and clearly the xbox has had the inferior button labelling.
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Amazons [devkit?] controller revealed by Brazilian FCC [Up: Additional Images]
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and clearly the xbox has had the inferior button labelling.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
How hard is it to design a controller? This thing is terrible.
Green Wiggly
Member
The designer:
Garrus Vakarian
Member
It looks like they just ironed flat a 360 controller lol.
That looks like an xbox controller gone bad lol.
Dem angles
Dem angles
Lol. That's what I first thought!
Suzushiiro
Banned
The Steam controller is at least going for an original concept, so it can be forgiven for flaws in execution. On the other hand, two analog sticks, a d-pad, four face buttons, and four shoulder buttons is a thing that's been around since 1997. There's no excuse for fucking that up.
I don't expect them to. Amazon are big enough to just force their console to become known, without the hassle of going to E3. They'll put it on their front page and boom, sales.
Amazon's new product direction seems to eschews curves. This follows the HDX's hard angle design.
Lone Wolf
Member
You are probably right. I would guess promotions similar to the Kindle tablets.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
DEEEAAAAAADDDDDD
HypocrisyGalore
Banned
That looks pretty horrible.
Why are giant faced controllers popular now?
Why are giant faced controllers popular now?
ScriptedReality
Member
Hmm I feel hypeless. That's an ugly controller
I've always liked to think it was because typing "press Y" to do such and such is much easier than saying "press Δ" to do such and such.
ehh, we've just been spoiled by MS and recently Sony.
I mean when MS spends, what was it, 5 years? working on the ergonomics of the 360 controller, it kind of has to end up being good.
Shapes are king simply because not all cultures use the alphabet, while shapes are pretty universally understood.
Anyway, I think this controller looks like a weird, uncomfortable version of the 360's pad. Yeesh, look at that slab shape.
PaulExcellent
Member
shiet
Well, back to searching. :/
Canis lupus
Member
What an ugly thing, assymetrical sticks too, ugh.
I don't know, I think the steam controller is turning out pretty well considering it is still a work in progress
Haha, that's so true (and to be fair to third party controllers, that's how I figured out there were spinning weights inside that cause the rumble effect, so hey, if it splits open then may as well learn about electronics before trashing it).
Chobel
Member
I don't know, I think the steam controller is turning out pretty well considering it is still a work in progress
What the hell is wrong the pic quality? It looks like vintage photo, like something from 50s.
Vintage Steam controller made out of wood, apparently.
FutureZombie
Banned
GAF getting quoted in this article:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/15/amazons-video-game-controller-looks-hideous.aspx
"But overall, the controller design looks horrendous -- an ugly, uncomfortable rip-off of Microsoft's Xbox design. I'm not only gamer to think this -- commentators on NeoGAF, a gaming enthusiast forum known for leaking details on, among other things, Microsoft's Xbox One, came to a similar conclusion.
"Ugly," wrote one poster. "It looks so sad. Someone needs to cheer it up," wrote another. "That looks like it'd be really uncomfortable to use."
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/15/amazons-video-game-controller-looks-hideous.aspx
"But overall, the controller design looks horrendous -- an ugly, uncomfortable rip-off of Microsoft's Xbox design. I'm not only gamer to think this -- commentators on NeoGAF, a gaming enthusiast forum known for leaking details on, among other things, Microsoft's Xbox One, came to a similar conclusion.
"Ugly," wrote one poster. "It looks so sad. Someone needs to cheer it up," wrote another. "That looks like it'd be really uncomfortable to use."
Dammit you beat me to it!
Probably a digital photo turned black and white. Made the digital noise look like film grain.
No touchpad either... gonna be terrible for some android games
BabyFaceKillah
Member
I can't wait to see what the gamestop knock off will look like.
Those pictures made me realize that I really don't want the Amazon logo prominently displayed anywhere in my house, on anything.
It's like if I had a "Wal-Mart" branded Television, or a "Best Buy" branded mouse & keyboard. It's automatically slapped with the label of being a cheap, budget piece of hardware.
It may be shallow, but I will never own this device.
EDIT: The Kindle is fine, because it is in fact a cheap, budget piece of hardware.
It's like if I had a "Wal-Mart" branded Television, or a "Best Buy" branded mouse & keyboard. It's automatically slapped with the label of being a cheap, budget piece of hardware.
It may be shallow, but I will never own this device.
EDIT: The Kindle is fine, because it is in fact a cheap, budget piece of hardware.
SellTheKids4Food
Neo Member
My first reaction was, "Hell yeah, looks uncomfortable and clunky"... but I quickly came to the realization that every time I've played with my preferred controller (Xbox 360), I used it while I had the Chatpad attached.
So if anything, it would probably be a very familiar experience for me, to be quite honest. The shoulder buttons look right and the stick placement is ideal, as those are more likely the concerns I might have raised regarding design.
So if anything, it would probably be a very familiar experience for me, to be quite honest. The shoulder buttons look right and the stick placement is ideal, as those are more likely the concerns I might have raised regarding design.
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