Everyone (read Sony and Microsoft) is jumping onto the motion control bandwagon.  Nintendo really started something when they released the Wii back in November of 2006.  They created a niche market where there was really no competition for the same type of gaming experience.  The Wii controlls allowed them to offer a different variety of games that fit the Wii motion controls.  With sports and fitness games leading the pack, Nintendo had a plan and they have executed it beautifully.  According to Wikipedia, “As of June 2010, the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, and in December 2009 broke the record for best-selling console in a single month in the United States.”

Now come the followers.  It makes good business sense to get in on this action but jumping in four years behind is going to be a test of which companies and developers have been paying close attention to the rise of the Wii.  Let’s take the comers one at a time and examine their stratagy.

See my complete article HERE at Platform Nation where I cover:

Sony Move, Microsoft Kinect, Head Tracking and include a revealing video from Johnny Chung Lee who is on the Kinect development team.

WELCOME to MensaDad’s Preschool Gametime.

Parents, aunts, uncles, big brothers and sisters, and anyone else who finds themselves gaming around children – keep reading. This is the first of what I hope to be many articles about gaming with children. Little children. Three to Six years old. You know, the age when they want to do everything that mommy, daddy, big brother or sister does. This inevitably ends up at some point being “I want to play the Xbox too!” Having a gamer-heavy household, (my wife, 2 teenage sons and I all have our own Xbox Live Gold accounts) I have a lot of experience with involving my youngest son, three, in our family gaming activities.

I will cover all the angles from what we expected to work – but didn’t, as well as tips on how to include the tots in games far too “old” for them. The end goal is to take the frustration away for both you and the youngster and have fun together.

Everyone sitting comfortably? Good. Let’s begin.

See my complete article HERE at Platform Nation where I cover all of the following:

Lego Video Games including Lego Batman for Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS, Lego Harry Potter, and Toy Story 3: The Video Game.

Also a $30.00 MSRP price reduction on Lego Indiana Jones 2 making it only $19.99.

A much anticipated patch for Red Dead Redemption was released by Rockstar Games this morning.  The patch addresses several multi-player issues as well as integration problems with the Rockstar Social Club.  Now the 100% progress tracker should update properly.  A “Hardcore Free Roam” playlist has also been added to the game but will not be immediately available.

Full article including the text of the press release is HERE at Platform Nation