PS3 Controller Flimsy, Wii Controller Fun

With the advent of new input styles in the PS3 and Wii, many gamers are wondering what it will be like to actually play with the new controllers. Via Aeropause, an article on IGN says that the SIXAXIS controller is flimsy and poorly designed. Meanwhile, via Joystiq, an article on British site Entertainmentwise reports that the Wii isn't physically exhausting at all, as some people feared. After two hours of playtime, in fact, they loved the experience. From the article: "Some gamers have shown concern that the activity level required to play Wii games, especially the sporty titles, may be too high. There are concerns that you have to stand for long periods of time and use body actions such as swinging your arm above your head or at the side of your body. After playing non stop for two hours, did this happen to me? No. I'm not exactly Wonder woman in terms of fitness and I can assure you, as a regular player there was enough action to warrant perhaps making sure one has access to a tap before playing (you're going to want a drink if you play for as long as we did!) and possibly ensuring plenty of moving around space in your living room. The key to the Wii control is that even the most active title on the launch line up, Wii Sports, doesn't require you to make large body motions unless you want to."

Re:Great News

[twistedsymphony]

I think the stupid stigma has long vanish for anyone who's ever played Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero... best prime those friends who still have fears.

Re:Great News

[Mayhem178]

God forbid that people should have to get up off their fat asses and move around a bit.

Next thing you know, Richard Simmons and Tony Little will be endorsing the Wiimote.

Zonk playing Zonk

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm amazed how Zonk listens to the voices of his fans!

More damning news

[UbuntuDupe]

I also heard that the SIXAXIS controller ... only uses three axes :-(

Re:Great News

[antifoidulus]

That is why you need to factor alcohol in the mix. Then people just stop caring. In fact, being able to play tennis drunk without getting the cops involved is the only reason I can even think to play wii sports(off topic rant but if it is so much like tennis why not actually play tennis? Unless you are drunk then see above)

Oh my

[MichailS]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/738/738858p2.html [ign.com]

You carefully position the disc-based media of your choice against the PS3's front-loading drive slot and the magic fairies deep inside suck it up like a particularly enthusiastic four-quid whore.

o_Ô

2 hour Wii test...

[kabocox]

Um, I'm not sure that was a fair test for the Wii. I mean how many games do you only play for 2 hours? If they really wanted to fairly test it, then they should have had 4-5 hour testing times every weekday and then two 15-18 hour weekend sessions. Come on who only plays for 2 hours at a time? During school, I'd play video games from 4:00-9:00 thats about 5 hours with about 30 min for dinner somewhere in there and homework during the hour of 9:00-10:00 during Star Trek.

As an adult, I don't play nearly as much. I get home around 5:30-6:00 and it takes 30 min to an 1 hour to fix dinner and eat. So say 6:00-10:00 or 6:00-11:00 is left for video game time. That's 4-5 hours. I've been drooling over the Wii, but will I kill over after getting it and Zelda or Mario?

On a side note, if I don't die from over excerise, I might get fit.

Heck, with 6 degrees

[JazzLad]

You can even get to Kevin Bacon

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Crap, I missed the 'Post Anonymously' again...

Re:Good Title

[buffer-overflowed]

Exactly. You're an idiot if you buy a PS3 on the strength of Sony's brand. Or banking on enough other idiots buying it to make yourself have an effective crystal ball.

After all, what matters is the games, and that is basically in no way up to Sony(unless you really, really love gran turismo. Or PS1/PS2 titles, in which case buy a PS2 and save yourself $120-$480). It's all up to us. Hence the console wars on the internets.

Pick your poison. We'll see how things turn out.

Pick your side. The one that says FF/MGS would still be FF/MGS no matter where they appear, or the one that's hoping, nay, praying they stay exclusive to the console produced by a company that thought criminal activities were acceptable. The one that says everything that came before has value, or the one that says everything produced before this, well, it sucks. You need our shiny new thing it's more shiny.

From a gaming standpoint, always bet on Nintendo. From a business standpoint, hope it's even-ish so your investments aren't forced into putting money into shitty ROI platforms like the PSP(where all of 6 people will buy it), and no one can dictate terms like that.

You just about summed up how collosally stupid/herd mentality Sony fans are. Good job. You get a gold star.

PS. The dual shock is a shit controller. It's an SNES pad with extended grips and two analog sticks tacked on(because two is better and it needs balance). We're just all so used to it by this point it no longer matters.

PPS. Yea, I call the console with the branch prediction capabilities and clock for clock int-op performance of a graphing calculator "well-designed." Heh. Want to see well-designed? Look at the gamcube. $30 cheaper than the PS2 and it outperforms it by every meaningful metric apart from game library. It's constructed from wolverine's bones and pixie dust to boot. Fuck sony.

PPPS. We got haircuts.

Re:Good Title

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahh... I remember the good ol' days, where shit like this would get you permanently banned from moderating and an effective mod-bomb for a while.

Michael, we miss ya. We forgive you for the whole censorware thing. And Jon Katz, we loved ya.

Go the fuck away noob. Back to digg with you.