Ken Levine Wont 'Throw in Move...Just to Make Some First Party Happy'

Answering questions from Play about the possibility of Move functionality being added to Bioshock Infinite, Ken Levine answered in a very impassioned, and very definitive "no".

“I’d never want to throw in Move support just because it’s going to make some first party happy or because some marketing department wants it on the box because, at the end of the day, gamers know,”

"[It's] like, 'Okay, do you want to harvest or save Little Sister? Waggle left to harvest, waggle right to save!'" he said referring to the first Bioshock,  "You can have Move support on your box, but people are going to know you're cheating them," he added "you have to be able to say you're doing something special with it."

Ken Levine is right about one thing, gamers can smell a ruse a mile away, and if Move support was to be added to Infinite it would be called out as a gimmick right out of the box.  This is why Ken Levine is one of the best developers of this generation. He doesn't shy away from gaming conventions that have worked in the past, choosing instead to embrace and enhance them in order to create better gameplay experiences. At the same time he's also not taken in by gimmicky marketing ploys which do nothing but ride the current wave of interest until it inevitably crashes on shore. Ken Levine is able to make those distinctions and his games are all the better for it.

3D, however, is something he thinks he can get behind.  “3D is a little bit different… it’s something I’d be more open to. I’m not saying whether we’re doing that or not but it’s sort of a passive integration. Unlike movies, you don’t just shoot it differently. Games are 3D. But I think if you’re going to get out, front and centre on something, you have to be able to say you’re doing something special with it. Especially with a control device."

[Source: Play via Joystic]