Bundled Peripherals Coming to EA Sports Titles
Discussing the EA Sports brand's move to the Wii and other new platforms, McCarthy said that the studio arm would incorporate peripherals in a fashion similar to Harmonix's Rock Band.
"I think you'll see games using that Rock Band peripheral strategy from EA Sports, even within the next 12 months," McCarthy stated at a Paris GDC lecture.
Though McCarthy would not directly specify what sort of peripherals EA Sports may be planning, he added that "[y]ou have to be careful with it, because RockBand, that's a great peripheral, but it's a big expensive box."
The Wii has proven a fertile market for both licensed and unlicensed peripherals and extensions to the console's Wii Remote. Manufacturers such as PDP regularly produce "sports packs" of plastic sport equipment attachments, though such products rarely add any additional functionality to the controller.
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amrbean
replyOh great. More plastic crap to fill up my living room and to hide when company comes over. Also more expensive games.
I hope this fad fades QUICKLY.-
I put away my drums when people come over, but that's because they're big - who cares if they see your guitars? Do you hide your consoles, too, so they don't know that you play games, which are only for children?
Just seems silly is all.
That said, without a Wii-like interaction, that shit is useless for sports games, and even then - Madden on Wii was kind of really bad. -
It's part of the cycle. Everyone will jump on the bandwagon until the marketplace is saturated with it and nobody gives a shit, and then games that don't come with plastic crap will be the hip new thing again.
And the games industry is especially good at riding bandwagons at record pace til the wheels fall off. You shouldn't have to wait long.
