Battlefield 4 Won’t Support Motion Control, DICE Executive Calls it a ‘Gimmick’

<p>DICE Executive Producer Patrick Bach&comma; while speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;edge-online&period;com&sol;news&sol;battlefield-4-head-dismisses-motion-control-as-a-gimmick&sol;">Edge-Online<&sol;a>&comma; has stated that motion controls are a &&num;8216&semi;gimmick&&num;8217&semi; and therefore won&&num;8217&semi;t be supported by the <a title&equals;"Battlefield 4 – 17 Minute Gameplay Trailer" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;battlefield-4-17-minute-gameplay-trailer&sol;">recently revealed <em>Battlefield 4<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are extremely open to innovation&comma; but if it’s a gimmick&comma; there’s no point unless it adds value to the player&period; Touch screens used to be a gimmick&comma; because no-one could get it to work until iPhone came out and used it right&period; It adds to the experience&comma; and now everyone is doing it&period; To us it’s the same with motion control and perceptual gaming in general&semi; if it adds&comma; great&period; If it’s a gimmick&comma; ignore it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bach also said that companies have approached them in the past to add motion controls&comma; but the team doesn&&num;8217&semi;t believe in adding features that don&&num;8217&semi;t make their games better&period; This may be why we&&num;8217&semi;ve never seen <em>Battlefield<&sol;em> utilize the Kinect&comma; the PlayStation Move or the PlayStation Eye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Edge-Online will have a full interview with Bach up on their site later today&period; You should probably go check it out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;edge-online&period;com&sol;news&sol;battlefield-4-head-dismisses-motion-control-as-a-gimmick&sol;">Edge-Online<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;