XBOX 2 controller pics

[Phil]

Personally, I prefer the Controller S to the above white one. It might surprise me, but as it stands, my favorite remains the black one above (which I hope doesn't change apart from some extra buttons or functionality like a trackball).

Take no offense, but those are pretty foolish reason to not like a console IMO. Obviously you're more interested in theoretical CPU benchmarks (even though xbox has the most powerful cpu out of the current consoles) and something that's pretty to look at, instead of playing games like the majority of gamers.

I really hope you don't intend to ruin your own topic, but before you take this into another tired cpu x > cpu y debate - I think it was clear that Guden Oden was refering to the Xbox's CPU relative to the Xbox's total performance relativ to the timeframe it was launched. It's been debated a few times already and I think it's an overal established point that the CPU is the Xbox's weakest link and that it could have been shipped with something better at the time (i.e. AMD's solution if it weren't for cost reasons). I believe this is what Guden was refering to. If not, I stand corrected, but this obviously shouldn't be of any argument in this topic to beginn with.

 

[Qroach]

I think it was clear that Guden Oden was refering to the Xbox's CPU relative to the Xbox's total performance relativ to the timeframe it was launched. It's been debated a few times already and I think it's an overal established point that the CPU is the Xbox's weakest link and that it could have been shipped with something better at the time

Once again what difference would this make? So what if it could have shipped with a more powerful CPU? So could any of the other consoles. It's a pretty foolish reason to dislike a console IMO. I also don't think the CPU was the xbox weak point. I think xbox could have done better with more bandwidth, but that's IMHO.

I believe this is what Guden was refering to. If not, I stand corrected, but this obviously shouldn't be of any argument in this topic to beginn with.

Even if that was his argument, I still don't think it's a good reason to dislike a console. I'd prefer teo dislike a console for the games it has (or doesn't). If that was really the case guden would have stayed clear of the gamecube and PS2 as well.

 

[Acert93]

It looks BAD... it looks STUPID... it hurts the eyes... etc...

Maybe I am missing something here... but it is a controller. i.e. function first. Maybe the newer design ergonomics and size proportions are superior to the Xbox controller? Colors can change, and surely 3rd parties will have new takes on the design. But looks really are secondary to performance.

Just my Two cents

 

[a688]

It looks BAD... it looks STUPID... it hurts the eyes... etc...

Maybe I am missing something here... but it is a controller. i.e. function first. Maybe the newer design ergonomics and size proportions are superior to the Xbox controller? Colors can change, and surely 3rd parties will have new takes on the design. But looks really are secondary to performance.

Just my Two cents

Dude, this is the console forum. Its not how well you play the game, its how you look doing it.

 

[Acert93]

Dude, this is the console forum. Its not how well you play the game, its how you look doing it.

Ohhhhh... I thought that was the portable forum

 

[Brimstone]

It looks BAD... it looks STUPID... it hurts the eyes... etc...

Maybe I am missing something here... but it is a controller. i.e. function first. Maybe the newer design ergonomics and size proportions are superior to the Xbox controller? Colors can change, and surely 3rd parties will have new takes on the design. But looks really are secondary to performance.

Just my Two cents

Absolutley agree.


Eventhough it isn't a concern for me, I think it looks neat.

 

[PC-Engine]

White is SO not the right color for console stuff, blecccch!

That's a very strong opinion.

I'm willing to bet that there are a lot of people who would prefer white over black. It all depends on the industrial design.

 

[rabidrabbit]

Looks ok to me. The white colour certainly helps it look better.
So the ball in the middle isn't a trackball? I was hoping it was, as it is there seems to be litle to get excited on, at least on innovation standpoint.

PS2 had very similar controler to PSOne, with just the analogueness of the buttons added, xbox2 will possibly have a very similar layout to Controller-S.
Keeping the layout similar is good for not alienating the current customers and keeping backwards compatibility.
Nintendo might also go with a similar layout to current GC controller, but with a touchscreen added there somewhere.

