Reveilled Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Wow. That's an impressive little thing there. Especially what it was saying about the FPSes. I've never much liked them, but if the controller mechanism would be that easy... Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
mkreku Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 I would love to try this setup. It sounds insane, but if they say it's intuitive, then I guess it is. It'll be exciting to try it out once they reach the game stores. Wouldn't it be kind of cool if it turned out to be so successful that everyone went out and bought a Revolution instead of PS3/Xbox2? Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Tigranes Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Not if there's no game worth playing on that controller. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Arkan Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 You guys are totally buying into Nintendo's hype machine. Shame on you all <_< "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
kumquatq3 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Posted September 16, 2005 The interesting thing with Nintendo's insanities is that they usually work. Well, apart from the Virtual Boy, perhaps, but that's that. Hey the Virtual Boy worked! So a few people went into epileptic shock. Small price to pay for innovation. You guys are totally buying into Nintendo's hype machine. Shame on you all What would excite you? I mean, the controller can clearly expand, so a crack dispensing Pez machine is still a possibility.
roshan Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Im definitely buiying the revoiluitioin. I uised toii play quiiite a loit oif coiinisoile games uintil the time oif the playstatioin. When the dreamcast, ps2 and xboix came oiuit, coinisoiiles rapidly degenerated. I have had a ps2 almoist since it was released (actuially, my broither boiuight it), hoiwever, I havent boithered toii play any games oin it. (except foiir gta and dark alliance 1). The reasoiini is that the coiinitroils noiwadays are extremely coiiuinterintuiitive. Learning hoiw toi uise boith the analoig and directioini keys with the same thuimb is a pain in the ass. Alsoi the oither finger has its oiwn analoig toi woirry aboiuit aside froimi the reguilar buittoins. Then there are thoise foiiuir buittoins oin toip oif the thing. Id muich rather stick toii the moiiuise and keyboiard oin my pc with its easy poiint and click interface rather than take the huige amoiuint oif troiuible learning toi press all thoisie buittoins oini time and in the right oirder oir whatever. PC games might take time toi install buit the time that takes is noithing coimpared toii what I woiiuild spend trying toii figuire oiuit what the hell all thoisie goiddamned buittoins doi. There was a time when coinsoile coiinitroiils uiised toi be simple, and the games were fuin and easy toii get intoi, hoiwiever this is noit the case anymoire. The revoiiluitioin seems like it can bring back thoise goioid days when coinsoiles were woirth the troiiuible oifi learning hoiw toi uise the cointroillers. I think Nintendoi knoiws what it is doiing uinlike thoise retards at soiiny and microisoift.
Meshugger Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Looks like something interesting to say the least. If it doesn't work, there's still two other consoles to choose from. GO NINTENDO! "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
LoneWolf16 Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 It looks great, but now I'm torn...awesome gameplay in my FPS titles, or Halo 3...or Killzone 2... So very torn. By the way, anybody else get the impression that this controller is used for more than gaming? Especially considering the rumble pack... " I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Deraldin Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 By the way, anybody else get the impression that this controller is used for more than gaming? Especially considering the rumble pack... " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've already seen a number of comparisons between the new controller and certain other toys. Wasn't exactly the first thing that came to mind when I saw it.
