21st February 2005, 9:19 PM
The weight really isn't that bad. I mean it's about as heavy as my Game Gear and I handled that fine. The problem is the balancing of the weight. Half the weight is hovering in front of me. It does get to be a burden that hurts my wrists. I have never been one to have an issue with controls. Even the large XBox controller wasn't that bad. This however is just uncomfortable. If I'm laying on my back, I hold the whole thing in place by using my index fingers on the top part (tried the lower part, the power button is in a terrible place, so I stopped). I'm sure you can imagine the issues with that whole stabalizing method. If the weight was more balanced, it wouldn't be a problem.
Look, my wrists never hurt until I used this thing. Now they sound like a cement mixer...
Look, my wrists never hurt until I used this thing. Now they sound like a cement mixer...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)