I don't know. This still worries me. If this 6"screen business is indeed true, what are they sacrificing for the room and ergonomics?
It needs to be positioned in such a way that it will be quick and easy to use on the fly, but also somewhere that allows our buttons and control sticks and things. Unless, contrary to there word, they are forgoing buttons and everything is done on the touch screen. Damn I hope not
I guess this will also mean that rumble is out.
Btw, lols at the 360 ad banner beneath the page.
This is what I have in mind
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I'm expecting something sort of tablet-like but with traditional grips on the back for comfort.
But why would that mean rumble is out?
We would have to hold this thing for hours on end. It can't be top heavy or it will be annoying to hold for too long. I think 6" is just far too big. The screen itself is a sound idea, but that size, it just sounds completely unwieldy for any reasonable length of time.
I know that Nintendo has said that buttons are a must. But I'm afraid that won't be enough to convince me until I see it. This is Nintendo we are talking about. They are renowned for making stupidly short sighted decisions for a easy buck. They have to have room to put this screen on a controller and have it ergonomic with quick and easy access to both controls. I just can't see that happening with all these things on it.
As for my missing rumble prediction, 2 main reasons.
1. Battery life. We are running the obilgitory controls (hopefully), a 6 inch touch screen, rumble, bluetooth and whatever else is necessary for it to work pretty much full time, and a microphone, camera, speaker and goodness knows what else when they are needed. Presumably the 2 biggest drains on a battery will be the touch screen and the rumble motor. The motor will probably have to go to get any decent life out of it.
2. I don't know how well a screen like that will like to be shaking around on a regular basis, plus the magnetic field such a motor produces. I could be wrong about that though.
I'd rather the screen give an electrical charge to make it feel like you are hitting a button rather than actual buttons. One of these posts linked to a technology that gives an impression of touching something by stimulating nerve endings. That would be pretty cool, until someone uses it to make it feel like a needle went through your finger...
Actually, one of my mates has a car head unit with a touch screen that actually feels like it clicks when you press it. It is so weird. That might be useful.
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