Wii 2 Won't Have Hand Controllers

[MirandaMW87]

Originally Posted by digitalspy.co.uk

Intel: 'Wii 2 won't have hand controllers'
Friday, December 14 2007, 12:14 GMT

By David Gibbon, Gaming Reporter


Leading microchip manufacturer Intel believes Nintendo's successor to the best-selling Wii console won't come with hand controllers.

"We imagine some future generation of [Nintendo's] Wii won't have hand controllers," said Justin Rattner, the company's chief technology officer.

"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."

Intel has been speaking to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo regarding what chips might power the next round of consoles. According to Business Week, the firm is keen not to miss the opportunity to get involved in the next generations of games systems after it was beaten to it by IBM for the current models.

Intel claims its newly developed microchips are capable of 1 trillion calculations per second. This is far in advance of the current IBM Cell processor, which is only capable of running at around 256 million calculations per second.

Sweetz

[QueenB]

The thought of it freaks me out, its so..........'futuristic' . Flippin awesome but like something out of a movie, wow .

[Momma Bear]

Momma Bear wonders what else these camera's are gonna pick up?