| Aeolus451 said: You're just putting your nintendo blinders on at this point. The controller makes the console cost more because the controller costs more than a regular controller. It has a sizable sreen in the middle of it. That's what one of my points were. To the bolded part. You're very wrong on that. The button layout is different and it feels weird to other gamers. The majority of gamers are playstation, xbox and pc fans btw just so you know. Here's some pics so you can see with your own two eyes for comparison's sake the difference between the PS4/xbox one controllers.
The main differences between playstation controllers and xbox controllers is where the left thumb stick and directional buttons are located. The directional buttons aren't used that much, so a fan from either console could use the other console's controller and it be somewhat comfortable. The thumbsticks and the four buttons by the right thumbstick are used a great deal with most games. FPS/TPS games make use of the shoulder buttons.
On the wii u gamepad and on the wii u "pro" controller, the right thumbstick and the four buttons are backwards. Third party devs make heavy use of the buttons closest to the right thumbstick (X and square button for the PS4/playstation controllers. The X and A buttons for the xbox one/xbox controllers). Because the wii u controller is ass backwards, devs surely would have said something to nintendo about the button layout because it would make the process of porting a game to their console a pain in the ass. It's obvious that either nintendo talked to the devs and didn't listen or that nintendo never talked to them about their controller at all. |
No the console cost more because of the economic situation back when it released, the Yen was strong which meant sales from overseas yielded less money when exchanged, a screen doesn't cost that much, it probably only costs in the realm of 10-15 quid more to manufacture than any other controller, you failed to even acknowledge that X1 has a controller that's sold for more than the gamepad.
Your argument on the button layout is just beyond desperate mate no offence, the switching of the analogue and buttons makes no difference to how a gamer will play or how a developer will develop their game, the layout is also better for shooters as the stick is at the natural resting position making things easier to control with it, you're grasping at straws with this argument and pulling things out your ass for its sake. You know what really kicks this argument in the nuts is that the sticks on the left side for X1 and PS4 are switched in position.
