Comments on: How did the PlayStation controller evolve into what you see today? http://www.hsmagazine.net/2010/12/how-did-the-playstation-controller-evolve-into-what-you-see-today/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: NorseGamer http://www.hsmagazine.net/2010/12/how-did-the-playstation-controller-evolve-into-what-you-see-today/#comment-832 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:43:37 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=532#comment-832 *Wow.* It’s interesting to see these early designs. The slant-forward controller is an interesting concept — it rotates the wrists out, pointing the thumbs at each other (rather than having them parallel to each other). Probably would’ve caused more joint fatigue, though.

Thanks for sharing this, Razorbax!

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By: Razorbax http://www.hsmagazine.net/2010/12/how-did-the-playstation-controller-evolve-into-what-you-see-today/#comment-829 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:41:46 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=532#comment-829 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=19921720

Found this image of a possible early prototype…not sure if this is what they were going for, but an interesting visual nonetheless…thank Mother the Goto guy knew what he was doing ;)

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By: NorseGamer http://www.hsmagazine.net/2010/12/how-did-the-playstation-controller-evolve-into-what-you-see-today/#comment-423 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:24:31 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=532#comment-423 I’m kinda torn on this whole motion-controller era we’re entering.

On one hand, this technology will eventually lead to personal holosuites — and then all dating will end. This will lead to a reduction in human population growth, and more physically active humans. Which is good for the polar bears and bad for McDonald’s (which is also good for the polar bears).

On the other hand, I’ve spent thirty years with either a console controller or a keyboard/mouse/joystick. And I *like* it.

Twenty years from now, the core gamer demographic will have grown up with motion controllers like the Move, and it will be as natural to them as a mullet was to me. At that point, it’ll be interesting to see if the classic controller format we’re all used to today even still exists.

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By: Nos http://www.hsmagazine.net/2010/12/how-did-the-playstation-controller-evolve-into-what-you-see-today/#comment-421 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:21:31 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=532#comment-421 Hope they never change it :)
Great read!

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