New Xbox 360 controller avoids infringing on Nintendo's Patents
So, everybody hates the “disc” D-Pad that the Xbox 360 controller uses. And video game hardware is such a low-margin segment of the industry to begin with, so licensing the patent from Nintendo is out of the question. So they come up with this brilliant rotating disc thing that lets you use a “traditional” D-Pad without infringing on the Nintendo patent. Major Nelson confirmed in his online YouTube video that Microsoft has this “hybrid” D-Pad patented, so don’t expect others to use it.
Say what you will about the state of patents in the tech industry, but this new controller is a pretty hip way to get around the Nintendo patent.
While the new controller is getting pretty good marks across the board – it’s worth noting that we find the recoloring of the A, B, X and Y buttons odd. While the off-grey looks awesome – it’s weird for them to abandon the familiar colors, especially since games often reference them on screen with just the colors.
At any rate, the new controller is coming this November for $64 in the US and in 2011 for Europe and the rest of the world.
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/09/05/the-new-xbox-360-controller-is-really-about-patents-microsoft-introduces-a-new-xbox-360-controller-with-a-new-d-pad-that-scoots-around-nintendo-patents/
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INMATE_OF_TTGPosted:
OHARA I hate how the US get's everything first. It's really annoying.
it IS an american company, lol, sucks to be you guys...
StyxPyroPosted:
personally, I love the xbox d-pad. Don't think I'm ever getting one of these. I wonder if they break easily?
MicroSoft probably thought about that, and then said 'EVERYTHING WE MAKE BREAKS! Therefore, we must make it so it gets stuck halfway, to encourage sales'
MicroSoft probably thought about that, and then said 'EVERYTHING WE MAKE BREAKS! Therefore, we must make it so it gets stuck halfway, to encourage sales'
FT9Posted:
I know they haven't really done that much to the controller but it just looks so much better.
PerhapsPosted:
I'd rather have this bad boy then the controller I have now, My left thumb stick is starting to crap out, and I can't afford to replace it. :|
TTG_ProdPosted:
Thats a pretty cool controller but i would rather buy a better one.
Something with Design and stuff like that this is just plane old
boring.
Something with Design and stuff like that this is just plane old
boring.
Tsukoyomi17Posted:
TheKillerMonkeywell it could be annoying for fighting games as people use the dpad but other than that I still think the dpad is kinda acwarddcarcher Hmm, interesting. I never found the D-PAD to be such a nuisance though
Yeah, I don't know why people complain about it so much. I never found it annoying.
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