The Revolution Controller
Well, well, well. Nintendo is deciding they want to change the rules of video gaming. Apparently 2 analog sticks and a mess of buttons is just not going to cut it anymore.
If you don't know what I'm talking about then you probably would never read this blog in the first place, but here : http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/651/651334/vids_1.html Back? Okay.
I've listened to all of the opinions on this thing : good, bad, and ugly. And as usual, people who are fervently expressing their opinions on things tend to leave out the obvious.
#1 - Nintendo is not sitting on the SICK mound of cash that Microsoft and Sony are. They had to play this round differently or risk running themselves out of business due to what must be rediculous R&D costs for Sony and Microsoft. Sony, in particular, seems way over their head in R&D between the Cell processor and the Blu-Ray drive. This is obvious to me because they haven't shown a game yet and it's obvious to me they're not quite sure yet how they're going to manufacture this thing.
#2 - As Cliffy B said before the announcement, the current 2 stick and mass of buttons controller has evolved as far as it is going to go. It's time to try something new. Whether it succeeds or not depends largely on how well it works. I don't know how good Nintendo is at making electronics from scratch, but I guess we're going to find out.
You know I think the most important thing about this is - Will the developrs write software that supports this? Think about it. If you're EA, are you going to make Madden work with this new controller? Are you sure it will be worth the time? I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Third party games might be VERY very slim for the Revolution. If Nintendo doesn't develop some extremely catchy games quickly, this concept might be a short lived one.
If you don't know what I'm talking about then you probably would never read this blog in the first place, but here : http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/651/651334/vids_1.html Back? Okay.
I've listened to all of the opinions on this thing : good, bad, and ugly. And as usual, people who are fervently expressing their opinions on things tend to leave out the obvious.
#1 - Nintendo is not sitting on the SICK mound of cash that Microsoft and Sony are. They had to play this round differently or risk running themselves out of business due to what must be rediculous R&D costs for Sony and Microsoft. Sony, in particular, seems way over their head in R&D between the Cell processor and the Blu-Ray drive. This is obvious to me because they haven't shown a game yet and it's obvious to me they're not quite sure yet how they're going to manufacture this thing.
#2 - As Cliffy B said before the announcement, the current 2 stick and mass of buttons controller has evolved as far as it is going to go. It's time to try something new. Whether it succeeds or not depends largely on how well it works. I don't know how good Nintendo is at making electronics from scratch, but I guess we're going to find out.
You know I think the most important thing about this is - Will the developrs write software that supports this? Think about it. If you're EA, are you going to make Madden work with this new controller? Are you sure it will be worth the time? I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Third party games might be VERY very slim for the Revolution. If Nintendo doesn't develop some extremely catchy games quickly, this concept might be a short lived one.
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