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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: pstwo on March 01, 2002, 10:56:12 PM
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Thanks to GameSpy.com for the info. This is great news!!1 mm buy this one. :D
Luckily, Microsoft is listening to its consumers, and today have revealed that they are planning to address these issues by releasing a brand new Xbox controller for the American market. Microsoft\'s David Hufford came to GameSpy to get out the word on this exciting new peripheral.
GameSpy: Tell us a bit about yourself and your job at Microsoft Xbox.
David Hufford: My name is David Hufford and I work on the Marketing team at Xbox, so my primary job is to market all things Xbox, including this new game controller.
Xbox Controller S
GameSpy: What are you calling this new controller?
David Hufford: We\'re calling it Xbox Controller S.
GameSpy: What does the S stand for?
David Hufford: Well, there\'s not a lot of science behind it, it\'s more of an art thing. I think we were all in a room and thought it would be a cool name, so we just came up with it.
GameSpy: So will the original controller still be known as the Xbox Controller?
David Hufford: Yes, Xbox Controller is what we call it.
GameSpy: How is Xbox Controller S different from the standard US pad?
David Hufford: Well the first thing is obviously the size -- the Xbox Controller S is smaller. The one thing we did after launch was talk with people who bought the Xbox and it was pretty obvious that there were some people who wanted to have more choice with their game controller.
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People were, I think, pleasantly surprised with the controller that we came out with, and they like it, but there\'s also a broader demographic of people that have got Xbox now and they\'re looking for something a bit smaller. Therefore we\'ve reduced the size and changed the primary button placement quite a bit. We\'ve gone to a cross layout similar to what you get on the PS2, and we\'ve moved some of the secondary buttons so they\'re no longer on top. They\'ve moved down to the bottom, underneath the cross layout. The D-pad\'s surface is a little bit different now. I think it\'ll be a lot easier for people to play, you know, eight hours of games per night. It\'ll be a little bit easier on the thumbs. And the Start and Back buttons have now moved below the left thumb-stick. So those are the primary differences. The triggers are also not quite as heavy as the Xbox Controller\'s springs, so the springs are a bit looser in the triggers.
GameSpy: Is it 100% identical to the Japanese controller?
David Hufford: No, there are differences. For one, the cable length is a bit longer than the Japanese controller; we\'re going to the 9.8 foot standard cable that we came out with for the original Xbox Controller. I mentioned the buttons -- the springs in the triggers, those are a bit different. It\'s more like the Xbox Controller here in the States, with a little subtle difference -- you\'ll definitely feel a little more play there. We replaced the green jewel with a black jewel, so you\'ll have a black jewel on this one.
GameSpy: Do you think the Xbox Controller S will be better suited to certain genres than the original Xbox Controller?
David Hufford: I think people will decide for themselves. Gamers will, you know, sort of pick it up and play. I love to play sports games and I\'ve played it with the smaller controller and I prefer that controller. But a buddy of mine down the hall prefers the Xbox Controller. It\'s a "choose your weapon" kind of scenario.
GameSpy: Will the new controller have the same price point as the original?
David Hufford: Yeah, it\'ll be $39.95.
Link: http://www.gamespy.com/hardware/mar...boxcontrollers/
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pity its still ugly :p
and how come they didnt come up with anything original for the face of the buttons.. A,B,X,Y is so Snes... ;)
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David Hufford: Well, there\'s not a lot of science behind it, it\'s more of an art thing. I think we were all in a room and thought it would be a cool name, so we just came up with it.
Years ago we\'d actually put some meaning behind the name of something but nowdays every product is just like duh let\'s slap a name on it and see how it sounds. :laughing:
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and its not like the name even matters, is it?
Dude: Hey, pass me the controller..
Dude2: Here you go *passes Xbox Controller*
Dude: No you stupid ****! I meant the XBox Controller S!! God pstwo, your such a moron
Dude2: I\'m sorry, im just conpensating for my tiny penis
bleh.. im over it :)
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:laughing: Nice show Bob.
Well u have to admit it is kinda odd that ppl just put a name on something just for it to have a name with no meaning what so ever.
The stupidest example I\'ve seen in a while is this infomercial that comes on every saturday for a cream that u rub on u for pains and stuff. Neyways, get this.....the name of the product is "drum roll" Super Blue Stuff. Who comes up w/this sorta chit?
