Do Motion Controllers Make Action Video Games Less Sedentary? A Randomized Experiment

Table 1

Participant characteristics and energy expenditure and enjoyment outcomes by condition, mean (SD).

Characteristic	Traditional (𝑁=50)	Motion (𝑁=50)	Total (𝑁=100)
Age	23.78 (4.02)	23.74 (3.95)	23.76 (3.96)
Height (cm)	171.65 (10.76)	173.12 (8.77)	172.38 (9.79)
Weight (kg)	79.44 (20.65)	81.37 (20.74)	80.40 (20.62)
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.82 (6.02)	27.42 (7.04)	27.12 (6.52)
Experience	5.80 (1.36)	5.90 (1.21)	5.85 (1.28)
Energy expenditure (kcal·kg^−1·hr^−1)
Rest	0.76 (0.18)	0.78 (0.17)	0.77 (0.18)
Resident Evil	0.86 (0.17)*	0.96 (0.20)*	0.91 (0.19)
Resident Evil 4	0.90 (0.17)	0.90 (0.18)	0.90 (0.18)
Medal of Honor	0.90 (0.19)	0.93 (0.19)	0.91 (0.19)
Overall (across game)	0.89 (0.16)	0.93 (0.17)	0.91 (0.16)
Enjoyment
Resident Evil	2.97 (1.40)*	4.38 (1.40)*	3.68 (1.56)
Resident Evil 4	4.29 (1.38)**	4.08 (1.61)	4.19 (1.50)
Medal of Honor	4.48 (1.74)**	4.15 (1.74)	4.32 (1.74)

cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram; m: meter; kcal: kilocalorie; hr: hour.
*Significant difference by controller, 𝑃<.05.
**Significantly different from traditionally controlled Resident Evil, 𝑃<.001.