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maxnyc on 21 February 2013

It seems like the writing is on the wall. Sony has outsmarted and outinvented Nintendo once again. Their new touchpad is obviously far more innovative and useful than Nintendo's dumb touchscreen gamepad. Why would i want a touchscreen to control my inventory, maps, mini-games, etc, and play completely off-tv? When instead i can have a touchpad, which won't display any information, but will enable me to have swipe and touch controls for the (2) games which will inevitably support it. Sony, i praise you and i praise your vision. This is the best invention of theirs since the original Walkman. Touchpad FTW!



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happydolphin on 21 February 2013

Ughhhh...



Otakumegane on 21 February 2013

My god some people just don't quit.



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irstupid on 21 February 2013

What 2 games were shown or announced to use it?



ECM on 21 February 2013
maxnyc said:

It seems like the writing is on the wall. Sony has outsmarted and outinvented Nintendo once again. Their new touchpad is obviously far more innovative and useful than Nintendo's dumb touchscreen gamepad. Why would i want a touchscreen to control my inventory, maps, mini-games, etc, and play completely off-tv? When instead i can have a touchpad, which won't display any information, but will enable me to have swipe and touch controls for the (2) games which will inevitably support it. Sony, i praise you and i praise your vision. This is the best invention of theirs since the original Walkman. Touchpad FTW!

Honest to God, I cannot tell if you're joking or being serious.

(I hope it's sarcasm.)



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perpride on 21 February 2013

completely disagree



bananaking21 on 21 February 2013

the only thing the touch pad has on the touch screen is multitouch...... but other than that, the touchscreen can do what ever the touch pad does, because you know.... its a screen too. you can see shit on it and stuff.



sales2099 on 21 February 2013

lol I love today.



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dharh on 21 February 2013
maxnyc said:

It seems like the writing is on the wall. Sony has outsmarted and outinvented Nintendo once again. Their new touchpad is obviously far more innovative and useful than Nintendo's dumb touchscreen gamepad. Why would i want a touchscreen to control my inventory, maps, mini-games, etc, and play completely off-tv? When instead i can have a touchpad, which won't display any information, but will enable me to have swipe and touch controls for the (2) games which will inevitably support it. Sony, i praise you and i praise your vision. This is the best invention of theirs since the original Walkman. Touchpad FTW!


Give it a damn rest would you people please? Why would I want to look away from the TV to look at the touchscreen? I wouldn't, ever. The only valid use of the gamepad is 2+ player crap or playing the actual game on it and walking away.



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maxnyc on 21 February 2013
irstupid said:
What 2 games were shown or announced to use it?

Well nothing has been announced yet, but my guess is there will be a casual game where you slide your finger around to control a little blob on the screen, and make it go through an obstacle course. And maybe in action games you can swipe your finger to make the character slide and dodge attacks. The possibilities are virtually endless.