Severance said:
Lol wha? @bolded #1 Wireless controllers came ages ago as third party controller, but the 360 had the first official wireless controllers. @bolded #2 What is this i don't even .... |
Nope, AFAIK Wavebird was first with a RF controlled first party controller.
There were 3rd party IR controller but tended to be crap due to the limitations of IR tech (keeping the controller in line of sight of the sensor).
Wavebird was the first using radio waves instead of infrared and thus the first practical wireless controller.
As it was made by Nintendo it was also the first official wireless controller.
The 360 can claim the first _standard_ wireless controller though it could be disputed as the cheapest 360's came with wired controllers at launch (don't know about now).
As for other people's posts mentioning the new Nintendo controller looking like a dualshock; that controller is what happens when a SNES controller has some freaky 3-way sex with two N64 controllers: Basic SNES face with 2 N64-like analog sticks (octogone lined and centering unlike most (all?) 80's era analog sticks) and wings and an extra shoulder buttons added as a standard evolution just like the SNES added a couple extra face buttons over the NES controller.
As for the wings I do believe the PS1 was the first with fully formed wings as the Genesis and Saturn only had stubby wings. Still, seems more like a natural evolution of those controller's ergonomics than a radical departure like the analog stick or the Wii's brand of motion control.
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