
We are all familiar with the big three video games systems currently available in the stores. We usually compare the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii and decide which is best based on graphics ability but it is also important to think about the involvement you feel by using the controllers supplied.
We may not think a lot about controllers but there are peaople who spend their lives designing them and here we look at how they compare. The Xbox first appeared back in 2001 and it came with the controller referred to as the duke controller.
Unfortunately for Microsoft customers found the Duke was far too large and bulky and so people didn’t like to use it. Very quickly they changed the controller for a different design which was more acceptable to the public and is more like the one now used in the Xbox 360.
The controller they supply now is probably the most comfortable and one which you are happy to play with. Meanwhile the controller for the Playstation may appear newer but my not be quite so new as it might look.
There are not that many changes from the the PS2’s having had a few internal modifications. The original PS3 controller appeared very different but it’s altered layout wasn’t a great success and soon disappeared.
The talk is that the controller didn’t work as well as the time-tested PS2 one. There is little doubt they came right in the end but they need to be sure to get it just right when they release their next games platform.
The PS3 controller does an adequate job but a new system will mean people expect high standards from their games and their controllers in future. Businesses are struggling right now so it may be a while so we may have to be patient to get what we want.
Finally we look at the controllers we get with the Wii games system and these have introduced a lot of new people to games consoles. The wii bundle comes with a wiimote and this being very different is nothing like everything you thought you knew about games controls.
The wiimote is more innovative than anything we had seen before or had thought about as ways of how we could control the games we like to play. Bring out the motion sensing controller is more revolutionary than all the other games console improvements since the earliest days of computer games.
We should be grateful for the wonderful way this technology has been developed and is being used to add to your enjoyment and it has the potential to take gaming to a whole new level. When the Wii bundles were first released hardened gamers dismissed the power of the computer chips inside but they failed to notice what a significant change the wii brought with it’s controllers.
It will be fascinating to discover anything different in the next round of new games console releases and what their and these are the most complete systems you can get. It seems likely they will be who knows what new features they might offer us and it seems likely we can only guess at the new developments and what they will do for gaming.