David Rutter, producer of
FIFA for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has put his foot down, literally. He's not moving it. At least, he's not moving it to play a 75-minute soccer match in his living room. When asked about the prospect of future
FIFAs incorporating motion controls by utilizing
Project Natal and Sony's
motion wand, Rutter told
VideoGamer.com, "There are a few things we can do, definitely, but we've not really started on it yet." Those few things do
not include reinventing the franchise with unintuitive hand and body motions. "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."
While
FIFA might be the exception in an otherwise
motion-inspired EA Sports business, we're sure all the head-nodding, inbounds wrist-flicking minigames you could imagine will be considered -- or worse,
ported to
FIFA 11. The trick, it seems, would be to perfect the motion
caption technology: "Kick from the couch in all-new Energy Saver Mode!"
FIFA producer cautious on Natal, PS3 motion wand use originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
