It's never the same after they've had kids.Brooks wrote:I'm not just going to flap my fucking arms in the goddamn void.
The Daddy wrote:Like Gabe said, your greatest bandwidth is through your thumbs.
AJ wrote:The Daddy wrote:Like Gabe said, your greatest bandwidth is through your thumbs.
No, I believe he said it was your tongue.
Yossarian wrote:Yes they are the future, alongside many other input methods that have and have not yet been conceived, but not in their current form and they'll never fully replace buttons. Next thread, please.
IanHamlett wrote:They're here to stay. All consoles have motion controls.
dynamiteReady wrote:In fact, the tendency to add more buttons/inputs to videogame controllers goes against the general underlying concept of technology (the main goal of technology is to generally simplify shit, after all). Seriously, how have we ended up with so many fucking buttons? Not all that long ago, we had only three (or so) buttons, tops. And funnily enough, a more diverse range of entertainment software... Sophistication aside, of course.
dynamiteReady wrote:Yossarian wrote:Yes they are the future, alongside many other input methods that have and have not yet been conceived, but not in their current form and they'll never fully replace buttons. Next thread, please.
Well... How many buttons did a mobile phone have in the late 90's, and how many buttons does the average smartphone have now?
This, quite strangely, is the complete opposite to what's happened with game controllers... That, of course, was until Ninty threw a curve at mofos'...
In fact, the tendency to add more buttons/inputs to videogame controllers goes against the general underlying concept of technology (the main goal of technology is to generally simplify shit, after all). Seriously, how have we ended up with so many fucking buttons?
Not all that long ago, we had only three (or so) buttons, tops. And funnily enough, a more diverse range of entertainment software...
Sophistication aside, of course.
If there was a recall on kinect.. that'd count.dynamiteReady wrote:IanHamlett wrote:They're here to stay. All consoles have motion controls.
An Xbone with no Kinect has no 'wavy wavy', I lie?
If we're talking about areas that I can press and have it recognized as a unique place. A million? Two million? Plus a couple of cameras, light detector, tilt, magnetic field, and between 3 to six buttons.dynamiteReady wrote:Well... How many buttons did a mobile phone have in the late 90's, and how many buttons does the average smartphone have now?
Yossarian wrote:But phones don't require such precise inputs as certain types of game do.dynamiteReady wrote:Well... How many buttons did a mobile phone have in the late 90's, and how many buttons does the average smartphone have now? This, quite strangely, is the complete opposite to what's happened with game controllers... That, of course, was until Ninty threw a curve at mofos'... In fact, the tendency to add more buttons/inputs to videogame controllers goes against the general underlying concept of technology (the main goal of technology is to generally simplify shit, after all). Seriously, how have we ended up with so many fucking buttons? Not all that long ago, we had only three (or so) buttons, tops. And funnily enough, a more diverse range of entertainment software... Sophistication aside, of course.Yossarian wrote:Yes they are the future, alongside many other input methods that have and have not yet been conceived, but not in their current form and they'll never fully replace buttons. Next thread, please.
dynamiteReady wrote:Top of the range mobile touch screens and gyroscopes do actually provide a wider range of input than a simple array of buttons.
Vela wrote:I think Metroid Prime 3 is probably the best example if controls in a first person shooting game.
It would be a disaster not to see that improved upon with a motion+ version in MP4.
Diluted Dante wrote:How much of it useful though?Top of the range mobile touch screens and gyroscopes do actually provide a wider range of input than a simple array of buttons.
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