10 Gaming Trends That Died This Generation

2. Unnecessary Motion Controls

Another frustrating trend we can only blame Nintendo for, no handheld or Wii title was safe from useless motion controls in 2006. Things got better as developers realised what was expected of games on these systems, but unnecessary motion functionality crept back into early PS Move and Kinect games when Sony and MS joined the waggle wars in 2010. The unveiled design of the PS4 controller may prompt inexperienced devs to once again waste the motion control potential of the joypad, but I'm sincerely hoping this is one trend we can consider laid to rest.