One thing that really annoys me. If the PSP and PS2 pics were on that colony website and if that colony thing indeed is a MS PR for xbox2, that smells too much like they are (again) trying to ride on the PlayStation brand success.
Not everybody will get it as a joke, but will indeed think it's all about the next PlayStation. If the xbox2 launches with the name Xenon, I'm sure many will (again) be confused it is "the new PlayStation".
Call me paranoid, but I think it's intentional by MS, and it's lame.

 

[Jabjabs]

The color white is a fine choice with me, as long as it;s stylish. I guess you're not a fan of anything apple has made of the past 6 years?

A brushed aliminium controller! That's the dumbest idea I ever heard.

It would be cool though.

 

[PC-Engine]

The color white is a fine choice with me, as long as it;s stylish. I guess you're not a fan of anything apple has made of the past 6 years?

A brushed aliminium controller! That's the dumbest idea I ever heard.

It would be cool though.

And expensive too...

 

[AlNom]

damn the expenses!

Make it a Limited Edition

 

[Guden Oden]

Take no offense, but those are pretty foolish reason to not like a console IMO.

Yea, well, I'm not you, and I don't care what you think. IMO, they're all perfectly valid reasons. If the box had been fugly, but not huge as a friggin lunchtray I wouldn't have minded it, or if it was huge but looked cool it might actually have been a bonus with me (I like big stuff that looks cool, that's why I got the Z680 speaker set for example). But not both at the same time. And as for games I like, GC and PS2 have all the games I could ever hope for, so I don't give a flying you-know-what about Bill Gates' nightmare of a console.

And the CPU should of course have been a duron, but instead it was that loser POS celery...

Obviously you're more interested

Obviously you should stick to talking about yourself and your own preferences, like I do, but fans tend to get upset when their objects of worship are criticized so I kind of understand anyway...

I really can't see how you can say controller S is more preferrable considering the simularities.

The devil's in the details I guess. It looks bad to me, just deal with it, okay?

Also teh "sheen" is a moot point if it's a prototype.

Not if the sheen is still there in production copies.

Btw, I don't see you complaining about the smooth plastic used on PS2 controller.

It's not smooth, it's matte. At least on my PS2 controller, I don't know what yours look like.

Or the recycled dull toyish platstics used on the gamecube controller.

You kiddin me? GC controller si teh king from both a quality and ergonomics standpoint. Nintendo sure knows how to build a great controller that feels wicked to hold, though they couldn't get 3rd party support for it if their life depended on it!

That's complete bollocks. You can see what's inside this controller?

I don't need to see what's INSIDE it to see that from an external standpoint pretty much NOTHING has changed. And that's really depressing, because to evolve gameplay to the next level we should have next-level controllers too.

It'll be as depressing if all that differs between box and nextbox controllers are nothing but the placement of two buttons and absence of memcard slots (pretty much) as when Sony revealed the dual-shock 2 pad and all that differed from the original dual-shock was analog buttons and the color. :?

That's way depressing!

If there's only minor things wrong with a controller, then you don't need to redesign it to add gimmick-ish features.

"Only minor things" is very subjective. Of course, if one regards controller S as you seem to do, as pretty much the peak of evolution, then there's not much that can be done, but remember, controller S lacks force feedback, top hat and throttle just to mention a few things that are available on PC joypads.

Let's not be like that patent office director who said all that could be invented has been, because it hasn't. Trust me on this... And if we haven't had tilt sensors in pads yet, how do you know the only possible use for it would be a gimmicky one?

I can't help but find holes in your reasoning on this one...

That's because you're a box fan. You automatically disregard anything negative in a knee-jerk fashion. Don't think I ever saw you say anything that wasn't positive about the box actually...

 

[Qroach]

That's because you're a box fan. You automatically disregard anything negative in a knee-jerk fashion. Don't think I ever saw you say anything that wasn't positive about the box actually...

is it now? It's interesting how I didn't automatically disregard "anything negative" as you say. There were other people that said they didn't like it in this thread, right? However they didn't try to justify it with completely strange reasons. i even said in a previous post, just saying you don't like it is fine, but trying to justify that with all sort of reasons that don't seem logical, well that's just looks like you intended to do that...

