14 DAY TRIAL // Motion sensitive controls are all the rage these days, thanks to Nintendo, which introduced them in its innovative Nintendo Wii console. As such, during this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), both Microsoft and Sony introduced their own takes on motion sensitive controls.
When the announcements were made, we heard the president of EA Sports, Peter Moore, say that the new systems would certainly provide some new opportunities in terms of game development. Now, EA's David Rutter, the man responsible for the extremely successful FIFA franchise from the company, talks with Videogamer about the possibility of seeing motion control support in future iterations, like FIFA 10 or 11.
He goes on to speculate on how these new technologies might be implemented in the game, which would require a lot of effort from any average player. “It’s early doors on all that. It’s funny. Peter Moore said that and John Riccitiello said you’d never want Natal to control FIFA. There are a few things we could do, which we’re thinking about doing at the moment. But it’s not something that’s suddenly going to manifest itself in FIFA 10.”
Asked if FIFA 11 might be a safe bet to see some motion sensitive support, Rutter says that it is “possible” and that, “I’m a big fan of [it], and I’ve said it a number of times and I’ll say it again, if it’s not good enough it won’t make it in. Don’t just want to put something in because it’s something we’re asked to do or it’s something people think we should. If it doesn’t add to the overall thing, then it’s pointless. I don’t want it to be just this distraction, to be quite honest.”
So there you have it, sports fans, it seems that if the team finds some innovative ways to implement either Microsoft's Project Natal or Sony's new wand technology, we will see them on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.