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ha ha very funny bobs but my penis is bigger than yours. ;)
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please
pstwo, give it a brake for a week at least
I think we all know you love your X box, but this is a PS2 forum...So Claim the Beans old friend or ill be forced to come over to HAWAII and B$Tch Slap your @ss all the way back to Mircorsoft HQ ;)
bad PStwo BAd
:laughing: ;)
:clown:
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Originally posted by ooseven
please
pstwo, give it a brake for a week at least
I think we all know you love your X box, but this is a PS2 forum...So Claim the Beans old friend or ill be forced to come over to HAWAII and B$Tch Slap your @ss all the way back to Mircorsoft HQ ;)
bad PStwo BAd
:laughing: ;)
:clown:
Ok ooseven I\'ll give it a brake. I\'ll not post any more Xbox topic anymore. :)
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I, for one, like PStwo posting Xbox news. I\'m sure others do too. This controller news is great news for a lot of people here who own an Xbox but hate the controller.
I have a question. Did Microsoft really work with gamers when they designed the old huge peice of crap Xbox controller, or was that just PR hype?
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Originally posted by pstwo
Ok ooseven I\'ll give it a brake. I\'ll not post any more Xbox topic anymore. :)
no your not getting it.
its just slow down your X box postings not stop them altogether.
i quite like some of the post you do, its just that you do too many
over a short period of time.
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Originally posted by pstwo
ha ha very funny bobs but my penis is bigger than yours. ;)
well.. theres only one way to settle this..
........damn my scanner is broken.. :(
;) :fro: ;) toot on
its just slow down your X box postings not stop them altogether.
i quite like some of the post you do, its just that you do too many
over a short period of time.
and posting completely irrelevant info in unrelated topics..
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THEY FIXED THE D-PAD!
THANK YOU GOD!
(yes, I realize cap\'s was on...I am excited).
No longer will my thumb cramp up when I use the d-pad....
Thank God
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wtf!
thier chance at redemption, and they STILL wont put the analog sticks on level
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
at least its smaller and my right thumb wont pop out of its socket reaching for the white button anymore
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He\'s Hawaiin Bob\'s, I might atleast be worried. Atleast we\'re cercumsized. :D
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Much better.
D-pad- better
Button layout-better. Thank God. Maybe now I can spend my entire time kicking butt in games instead of looking down at the controller to see if I\'m turning on a flashlight, switching weapons, firing etc....
When I saw the picture of this new s controller I went to look at the x-box controller now and you really have to ask yourself what were they thinking.
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Well.....they need to get rid of the logo or make it 7x smaller. Then it might accually fit into my hands. Hmm....lets take a look at the analog placement compared to the GC. Same place on the controller it seems and same place with the d-pad.
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Originally posted by mm
wtf!
thier chance at redemption, and they STILL wont put the analog sticks on level
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
at least its smaller and my right thumb wont pop out of its socket reaching for the white button anymore
1) It\'s very nice/surprising to see Micro$oft listening to everyone complain about the size of the old controllers.
2) They can\'t put the analogues on the level, cause then it would be far too direct a copy of the best controller on the market.... yeah, you know what.
If Micro$oft starts actually doing what customers want, the X-Box might turn into a system I would want to own, in 6 months or so.
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Originally posted by PSX_J
He\'s Hawaiin Bob\'s, I might atleast be worried. Atleast we\'re cercumsized. :D
hehe I\'m not Hawaiin, I\'m 100% Japanese and lived in Hawaii all my life. :)
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XBox Controller S..?!.? WTF? So, they\'re telling us that the S doesn\'t mean anything?
Placing a 2 there would sound smarter.
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Originally posted by Soul Reaver
XBox Controller S..?!.? WTF? So, they\'re telling us that the S doesn\'t mean anything?
Placing a 2 there would sound smarter.
a S for Smaller
they could of put a 2 on the end of it but hasn\'t that already been done before ?
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Originally posted by ooseven
please
pstwo, give it a brake for a week at least
I think we all know you love your X box, but this is a PS2 forum...So Claim the Beans old friend or ill be forced to come over to HAWAII and B$Tch Slap your @ss all the way back to Mircorsoft HQ ;)
bad PStwo BAd
:laughing: ;)
:clown:
Hey was that called for ooseven?
