there for immersion instead of trying to lean to move thats just impracticle and stupid. Im all for "gimmicks" because its just an idea of something that hasnt been done before like an analoug stick on a n64 controller. If its a gimmick it will fade and if it has any real merit it can evolve into a standard feature. I think the wii-u controller has some real potential. I love having a second screen for menus on my 3ds, it could really bring out some briliant ideas on consoles if people use it right (and its comfortable). If not it will fade and core gaming will still be here so why not take a risk?

No its not. People usually name nintendo innovations a gimmick(haters). Yes gaming does need new ways to innovate and enhance the experience. I still don't want the physical controller to go away. The reality is guys we will in next 5 years see a console with no controller.

isnt it gorgeous how we treat animals.

That’s Zuckermans famous pig.

Move controller was extremely accurate great times back then

That definitely would have been the absolute worst time for stick drift to happen...

I always wanted a true to life surgery simulator for PSVR1. I always knew those Move controllers were precise AF under the proper conditions.

Move was a very accurate device under good conditions. Dr Marks even wanted to open it up for hobbyists and developers to extract more data to do more things. I even seen him use it for space, astronaut like simulations.

Sony always had the tech. They just needed the software to go with it. PS Move limit was not having an analog stick. Which it seems the PS5 controller made up for that.

I would like to see them use PS VR 2 for surgery or something with that eye tracking built in.

At least it wasn’t used for a mini-sub