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Frogger on 17 March 2016
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Airaku said:

I am actually curious as to why you think those kinds of games won't work. It all comes down the responsiveness of the touch buttons. Remeber that his is a gaming device first, not a phone that supports games as a secondary function. For all we know ,the "haptic feedback" could in theroy, be strong enough that we feel our every tap on the screen. Our mental state should be able to adapt to this. It also likely that developers will be able to place their buttons anywhere they want to suit their games. Traditionally when you start playing a game. Our minds natually remember the button placements. When we put the game down for a year, and come back to play the game halfway through. We often find ourself minorly confused by the controls momentairly a little more than we did when we started the game. Partilaly because we are at a more complex part, allowing us to not ease into the game as effectively. The arugment in this case, from a developer point of view. Is that we would be able to ease into the controls within the first 5 minutes of gameplay. Most games are designed to ensure the players can easily grasp the controls in the first 5 minutes, and most gamers are completely unaware that this is occuring nor that they are simply adjusting to the game by design. Not by skill level, skill comes as we progress the game. No matter how natual of a hardcore gamer you are, you must learn how to imput your commands. Ninja Gaiden 2 was notroious for breaking this rule of thumb. In such a sense. This controler is actually a godsend to developers to realise their visions for a proper control methood that is exclusively perained for their game only.

As for the analog sticks. I can see what you mean after observing them. They seem to be that they slide like the 3DS nub. It also looks like it slides far more gracefully than the nubs seen on the 3DS or PSP. As they slide underneath the shell, rather than above  the shell. Likely so it doesn't distact the player on the screen, even in considereation of our thumbs. In additon the analog nub (what the hell do we even call this?) looks like it could click in. The right stick looks like this is a possiblity, but it's very difficult to tell.

Haptic touch feedback new tech. My first phone had it. It does not even remotely simulate the feeling of pressing a button. The reason buttons work is because you have a spacial awareness for where they are. Vibration, which is all haptic feedback does, can not simulate that. I can't feel around a haptic screen without looking down and know purely from my sense of touch which button I am touching, or where on the button I am touching. You can't simular complex button maneuvers like quickly sliding from one button to another to execute the first button quickly and the second held on, something that is basic in platforming games like Mario and Smash Bros.

The analogs don't look like they move at all, and this would be absolutely terrible for fighting games. A nub would be terrible for any game that requires precise movement. Even the PSP has more give than what this seems to have.