I mean this is console debating, this isn\'t the main forum for ps2 news.
And pstwo don\'t stop posting i think it is good, i like to now all the news that is going on for the xbox, i can\'t stop playing the thing, i just got Jet Set Radio Future, and the game is amazing the graphics are sweet!
But anyway keep it up!
And ooseven why do you want to slap his ass, are you into that kind of thing?:D
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Originally posted by Ethan_Hunt
Hey was that called for ooseven?
I mean this is console debating, this isn\'t the main forum for ps2 news.
And pstwo don\'t stop posting i think it is good, i like to now all the news that is going on for the xbox, i can\'t stop playing the thing, i just got Jet Set Radio Future, and the game is amazing the graphics are sweet!
But anyway keep it up!
And ooseven why do you want to slap his ass, are you into that kind of thing?:D
Yeah it was
its Called Console Debating
NOT console advertising
i was going to write a nice Email to Bill Gates asking him if he wanted to give PStwo a Job on the X box PR/ publicity pay role for his outstanding work in this forum !
Hey maybe we can get the old felow to give our special guy some kind of award ?
oh and as for the ass slaping thing, thats between me, PStwo and a industial barrel of butter ;)
i love that guy
hey PStwo if anyone gets on your case.... then they are on mine too ;)
as you love your X box as much as i love my PS2... we should meet up some time..... ill bring the butter ;)
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Xbox controller * shudders * , its so big and ugly.
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You know how confusing having the A and X buttons switched is going to be for some gamers? After all these years my PSX/PS2 playing buddies still say "press B."
-Eik
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Im way more comfortable with the X,O, Square, Triangle layout then the freaking letters, I never seemed to remember which one was which on my DC controller, but if I thought about it in the PS layout I\'d get it just like that.
U say ur Japanese PSTwo? Japanese penis not bigger than American. hawhawhawhaw, :laughing:
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Originally posted by IronFist
I, for one, like PStwo posting Xbox news. I\'m sure others do too. This controller news is great news for a lot of people here who own an Xbox but hate the controller.
I have a question. Did Microsoft really work with gamers when they designed the old huge peice of crap Xbox controller, or was that just PR hype?
Thanks IronFist! I wonder why did MS made the U.S controller bigger when they should know that controllers must feel right. :)
Originally posted by Ethan_Hunt
Hey was that called for ooseven?
I mean this is console debating, this isn\'t the main forum for ps2 news.
And pstwo don\'t stop posting i think it is good, i like to now all the news that is going on for the xbox, i can\'t stop playing the thing, i just got Jet Set Radio Future, and the game is amazing the graphics are sweet!
But anyway keep it up!
And ooseven why do you want to slap his ass, are you into that kind of thing? :D
Thanks Ethan_Hunt! Where have you been? I bet you\'re playing lots of Xbox games. ;) There is so much great games coming for the Xbox. Have you heard of the Capcom new Xbox Mech game? It\'s a sweet looking one. You got JSRF? Cool!!1
Originally posted by ooseven
Yeah it was
its Called Console Debating
NOT console advertising
i was going to write a nice Email to Bill Gates asking him if he wanted to give PStwo a Job on the X box PR/ publicity pay role for his outstanding work in this forum !
Hey maybe we can get the old felow to give our special guy some kind of award ?
oh and as for the ass slaping thing, thats between me, PStwo and a industial barrel of butter
i love that guy
hey PStwo if anyone gets on your case.... then they are on mine too
as you love your X box as much as i love my PS2... we should meet up some time..... ill bring the butter
:laughing:
ooseven, what\'s the butter for?
Ok guys before I post anymore Xbox topics I need an approval from MM or §ôµÏG®ïñD before I make any new Xbox topics. :)
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i dont care about topics, mebbe ooseven does, i think you should go nuts :D just for me, stop posting irrelevant info in unrelated topics
it pisses me off
always has
god im horny
/me grabs a tub of butter and indulges himself in it
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My only complaint with the Xbox controller is the roundness of the buttons. After prolonged use it can become painfull to the thumb. It looks like the new pad has less rounded surface, that\'s a plus.
Is there a date when this will be available?
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Originally posted by pstwo
:laughing:
ooseven, what\'s the butter for?
just ask SAMWISE ;)
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An improvement none the less, I\'m happy.