Don’t Ignore The Games Controller When Deciding On Computer Games Systems
May 27th, 2009 | by Wiiabetes Guest Blogger |We are all familiar with the big three video games systems that are so popular around the world. We make comparisons between the three systems on the basis of quality of graphics but we should also consider the benefits of the games controllers available.
Controller design is something the games machine manufacturers spend a lot of money on designing them so we can take a look and see which we prefer. The original Xbox was released in 2001 and it came with the controller known as the duke controller.
Unfortunately for Microsoft customers found the Duke was far too large and bulky and so people didn’t like to use it. Very quickly they changed the controller for the Controller S a model that is very similar to the one now used in the Xbox 360.
The controller they supply now is probably the most comfortable and easiest to use controller available. The controller for the Playstation 3 may appear newer but my not be quite so new as it first seems to be.
It is not very different to the controller for the PS2 with some changes internally. The first controller Sony supplied which looked different and had a new control layout was soon abandoned.
There seems little doubt that the reason was that it wasn’t as simple and easy to use as the time-tested PS2 one. The right descision may have been made in the end though there will be many sleepless nights preparing their next new games system whenever that is due.
The current controls are ok to use we will all be wanting the very best when they come out with new ideas. With the current financial climate it may be we will have to wait some time so we may have to be patient to get what we want.
Finally we look at the controllers we get with the Wii games system and these have introduced a lot of new people to games consoles. Something totally different was included with the wii bundle and the wiimote being very different is nothing like the other games system controllers.
The wiimote is more innovative than anything we had seen before or had thought about as ways that you interact with the characters on screen. Bring out the motion sensing controller is more revolutionary than anything else we have seen introduced on games systems in the last two decades.
It is a quite superb example of technology used for the enjoyment of the customer and I feel sure this is the future direction for computer games. The wii and the wii fit bundle proved there are more important features than just the power of the computer chips inside though they didn’t realise what a great change the controllers introduced.
We are all waiting to see anything different in the next round of new games console releases and what their and if price is no problem these are the ones to get. I would expect them to be very similar to the wiimote and it seems likely we can only guess at the new developments and what they will do for gaming.
