9th March 2005, 2:03 PM
Yeah, as I said to GR a few times, I realized later that in fact the duel screen serves a couple purposes, just nothing for gamplay. A really wide screen would mean a wider system to fit those controls in there. Wider system takes up more space. Also, no foldyness to protect this massive target from whatever else it may be rubbing against when you put it away. I think they picked it purely for these reasons, and then claimed it was for gameplay.
"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)