REVOLUTION CONTROLLER HAS BEEN REVEALED!!!!!

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, I lost most of mine in a hurry. But once I was comfortable with the controls for a game, I didn't need them anyway.

Plus, as I said, many games were pretty simplistic and didn't use the keypad at all.

That does not surprise me given the level of game complexity graphics of that period allowed...

Also worth noting is that the INTV could technically be said to have had the first shoulder buttons... there were two on each side of the controller.

Those aren't really shoulder buttons, they're on the sides... :)

But as with all these things, "first" seems to be how you define the term... like electronic games. Does the first tic-tac-toe game on a computer count, or do you mean the first tennis-game (Higginbotham's? Not sure if it was actually first...)...

Really, the only things I don't like about the INTV controller is that the D-Pad is too loose, and that the controllers are hard-wired with short, coiling cord. That's pretty irritating.

http://www.thedoteaters.com/play3sta3.htm

Intellivision II had detachable controllers. :)

From my limited perspective, the Eyetoy is more popular than most addon peripherals are.

The N64 expansion pack did quite well... everyone who got DK64 got one, after all. But yes, most expansions are either very limited in their market or support (like dance mats or bongos) or fail (like the 64DD), as we well know. I doubt that eyetoy has sold as well as the expansion pack... but since it is original and different, and has Sony's name on it, it's not surprising that it didn't totally bomb. Though I'd expect that the later titles (like the recently released Play 2) won't do nearly as well as the first one...

I fail to see their creativity.

There is nothing creative about the PSX controller's design. That's why Ryan had to go to 'analog buttons' to find something worth mentioning... :)

Additionally, the conventional controller cradle that Nintendo has spoken will definitely have alot of face buttons to deal with old Nintendo games, and multiconsole games.

Yes, Nintendo execs have said that the cradle is the best way to play N64 games (and thus presumably SNES games too). It'll be just fine for anything third parties want to port over.