This is going to be a post where I'm not just linking to some internet weirdness. I have some projections on Video Games' future. It's an idea and it's big.
Controllers are getting smarter. Wii remotes, PS Move controllers, even your standard joypad can do a ridiculous amount of things, lots of buttons, gyroscopic capture, motion control, light detection.
Is it so wrong to think that the next BIG thing for controllers is having a more... individual controller? Allow me to explain. When you play any local multiplayer game, all the sound comes out of the TV or any other speakers. You all have to share the same sounds, meaning you can screen watch, or just know where your shots are going.
Imagine if sound came through your controller. Using headphones, it could connect to the player. You could have most of the music, back ground noise, come through the speakers, then more neccessary things for competitive play come out of the controller.
Consoles are getting smarter, and more powerful. Imagine combining the controller sound system, with 3D noise. Suddenly, you have a very very clever controller, and the experience of the user of that controller is like noone elses. I appreciate that it may not work with all controllers - when you're waggling your Wiimote about, headphone yankage could be an issue, but I truly believe that individual controllers are the future. Some companies have already looked into this a little bit...you can use your PSP to play certain PSP and PS3 games on the PS3, meaning your smart individual controller is usable on a console system. This idea needs to be exploited.
Just my idle thoughts, feel free to comment.
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