There can’t be many people who do not know the most popular computer video games consoles currently available in the stores. We make comparisons between the three systems and we only think in terms of the graphics capability but we should think about the involvement you feel by using the controllers supplied.
We may not think a lot about controllers but there are peaople who spend their lives designing them and we usually just use them without thinking. The original Xbox was released in 2001 but with it came a controller known as the duke controller.
Unfortunately for Microsoft customers found the Duke was far too large and bulky and it hurt people’s hands. Very quickly they changed the controller for the Controller S a model that is very similar to the current Xbox 360 controller.
The controller they supply now is the best for comfort in your hand and may be the one which you are happy to play with. The Playstation 3 controller may appear newer but my not be quite so new as it first seems to be.
It is not totally disimilar from the the PS2’s having had a couple of internal changes. The first controller Sony supplied appeared very different but it’s new control layout was soon abandoned.
Most people feel sure this was because the controller didn’t work as well as the one we had been using for years on the PS2. That may have been a good decision but Sony will have to get it right getting ready for the replacement system.
The current controls are ok to use but a new system will mean people expect high standards with the control systems in any new games console released. With the current financial climate the release of new games consoles might be put off for a year or two but we will be looking out for something special when it arrives.
The last machine we look at is the Nintendo Wii games console controllers which changed the market. The Wiimote controller you get with the Wii bundle was so different it was hard to make a comparison with everything you thought you knew about games controls.
Nintendo’s wiimote is such a change than anything we had seen before or had thought about as ways that you interact with the characters on screen. The wiimote is a greater change than any other controller we have seen since the earliest days of computer games.
It is a quite superb example of technology used for the enjoyment of the customer and it has the potential to take gaming to a whole new level. When the Wii bundles were first released hardened gamers dismissed the lack of powerful graphics computer chips but they ignored this game changing controller.
It will be fascinating to discover whatever the eighth generation of and if price is no problem these are the ones to get. I would expect them to be very who knows what new features they might offer us and give us a whole new era in gaming enjoyment.