haha so true

Not too many gimmicks as standard please. It just drives costs up for most people.

The Dreamcast controller? Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

That's right.  The Dreamcast had that too.  

What did you think that I was implying? 

I have to disagree with feels horrible part. I love the feel of the gamepad. I would love to see a touch screen pad for ps4. Im also glad they are ditching dual shock design. 

true innovation, not some dumb gimmick like the wii U

I honestly don't know what to think about this rumor, because on the one had a Nintendo fan like me could see the coolness of a controller with a touchscreen, plus Sony has more than a few times copied Nintendo's BETTER ideas, so this could very well turn out to be true. On the other hand, it's laughable to see gamers in here seemingly embracing a rumor, simply because it's a Sony one, while at the same time being displeased with current reality which is the Wii U Gamepad.

Hmm, actually, I hope this turns out to be true so that I will have yet another reason to add to my belief that there is almost no innovation in Sony videogame hardware beyond copying Nintendo. Moreover, it will no doubt cause the PS4 price to skyrocket, which means yet another tough launch for the PS brand - while Nintendo laughs all the way to the bank.

at bold: and you are not the only one to hint at this...what does this even mean? The main complaints about the wiiu does not lie with the gamepad..it's about the seemingly weak hardware and software support. On the other hand we have people jumping into conclusion, with a very vague rumor about a lcd screen on a controller must be = wiiu pad look alike or something which is not the case at all. it's bad enough some of you are ignoring the dreamcast but it's even worse when you can't think of a different form factor for a controller nor focus on the much more interesting bit that is the biometric sensors built in as part of the controller itself. 

This just beyond silly and to be perfectly honestly a bit childish. I sure hope people didn't say omg nintendo how original..copying sega (or apple) again or something when the 'rumors' of the wiiu pad was going around. I feel that your frustrations are misplaced...want to blame someone/something for the negativity around wiiu? Blame Nintendo, aspects such as binding the account to the console it's made, stupid parental control related limitations, drought of games post launch and weak hardware which is most definitely better than ps360 but those are 7 year old consoles. Those were/are the real problems

You seemed like a reasonable poster. I hope you are joking saying things like that. These seem downright childish coming from an adult. Competition is good but wishing that the competitor literally has problems is wishing grief upon your fellow gamers. 

First paragraph: Yes, the Wii U will very likely be underpowered considering PS720, however, POWER!!!, doesn’t make good games – and good games trump a consoles power. In this generation there have been many games that look dam good but are an utter crock of shit. So getting upset because a console is underpowered is BS, considering what is really important is whether or not the games are any good – any Nintendo has MORE good games than Sony or MS combined. Yes POWER in a console is important, but that is just one of many considerations, the main one being good games.

As for the Dreamcast, no Nintendo fan I know ever looked at the Dreamcast and said, ‘ha ha what a crap idea’. But you find gamers often saying the same thing about Nintendo, whenever they try to ‘innovate’. That’s the problem I have with many gamers, because it seems as whenever Nintendo does it, it’s crap, but if anyone else does it, it’s cool.

Second paragraph: Yes Nintendo should be blamed for a lot of the hate it gets, however, a lot of that hate is also misplaced I think. For example, if it wasn’t for Nintendo and having a cheaper console alternative in the market, Sony and MS would likely have already been selling us minimum $800 consoles and $400 handhelds. But people simply think let’s shit on Nintendo for making cheap consoles.  Nintendo is not making a cheap or underpowered console, they are giving you a more economical alternative, to Sony and MS! Nintendo is Nintendo and a different company in the videogame industry. Sadly, you can hardly say the same for Sony, as they bring almost nothing to the table other than making what the other guys do better. Now it seems they are rumored to be making the touch screen controller better,...ha, ha, laughable, I wish they would!