Yea, well, I'm not you, and I don't care what you think.

Obviously you do if you are responding to posts dating back 2 or 3 days... How about this, I don't care what YOU think. There I said it, are you happy now?

IMO, they're all perfectly valid reasons. If the box had been fugly, but not huge as a friggin lunchtray I wouldn't have minded it, or if it was huge but looked cool it might actually have been a bonus with me (I like big stuff that looks cool, that's why I got the Z680 speaker set for example). But not both at the same time. And as for games I like, GC and PS2 have all the games I could ever hope for, so I don't give a flying you-know-what about Bill Gates' nightmare of a console.

And the CPU should of course have been a duron, but instead it was that loser POS celery...

like I said, you're obviously mroe interested in tech specs instead of finding games you want to play. Good for you, but I don't agree with that approach to buying or playing games on consoles. It defeats the purpose.

but fans tend to get upset when their objects of worship are criticized so I kind of understand anyway...

I don't need to see what's INSIDE it to see that from an external standpoint pretty much NOTHING has changed. And that's really depressing, because to evolve gameplay to the next level we should have next-level controllers too.

The above two statements are rather funny imo.

You call me a 'fan" yet you claim you can tell nothing has changed? Wow, you can "tell" nothing has changed, but at the same time you said controller S was better? but how is that if nothing has changed? I had no idea you have "fan" vision goggles that can see the future.

no I don't think controller S is the best controller in the world, I do think they needed to fix a bunch of things (all of which are fixed on the new controller) while adding wireless. Like I said, I don't need gimmicky features.

Anyway, let's just drop this and leave it at "you don't like the controller" instead of discussing your fan-ish (imho) reasons why.

 

[Guden Oden]

However they didn't try to justify it with completely strange reasons.

You know, having this discussion with you is sort of like me saying I don't like smoking cigars, and you lecturing me of why my reasons for not liking cigars are childish, strange or whatever other adjectives you've used so far in the thread. You know, personal preference doesn't WORK that way, sorry I don't like your favorite console as much as you obviously do, but you just gotta learn to DEAL WITH IT, okay? It doesn't diminish you as a person that others don't like teh xbox.

As for the rest in your reply - I've said my piece and my point stands.

 

[pahcman]

u know, u not like something u need not insult it and peoples behind it as worst thing in history.

qroach is far from childish than u call him.

u are falling into same posting style as others with 1-sided aggression and blinded nitpicking denial towards Microsoft. that is what irritates qroach immersely.

if everyone do like u, all hell break loss. so who childish?

 

[Qroach]

that is what irritates qroach immersely.

That's not what irritates me. I just find reasoning with fuzzy logic annoying. Doesn't matter what system it is, or what the argument is about.

It's like i said, what twice already? Others in this thread can say they don't like something without using all sorts reasons (that don't seem logical) to justify thier thinking. i don't have a problem with that at all, and it's not abotu ones favourite console obviously.

 

[pahcman]

yes that what my meaning.

this guy is doing the be louder and bolder wins the day, to innocently pass himself and his insultive reasonings as holier than thou matter of fact.

 

[Guden Oden]

u know, u not like something u need not insult it and peoples behind it as worst thing in history.

I didn't insult anyone, problem with fanpeople (like you, obviously, together with religious nutters etc) is that criticism against your worshipped object is automatically categorized as insults. I just stated the personal opinion that a glossy-white controller don't look all that hot to me. I don't go and get my panties all in a bind when people dis the GC because of the handle on the back for example; while I may feel that is being a bit silly (it's on the back; you don't see it normally), but so what. I don't mind the handle and that's all that matters to me; that others don't like it doesn't affect me.

When people go crazy because I don't like nextbox controller however, weeeelllll, that's just taking it a bit too far IMO.

qroach is far from childish than u call him.

You can't even read, because I haven't called him that... :? Like I said, fanpersons...

 

[PC-Engine]

What happened to the big white round button in the center?

 

[carpediem]

wasn't the controller supposed to be wireless? :?