Today's hottest game video: PS3 son
by Zack Stern 
{ Nov 7th 2006 at 12:00AM }
Kotaku created today's most watched YouTube game video. Brian Crecente stuck his five-year-old son, Tristan, in front of the PS3's upcoming Ridge Racer, dropped a Sixaxis controller into his hands, and pushed record. What follows is almost as precious as the recordings of a kid's first steps. (Reports are unconfirmed that Crecente had to erase that bipedal milestone to capture this moment.)What does the young gamer thing of the controller? He doesn't quite say, never breaking his gamer's haze to give an interview; he's most concerned with ridges and racing, probably in that order. See the video after the break.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Epsiloin @ Nov 7th 2006 12:12AM
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!!!
Epsiloin @ Nov 7th 2006 12:15AM
Seriously though, unless he's tilting the controller because he thinks it affects gameplay, this is a huge rip-off of the Wii. I would know because I've been playing Excite Truck for the last two days at a Gamestop kiosk and of course, it works in exactly the same way.
Ritz @ Nov 7th 2006 12:17AM
"...I like it a little."
Epsiloin @ Nov 7th 2006 12:18AM
Edit: Sorry to triple-post but after finishing the video, it IS a rip off.
TopaZ @ Nov 7th 2006 12:20AM
I really don't want to play my driving games this way. Analog stick is FINE.
Paul Gale @ Nov 7th 2006 12:21AM
LOL:
Dad = "What do you like better?"
Kid = "Thumbstick."
Man, that was pretty funny. I'm sure that there'll be plenty of PS3 owners out there that like the tilt sensitivity more than analog controls, however. It partially depends on the game itself though, as some will just work better with one setup over the other. As long as Sony encourages developers to give the gamer the option, things should be alright.
Paul Gale
1up.com
verbatim @ Nov 7th 2006 12:25AM
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!!! Haha...
I agree with Epsiloin!! PS3 is a definite ripoff. Screw the PS3. Wii for the win!
Storm9 @ Nov 7th 2006 12:37AM
so its settled Thumbstick>Motion sensor!
Amos @ Nov 7th 2006 12:45AM
MICROSOFT PAID OFF THAT CHILD!!!!!
"I like 360s." - case in point. ;)
Capt. Castellanos @ Nov 7th 2006 12:46AM
is there an option to swith between thumbstick and motion detecting?
if so, i'm sure everyone'll be just happy.
if not, well.
5-year old's across the nation will mourn for a while, and then start playing again.
(loved the parenting comment at the end.)
X Budd @ Nov 7th 2006 3:20PM
I admit, the Kid is very smart!
I personally feel that the whole "Motion-sensor" thing is just a fad. I don't see how Motion-Sensor controllers revolutionize games in any way, yet it is definitely a very cool feature.
Obviously, Nintendo has a lot weighing on the success of Motion-sensor game play. Without the sweet Wii-mote, the Wii is no much more then a nice looking, Slimmer, HD Gamecube!
On the other hand, Sony has an amazing system for a high price. They are using the motion sensors to make up for the fact that the XBOX 360 looks parallel to some of the key features in the PS3: Graphics, HD, and a lot more games!! Sadly, Sony removed the beloved rumble feature.
Should be an interesting battle... will Microsoft jump on the Motion-Sensor controller fad too?
Colin (X) Budd
http://iTradeVideoGames.com
Maci @ Nov 7th 2006 12:52AM
What he meant was he likes to do 360s.
Amos @ Nov 7th 2006 12:55AM
"What he meant was he likes to do 360s."
Is Kotaku marketing child porn?!?!? @_@
It's a joke. You know, funny. Ha ha.
Count Chocula @ Nov 7th 2006 1:18AM
That is one lucky motherfucker.
pangit @ Nov 7th 2006 1:20AM
cute video
bluebren @ Nov 7th 2006 1:29AM
Awwwww. :D
(Let the little dude play! Quit interviewing him! He probably couldn't articulate his internal reasoning that well even if he did feel like sharing it with you.) :P
JPRacer @ Nov 7th 2006 1:37AM
The sixaxis is a ripoff of the MS SideWinder Freestyle Pro. The Wiimote is more advanced than both and will be actually useful in games. The sixaxis is a gimmick and the loss of rumble is really bad.
Anyway, I'm not interresed in the Wii (I'll get TP for the GC) and maybe I'll get a PS3 in 2+ years when the price will be lower and more Americain games are made for it. Sorry but I'm not interrested in 90% of the games made in Japan except for Capcom ones and some from Konami but I hate MGS. I'm not a big fan of RPGs, especially JRPGs but I like CRPGs like KotOR. I also like Oblivion but I don't know what kind of RPG it is really.
Back to controllers, I honestly think the one on the 360 is really the best. The only other controller I'm interrested in right now is the racing wheel by MS. I can't wait to experience GTR, Forza 2 and PGR 3 with a good wheel and force feedback. I hope that it will not be too noisy like the one from Logitech for GT4. You can't play with that wheel @ 3 a.m. when someone's sleeping in the next room.
Don Carajo @ Nov 7th 2006 1:43AM
"Anyway, I'm not interresed in the Wii (I'll get TP for the GC)..."
I think TP is only coming out for Wii now (GC version was canned). You interested now?
Deez Nutz @ Nov 7th 2006 1:55AM
Man, when the people at Sony see this, they'll probably have a collective coronary when the kid loudly proclaims "I like 360's!!!" Sure he's talking about the game he's playing but a kid holding that controller and having that come out of his mouth is priceless.
