Ubisoft Exec Slams Sony's "Me Too" Approach

Taken from GameIndustry.biz

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Ubisoft Montreal's creative director has spoken of his disappointment with Sony's next-gen offering, claiming the Japanese giant is adopting a "me too" approach by duplicating ideas from other consoles.

According to Nindojo.com, Clint Hocking criticised Sony's mimicry of Microsoft's Xbox Live service during an E3 workshop on next-gen game design, before criticising the introduction of a motion-sensor device in the PS3 controller - an idea which he believes has been borrowed from Nintendo. "How much more "me too" can Sony be?" Hocking said.

He also criticised the industry's drive to significantly boost videogame visuals with each new generation of hardware, arguing that the focus on graphics is a "fundamental problem of approach" that turns game developers into factory workers.

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Hocking was full of praise for Nintendo's effort, however, commending the new Wii motion-sensing controller which he believes can offer new inspiration for developers and create emotional experiences more powerfully than enhanced graphics.

I like how he talks big against uber-graphics...last time I checked the Splinter Cell games looked pretty damn impressive.

How ya doing, buddy?

I doubt Sony's gyro-chip controller will garnish much use anyway.
It'll no doubt go down as used as the DS2's sensitive button setup. Sure, a few games will use it, but it's not a central design element like the Wii's controller is.

In other words: developers don't have to use it at all, and I doubt many will.

There's nowhere I can't reach.