The Swiss have apparently tightened their laws surrounding age restricted games so that youngsters need ID to buy them. It also means any game without a PEGI rating can’t be sold at all. Apparently there is now talk of an outright ban of all mature videogames. I would seriously hate to be Swiss. Even before this news I think I’d hate to be Swiss. It must be pretty scary for Swiss game developers.
It’s odd when you look at the countries that have strict and moronic policies towards games. In fact Switzerland kind of makes sense if you go with the alpine fresh, healthy skiing vision of neutrality. Germany and Australia less so. Australia seem to ban anything that is even vaguely controversial and Germans having an aversion to blood just doesn’t sound convincing. Anyway all this censorship talk has got me angry I’m going to strafe a room full of Germans and pepper them with lead but I’ll be imagining they are Swiss censors.
I knew Sony were bringing out a motion controller of some kind but Jesus it really does look like a bit too close to the Wiimote doesn’t it? It’s apparently lighter, perhaps slightly more ergonomic and it definitely looks better but still. Looks like the next big fight is a match up between the Sony Move and Microsoft’s Project Natal where “you are the controller”. A bit like the old Sony EyeToy but supposedly much better. There are plenty of developers onboard for both new peripherals so we’ll just have to see how they cope with lag and whether your movements actually translate properly into onscreen action.