We are all familiar with the three main games consoles currently available in the stores. We usually compare the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii and we only think in terms of the graphics capability but we should look at how they are operated using the games controllers provided in the budle you buy.
We may not think a lot about controllers but there are peaople who spend their lives designing them and we usually just use them without thinking. The original Xbox was released in 2001 but with it came a controller known as the duke controller.
Unfortunately for Microsoft customers found people found the controller was too large to use comfortably and so people didn’t like to use it. Realizing the problem they released a different design which was more acceptable to the public and is more like the current Xbox 360 controller.
The current style of controller is quite probably the most comfortable and one which you are happy to play with. The Playstation 3 controller in use today is not as new as you might think.
It is not very different from the familiar one we had with the PS2 with a few internal modifications. The original PS3 controller appeared very different but it’s changed control scheme was abandoned.
Most people feel sure this was because people just didn’t like it so much as the established PS2 controller. There is little doubt they came right in the end though there will be many sleepless nights preparing their next new games system whenever that is due.
The PS3 controller does an adequate job we will all be wanting the very best from their games and their controllers in future. With the current financial climate the release of new games consoles might be put off for a year or two before gamers get what they want.
The last machine we look at is the Nintendo Wii games console controllers 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.
Nintendo’s wiimote is such a change and a completely original approach to the idea of controlling games you are playing. The wiimote is a greater change than any other controller we have seen over the last twenty years.
It is a quite superb example of technology used for the enjoyment of the customer and it has the potential to take gaming to a whole new level. When the Wii bundles were first released hardened gamers dismissed the lack of powerful graphics computer chips but they ignored this game changing controller.
Gamers everywhere will be looking forward to whatever the eighth generation of and if price is no problem these are the ones to get. I would expect them to be very who knows what new features they might offer us and give us a whole new era in gaming enjoyment.
