An interesting landscape is starting to take shape out there, thanks to the fresh wave of motion-control technology coming to gaming this year: the PlayStation Move and Microsoft's Project Natal. And there's no other genre that calls for an immediate association to motion-control gaming than sports, right?
2K Sports' VP of Marketing Jason Argent recently talked with the[a]listdaily about the new tech and its potential for sports games. Argent confirmed that 2K Sports would in fact be employing the tech, though there's no time-line as of yet. Argent only offered that we all should "stay tuned" for more info.
For certain games -- hockey, baseball and boxing -- we'd say utilizing the tech makes sense, but how could it make for a fun football or basketball experience? Well, 2K Sports, forgive the pun but the ball's in your court.
[Via Industry Gamers]
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 2:03AM Acosta02 said
Looks like the ball
*sunglasses*
is in 2K's court.
YEEEAA-oh wait.
sonofa...
*sunglasses*
is in 2K's court.
YEEEAA-oh wait.
sonofa...
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 2:10AM Dr Blight said
Since one of Sony's execs basically leaked that either The Show 11 or some other MLB game will have Move support, I still don't have to buy a 2K game.
Yay!
Yay!
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 2:17AM GoldandFinal said
Hopefully "support" doesn't mean "tacked on"
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 2:35AM Ballistic H said
Some like to have that stick and balls tacked on...
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Posted: Apr 1st 2010 2:41AM Mike Sylvester said
A few months ago, I heard 2k bought Zindagi Games, developers of Sports Champions for the PS Move. Zindagi has since moved out of their old small office space, into 2K Sports's old, much bigger office, it sounds believable.
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 3:24AM (Unverified) said
Wait, they're thinking this through right? Let's not be hasty people.
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 11:18AM SisypheanLife said
Madden on the Wii was done pretty dang well. The controls made it feel much more immersive than than last-gen controls. Of course, I would've prefered they made a good NCAA football game for the Wii.
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 12:31PM hankistan said
Best photoshop ever... today
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 4:52PM The Heretic Ramza Beoulve said
This really concerns me as a lifelong fan of sports video games. Motion control is fun for some things, but I don't want to play a motion controlled Madden.
Posted: Apr 1st 2010 5:44PM jhoff80 said
One, 2k doesn't have a football license, so saying that it wouldn't work for football is irrelevant.
Two, the motion controls in Madden on the Wii were really well done. The issue with that is that it's still based on the PS2 football engine, with no work being done on the actual football from year to year (at least so far).
But more importantly, 2k really needs to get the details right on the MLB2k before they start focusing on motion controls. Hitting and pitching are definitely much improved this year, but fielding and baserunning are still horrible. I know that the former two are the showier parts of baseball, but some of us are interested in a game that works well in all parts of the game.
Two, the motion controls in Madden on the Wii were really well done. The issue with that is that it's still based on the PS2 football engine, with no work being done on the actual football from year to year (at least so far).
But more importantly, 2k really needs to get the details right on the MLB2k before they start focusing on motion controls. Hitting and pitching are definitely much improved this year, but fielding and baserunning are still horrible. I know that the former two are the showier parts of baseball, but some of us are interested in a game that works well in all parts of the game.
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