Peripheral makers project a promising future for the advancement of game controllers. Jon Middleton, VP of business development at third-party peripheral company and game publisher Mad Catz said, “I think the stuff from our side that’s most exciting is that we’re getting into the interactivity aspect of everything. Look at Wii, and games like our Real World Golf.”
He continued, “We’re coming to a point where the user interface is one of the more innovative aspects of games. Companies like us who are interested in content and hardware have a really good opportunity to grow into something different than we were in previous generations.”
Middleton also said that the Wii controller and its many possible configurations opens up doors for third-party peripheral manufacturers and publishers who are looking to create new types of gameplay. Third-parties aren’t limited to just imitating the standard Wii controller; they are now able to create controller shells that can have gamers manipulating games in unique ways.
“…When you look at Wii, we can go out and work with other publishers to help them develop hardware or even shells that work well with the first party hardware,” Middleton said. He also said that Mad Catz is “definitely” working closely on Wii controller shells with unnamed publishers.
First-party controllers are still the first choice for discriminating gamers, but third-party peripherals have more potential than ever to move on up. “Third-party hardware has always been kind of the red-headed stepchild, and I think now it’s going to get a bit more involved in the actual games, in all honesty,” Middleton said.
source: Next-Gen
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