Oerwinde Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 I have one of those. It came with my DVD player. No rumble function though. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Pope Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 Im definitely buiying the revoiluitioin. I uised toii play quiiite a loit oif coiinisoile games uintil the time oif the playstatioin. When the dreamcast, ps2 and xboix came oiuit, coinisoiiles rapidly degenerated. I have had a ps2 almoist since it was released (actuially, my broither boiuight it), hoiwever, I havent boithered toii play any games oin it. (except foiir gta and dark alliance 1). The reasoiini is that the coiinitroils noiwadays are extremely coiiuinterintuiitive. Learning hoiw toi uise boith the analoig and directioini keys with the same thuimb is a pain in the ass. Alsoi the oither finger has its oiwn analoig toi woirry aboiuit aside froimi the reguilar buittoins. Then there are thoise foiiuir buittoins oin toip oif the thing. Id muich rather stick toii the moiiuise and keyboiard oin my pc with its easy poiint and click interface rather than take the huige amoiuint oif troiuible learning toi press all thoisie buittoins oini time and in the right oirder oir whatever. PC games might take time toi install buit the time that takes is noithing coimpared toii what I woiiuild spend trying toii figuire oiuit what the hell all thoisie goiddamned buittoins doi. There was a time when coinsoile coiinitroiils uiised toi be simple, and the games were fuin and easy toii get intoi, hoiwiever this is noit the case anymoire. The revoiiluitioin seems like it can bring back thoise goioid days when coinsoiles were woirth the troiiuible oifi learning hoiw toi uise the cointroillers. I think Nintendoi knoiws what it is doiing uinlike thoise retards at soiiny and microisoift. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> goddamn roshan, do something about that keyboard of yours it's a pain in the ass trying to read your posts, and I bet most people don't even care enough to read through it all
Child of Flame Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 1. This amuses me greatly. 2. New Article with a neato mockup.
Child of Flame Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 I like the grin on his face every time he spanks Bill.
Ewen Brown Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 this is ground breaking and revolutionary? you sure they didn't mean hand breaking? where is the control chip that fits directly into your brain interface module? Winterwind
Arkan Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 this is ground breaking <{POST_SNAPBACK}> maybe they dropped it on the ground? "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
Deraldin Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 this is ground breaking <{POST_SNAPBACK}> maybe they dropped it on the ground? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that was what happened when you dropped an Xbox controller. Or the Xbox itself. " Anyway, I was already planning on getting a Revolution, so I can't wait to see just how this thing works out in the end.
EnderAndrew Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Can someone please give me one reason to buy a Revolution aside from the gimmick which may or may not be supported by 3rd parties, let alone work? And for the record, Nintendo has gone out on a limb and failed many a time, such as the Virtual Boy, U-Force, Power Glove, Robo, SuperScope Six, the SNES mouse, Donkey Konga drums, etc. etc. I credit them for being ballsy, but not everything they release is gold.
alanschu Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Powerglove and Super Scope 6 for teh win!!!!!! Robo? I don't think that was ever intended to succeed, but it's marketting did seem to work out well for Nintendo, given how much ppl seemed to hate video games at that time.
EnderAndrew Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 I keep suggesting that the best thing for all parties is for Nintendo to stop putting out home consoles. They are a first-party development house with great franchises. They come out with innovative peripherals. They could have invented this controller, and released it for the 360 or PS3. Then we'd have great control, and great graphics as well. Sega releases games on other platforms, and if they had went that way earlier as opposed to losing boatloads on the Sega CD, 32X, Saturn and Dreamcube, they'd probably be a bigger company today. The Gamecube has horrid market share. Horrid. I'm not saying Nintendo is a bad company, or that their games aren't good. But do we really need a third console?
alanschu Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Well, you never know how that third one will do. PSX came literally out of nowhere, and XBOX did surprisingly well. Would the console market become too complacent with just the two?
Sarjahurmaaja. Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Ender, why should Nintendo, as perhaps the most succesful company in the console business, change what they're doing? 9/30 -- NEVER FORGET!
Reveilled Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Well, if we don't need three consoles, why do we need two? I can't think of a single reason to buy an Xbox. Maybe the best thing for all parties is for Sony and Microsoft to stop putting out home consoles. " Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
EnderAndrew Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Ender, why should Nintendo, as perhaps the most succesful company in the console business, change what they're doing? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Atari was the entire console business, and suddenly they were nothing and out of business. Sega was the number 2 man in the console industry, and some suspected would dethrone Nintendo. Now they don't have a console. Sony came out of nowhere to completely dominate market share. In the console industry, a company reinvents their validity in the market with each new generation. Nintendo has proven that they don't care about the actual hardware of their console. So why continue to put one out?
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