"If you'd told me at E3 that the most innovative hockey game of the next year would be released on the 360 and not the Nintendo Wii, I'd have laughed at you. After all, Microsoft was releasing a glorified Xbox with a PS2 controller, and the Wii was making a device clearly designed by a sports fan. Surely, Nintendo had this round wrapped up? EA showed me how wrong I was with NHL 07 for the 360."

Dana Massey explains how a simple control innovation could revolutionize the way sports games are played.

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