Will Amnesia be available for consoles? No!

[gorkypah]

There's many a thread asking about porting to consoles (Be it Wii, Xbox360, PS3 or even iPhone).

The control systems all offer the same problems, in as much as how do we retain the core gameplay we love and enjoy from Penumbra and Amnesia in a console environment?

Instead of looking at controllers, why not look at controlling the games WITHOUT controls. I'd hazard to say that Microsofts Kinect seems like a perfect fit for this type of interaction and would certainly make for some pretty amazing gameplay (Think actually running away from monsters, slamming doors and dragging boxes to stop them crashing in).

The Kinect market will also be relatively sparse, which would also really help an indie company and title get face-time and support, unlike such crowded markets like the PS3.

Wether the Kinect actually takes off is another matter but hands-free controls are only a matter of time, so at least the ball has started rolling in that respect.

What are your thoughts folks, think that a hands-free style experience is preferable to traditional console controllers?

I purchased Amnesia through Steam over the weekend because it is half off. I use a program called Xpadder that emulates a keyboard/mouse on your gamepad. I made an Xpadder profile for Amnesia on my Xbox 360 PC controller and the gameplay is actually very smooth. I find myself rotating the right analog stick whenever I encounter a wheel or crank. I use my left analog stick to move. I think Amnesia: TDD would be a huge hit if Frictional ported it to consoles. I could easily see me playing this on Xbox Live Arcade. It would gain an even bigger audience than on the PC. I don't see how this could hurt Frictional, only help them with sales.