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Sony Mimics Nintendo?
PlayStation 2 controller from SplitFish GameWare mimics Miyamoto's nunchaku joystick.
Nintendo's innovation may be catching on. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CNET.com reporter Will Greenwald reports on a PlayStation 2 controller that looks awfully familiar. Greenwald writes that the DualFX Controller is "a two-piece PS2 controller with tethered halves: a gun trigger and an odd laser movement system. The left half of the controller is a fairly average analog stick with a D-pad and shoulder buttons, similar to the left side of a standard PS2 controller. The right half, however, is a gun-like device with a laser pointer. The laser tracks movement in the controller and lets players actively aim in first-person shooters. The laser system proved very inconsistent in hands-on tests, but it is, at the very least, an interesting approach." Look for the DualFX to show up in stores in March for around $60.
Article here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142045.html
Yup, should've known something like this would happen eventually...
Nintendo's innovation may be catching on. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CNET.com reporter Will Greenwald reports on a PlayStation 2 controller that looks awfully familiar. Greenwald writes that the DualFX Controller is "a two-piece PS2 controller with tethered halves: a gun trigger and an odd laser movement system. The left half of the controller is a fairly average analog stick with a D-pad and shoulder buttons, similar to the left side of a standard PS2 controller. The right half, however, is a gun-like device with a laser pointer. The laser tracks movement in the controller and lets players actively aim in first-person shooters. The laser system proved very inconsistent in hands-on tests, but it is, at the very least, an interesting approach." Look for the DualFX to show up in stores in March for around $60.
Article here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142045.html
Yup, should've known something like this would happen eventually...
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Right, so all the sony fanboys were bashing the revo controller, but it will be released on PS2 and no doubt be dubbed the greatest controller ever? If it's out in march, is that before the revo is released? If so, that will only add more fuel to sony fanboys comments. Seeings how the PS2 one was released first...
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This sounds like more of a cheap ripoff than anything else. I haven't heard any of these problems from people that have tried Nintendo's new controller. Nintendo has most likely been working on this idea for a good while longer, so their version will probably be much more reliable.The laser system proved very inconsistent in hands-on tests, but it is, at the very least, an interesting approach.
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First, Sony isn't the one that made it, and second, yes it is a complete rip off. Of coarse it will suck in comparison, games won't be designed to use it.
Anyway, EVERY company in the history of gaming copied Nintendo. The D-pad was created by Nintendo, and nearly every other innovation was. Anolog sticks were started by Nintendo (as far as I remember), then everyone came out with an analog stick, and I'm not sure, but it seems like they were the first to use shoulder buttons. Design stealing is just going to happen. It's not just Sony that does it. Analog triggers on the dreamcast (along with simply the basic look) was copied from Sega by Microsoft. The dual stick format was copied from Sony by Microsoft.
Are better or worse of for doing that? I don't know, but that's just the way it is.
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Anyway, EVERY company in the history of gaming copied Nintendo. The D-pad was created by Nintendo, and nearly every other innovation was. Anolog sticks were started by Nintendo (as far as I remember), then everyone came out with an analog stick, and I'm not sure, but it seems like they were the first to use shoulder buttons. Design stealing is just going to happen. It's not just Sony that does it. Analog triggers on the dreamcast (along with simply the basic look) was copied from Sega by Microsoft. The dual stick format was copied from Sony by Microsoft.
Are better or worse of for doing that? I don't know, but that's just the way it is.
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Things will never be the same.lynx44 wrote:First, Sony isn't the one that made it, and second, yes it is a complete rip off. Of coarse it will suck in comparison, games won't be designed to use it.
Anyway, EVERY company in the history of gaming copied Nintendo. The D-pad was created by Nintendo, and nearly every other innovation was. Anolog sticks were started by Nintendo (as far as I remember), then everyone came out with an analog stick, and I'm not sure, but it seems like they were the first to use shoulder buttons. Design stealing is just going to happen. It's not just Sony that does it. Analog triggers on the dreamcast (along with simply the basic look) was copied from Sega by Microsoft. The dual stick format was copied from Sony by Microsoft.
Are better or worse of for doing that? I don't know, but that's just the way it is.
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Every company should make completely different controllers that don't borrow any features from any other controllers, and they should all look different.lynx44 wrote:Anyway, EVERY company in the history of gaming copied Nintendo. The D-pad was created by Nintendo, and nearly every other innovation was. Anolog sticks were started by Nintendo (as far as I remember), then everyone came out with an analog stick, and I'm not sure, but it seems like they were the first to use shoulder buttons. Design stealing is just going to happen. It's not just Sony that does it. Analog triggers on the dreamcast (along with simply the basic look) was copied from Sega by Microsoft. The dual stick format was copied from Sony by Microsoft.
Are better or worse of for doing that? I don't know, but that's just the way it is.
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The only problem with that is going from one console to another would be awkward to learn new control layouts each time.-Orbo- wrote:Every company should make completely different controllers that don't borrow any features from any other controllers, and they should all look different.lynx44 wrote:Anyway, EVERY company in the history of gaming copied Nintendo. The D-pad was created by Nintendo, and nearly every other innovation was. Anolog sticks were started by Nintendo (as far as I remember), then everyone came out with an analog stick, and I'm not sure, but it seems like they were the first to use shoulder buttons. Design stealing is just going to happen. It's not just Sony that does it. Analog triggers on the dreamcast (along with simply the basic look) was copied from Sega by Microsoft. The dual stick format was copied from Sony by Microsoft.
Are better or worse of for doing that? I don't know, but that's just the way it is.
-Matt