31st August 2010, 10:41 AM
+ Hopefully a better d-pad
- $65 (Expensive!)
- Grey face buttons
True, but Nintendo obviously didn't patent every form of the crosspad -- remember the Dreamcast controller? I'd think MS could have come up with something... really though, circular d-pads can be just as good as crosspads. The problem isn't the shape, it is the pad -- the Genesis, Saturn, Xbox, and many PC gamepads (Microsoft's Sidewinder line, Saitek, etc.) have quite good round d-pads.
Really? Yeah, that would get difficult. Great design there Microsoft.
- $65 (Expensive!)
- Grey face buttons
Quote:Most people seem to be skipping over one big reason they didn't just use a Nintendo d-pad before. Nintendo patented that thing decades ago. That's also why they aren't using it this time either. This "transforming" d-pad design seems to be a way to get around that.
True, but Nintendo obviously didn't patent every form of the crosspad -- remember the Dreamcast controller? I'd think MS could have come up with something... really though, circular d-pads can be just as good as crosspads. The problem isn't the shape, it is the pad -- the Genesis, Saturn, Xbox, and many PC gamepads (Microsoft's Sidewinder line, Saitek, etc.) have quite good round d-pads.
Quote:How, hard to make out what button does what for newcomers playing, say, Fable 2 (which identifies the buttons purely on color)
Really? Yeah, that would get difficult. Great design there Microsoft.
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