Game controllers steal console spotlight

Once considered an after-thought to eye-popping video game graphics, console hand controllers commanded center stage this week at the game industry’s annual expo and opened the door for a new age of interactive gaming.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Wii console and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 will come to market later this year with new motion-sensitive controllers, allowing a player to swing and tilt a controller to trigger on-screen action.

"The innovation in controllers is what I would view as one of the most important changes in the video game industry," said Robert Kotick, chief executive of U.S. video game publisher Activision Inc..

Reuters