Aex @ Nov 7th 2006 1:59AM
Rofl, I love it. The kid is GLUED to the tv.
Ryan @ Nov 7th 2006 2:01AM
I think you will find TP is coming out on GC in December and it will be available in retail stores, however it won't allow for 16:9
Ritz @ Nov 7th 2006 2:12AM
Don Carajo,
Zelda TP WILL come out for the GCN this early December in North America. Nintendo is known to make mistakes, but this is something they aren't going to mess up. They have confirmed over and over again, as recently as days ago, that Zelda will arrive on the Cube. Although all recent previews suggest the Wii version if you can get away with it.
Chiablo @ Nov 7th 2006 3:00AM
5 minutes later...
"This game sucks, daddy."
usagi704 @ Nov 7th 2006 3:07AM
All of you morons don't get it. The PS3 and Wii motion sensoring are completely different from one another. Another thing, Nintendo is NOT the first company to try a motion sensoring controller, that would be Atari. And besides, who cares who rips off who anyway? It happens all of the time with everything in this world. When someone has a good idea, others always try to copy it and implement it themselves, i.e. the Matrix bullet time.
evilpenguin @ Nov 7th 2006 3:21AM
"This game sucks, daddy."
Why would you say that? He seems to be enjoying it..
I'm looking forward to Ridge Racer
JonnyFitness @ Nov 7th 2006 5:47AM
How are you going to ask a 5 year old kid about how a game plays while he is playing. Kids his age have add and the only cure is videogames. That is like asking a kid to go on camera give him candy while trying to make him say "Happy Grandparents Day" it isn't happening and that was a terrible display of parenting
lordroba @ Nov 7th 2006 8:07AM
damn, it's so annoying how people are still "oh it's a rip off and shit". OK, so what? Nobody cares. Nintendo doesn't seem to care, so why should you?
Wiltravo @ Nov 7th 2006 6:03PM
@23 "When someone has a good idea, others always try to copy it and implement it themselves, i.e. the Matrix bullet time." And Matrix copied off of Max Payne, and Max Payne got it from John Woo movies.
FSK405K @ Nov 7th 2006 8:20AM
Okay, now where is a video of a kid happy to playing Excite Truck?
unkowm @ Nov 7th 2006 9:45AM
people think and listen this isn't a rip of of the nintendo wii they have been showing of the controller movement affect since last years E3
trujillo @ Nov 7th 2006 10:48AM
poor kid, he probably doesn't even know what a thumbstick is and his dad is asking what his impression is. Next question was "what do you think of the cell processor versus the internal dual-GH system with liquid exhaust?
JRM @ Nov 7th 2006 11:12AM
@28: YES, this is a ripoff of Nintendo. Sony only implememented motion-sensing at the last minute and caught all their developers off guard. This is clearly seen from the last E3. Nintendo has been working on their wiimote for years, and collaborated with other developers during the process, like Ubisoft.
However, none of this should be a surprise anymore. We should really have gotten over it by now...
JIB @ Nov 7th 2006 8:09PM
usagi704
Im almost certain that The Matrix took bullet time from anime, and that the earliest example of bullet time is in Speed Racer. check Wikipedia
Grant @ Nov 7th 2006 11:26AM
Watching that video makes me realize how pointless the motion controls are without force feedback.
Magtataho @ Nov 7th 2006 11:47AM
I wonder why people moan about Sony supposedly "ripping off" Nintendo's controller when I didn't see anyone crying foul about XBox's supposed "ripoff" of the PS2, DC, and N64 controllers.
zoo @ Nov 7th 2006 11:45AM
I just hope they dont force people to use it.(which looks like it might be the case with the new marvel game) If I want to play a fun motion controlled game, I'll buy a Wii. If I want to play an analog controlled game, I'll play the rest.
Aux @ Nov 8th 2006 12:37AM
Who cares what some spoiled 5 year old has to say about games, regardless of the system. The kid is barely old enough to wipe his ass, and everyone here is worried about what he thinks of ridge racer? Hell, all kids move the controller around like that, so you can't even tell if he even understands what he's supposed to be doing.
All the 5 year olds I've ever seen around games are like those annoying little turds that want to slap the buttons while you're playing an arcade game. Let's get some actual intelligent analysis on the system and the sixaxis instead of some toddler jibberish.
Ciaran Gallagher @ Nov 7th 2006 5:51PM
lmao that was hilarious.
I'm very suprised at that actually. The motion-sensing did look fun if not a little tiring. (I doubt you'd be playing that any more than an hour or two)
nick @ Nov 7th 2006 5:00PM
is is possible to turn off the tilt and use the thumbstick for the ps3 games because if the tilt is a disaister the ps3 will be a disiaster????? Please answer me!!!!! Thx
yubastard @ Nov 8th 2006 2:16PM
I wish I could look half as cute as that kid while paying my videogames, maybe that way my girlfriend wouldn't bother me as much when I waste my precious time sucked in to them, watcha' callit... virtual worlds and whatnot... maybe then she'll start playing 'em and become twice as cute... balance would be restored to my life. :)
yubastard @ Nov 8th 2006 2:40PM
@Aux
I think you missed the audio and video of the game, where the kid's playing very well, without crashing... he did a 360, with the help of the thumbstick, did not crash, and kept playing!
I thikn you are too stupid to realize the great potential the reactions of an unbiased child (playing just for fun, not for preference) have.
I don't know what 5 year olds you have bred but the newest ones (ie, not the ones that touched your buttons, you old fart) are really good @ gaming!
There isn't a better way to avoid child mischief than to give them a next-generation gaming machine, another thing is if child mischief is an important thing or not.