I actually think the placement of everything on the xbox pad is pretty smart. DPad and buttons for fighters, twin sticks and triggers for everything else, specifically shooters. It'll mean a lot of the buttons for things like 3rd person games will move to the bumpers and triggers, but I can't see that being a bad thing.
Quite the opposite, I would think. If the drop in Nintendo stocks was affected by the controller reveal at all, it wasn't because of the potential cost. Controllers are the bread and butter of the game industry. A system with complex, expensive controllers would mean considerably more profit. That concept combined with…
Seriously? Crushed? So for this you need an iPad (between $500 - $700) and an AppleTV ($100). So that's $600 bare minimum, for a video game solution that doesn't include any buttons, and doesn't have any dedicated hardware for the game's themselves. Not to mention that any game that you want to play multiplayer will cost…
WiiU = new console with high-end HD graphics + iPad/button controller. I can't believe any of you guys are skeptical - Nintendo is fucking KILLING with this. The uses for the screen are awesome, and they've got tons of legit third party. They're directly putting Arkham City and Assassin's Creed on there, those are huge AAA…