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Xbox 360 Motion Sensitive Controls Like Sony PS3: Is this needed?

By: Daniel Chubb | April 22, 2008 | 9 Comments


The Sony PS3 has had motion sensitive controls from day one and while they are not as good as the Nintendo Wii’s, it’s still something extra. The question would be how much motion sensitive controls is really needed on games consoles like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, to be honest I never use the tilt feature on my PS3 and would of liked the rumble from day one instead of motion sensitive controls.

One 360 gamer has taken it upon himself to make a MOD for the Xbox 360 which gives his control motion sensitive controls and tilt gameplay, the video below shows how it works but again is this really needed. The short answer is simple; modders do something like this just to prove it can be done not for this innovation to be sold in retail stores.

The video creator said, “The mod uses a two-axis accelerometer that measures the left/right and up/down tilt, which is determined by measuring the force of gravity on the axis. The only part of the left analog stick that works after the modification is the button”. The six axis feature on the PS3 has not helped it in sales as far as I know, so this feature is not needed on the 360 in my opinion, but its still a job well done to the guy who done the mod.

In Summary: It works, the wires are a little exposed but he achieved his goal of giving the 360 a tilt controller.

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  • Slippy Sloppy

    I’m a 360 owner who will also be a PS3 owner, when the price is right and rumble comes as standard. I’m not sure why Microsoft feel the need to add this. Even with the Wii can’t quite get it right. Take ‘No More Heroes’, when the game asks you to slice the controller in a particular direction it doesn’t matter what direction you choose, it always works. If Nintendo can’t get it quite right what makes M$ think they can?

  • Phil

    Poll after poll on Playstation Forums shows that users preferred motion control to vibration, if they had to make a choice. There is a small, vocal minority of hard core gamers who seem to think that motion control is not a desired feature. Face it, Microsoft got it wrong here, too, but the longer they keep it that way, the better. It’ll help ensure the 360 stays niched in a small market while the PS3 and Wii appeal to a much broader base of “casual” gamers.

  • Ivan_PSP

    I love my SIXAXIS controller on my 60GB PLAYSTATION 3 is great. Microsoft copies everything so i bet soon they might copy Sony’s SIXAXIS controller. Even though FPS can’t really use much and that’s all Xbox is.

  • VinTheDean

    @Ivan_PSP
    Very True. The main games that Xbox Fanboys Rave about are FPS Games and alike which motion is needed for.

    The PS3 and Wii are able to provide to a market that the 360 will never get to with their motion controlls. We just need a few more developers to make motion games for the PS3. Granted we do have HighVelocityBowling, Flow, Lair (I know bad example), Madden 08 makes use of the motion, Warhawk, and a few more.

  • Slippy Sloppy

    PS3 owners seem so closed to respecting any other consoles. This is a real shame as it’s people who own all three consoles who are the true winners in this generation, not the people arguing over who’s best.

  • OMEN

    wooowww,firt M$ copied PS2 then the copied the DVD,later they copied the HDMI from PS3 and later HD-DVD.
    now this???? woooww they even copied the apple sofware,its so simillar,that why they exist.

  • Slippy Sloppy

    Omen, I hear you on the Apple front and regardless of what’s better, even as an ardent 360 owner I don’t know why they’re doing this.

  • CAD

    Oh Please dont start with the Microsoft copies everything. That is so untrue. They all copy each other in some way or form. But the biggest and I mean the Biggest culpret for copying is Sony. I can make a list of things they have coppied.

  • OMEN

    cad,doo it^^^.and i bet a lot of people will agree with me.