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Android Atlas Controller: Did Green Throttle Rip Off X-Box?

The Android Atlas controller specially designed by Green Throttle Games for use on the TV appears almost identical to the Microsoft's X-Box 360 controller. Green Throttle is gunning hard for the console gamer market, can this controller help them capture it?

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Cueil4757d ago

it is clear to anyone who looks at them that the Xbox is an evolution of the Dreamcast controller that is an evolution of the Saturn 3D controller that is in line with the N64 controller... a completely different controller path from duel shock despite it's duel analog controls... it's not as if MS hasn't been making controllers for years and years before hand

Kalowest4757d ago

MS was suppose to buy Sega, but B.Gates thought in the end it wasn't going to be profitable. Also MS helped with the Dreamcast's OS. MS and Sega was buddy buddy for awhile, that's why Xbox had alot of Sega ports/games.

A.D.H.D, I'm so off-topic.

jeffgoldwin4757d ago

I've never once ever heard of a deal involving ms buying sega. Gunna need to see a link otherwise Im pretty sure its fanboy ranting to the point of foaming at the mouth.

After Sega flopped with the Saturn (sales wise, was a great console), they went 3rd party and now are all over Nintendo, xbox, and sony.

creepjack4757d ago (Edited 4757d ago )

sure they did, but it is the standard for video game controllers now. Sony would do well to rip them off on that too.

rustyspoon804757d ago

It's all a matter of preference. I recently got to play COD at a mates house on 360 and I couldn't get used to the stick layout after years on PS.

Although, Im wanting to have a crack on Team Fortress on PC and know the xbox (PC) controller works best (after k/m obviously).

JoGam4757d ago

Exactly. Its preference. My opinion is the Playstation controller is better.

Kalowest4757d ago

"I couldn't get used to the stick layout after years on PS."
I own both systems and the main thing the PS3 controller has over the 360s is that it's AWESOME for fighting games. And for FPS's that control layout is universal(commands/input) almost FPS's follow it, All thanks to Bungie. The controls are almost the same, but with the Xbox just switched the left D-pad and Analog.

creepjack4757d ago

The quality of the PS controller is far and beyond better than the 360 controller, but ergonomically, the 360 controller just feels so much better in my hands. The size, the offset sticks, and the triggers are FAR superior, especially for shooters.

jeffgoldwin4757d ago (Edited 4757d ago )

Overall I feel the 360 controller is more comfortable, however, the biggest issue is what controller you've spent years getting accustomed to.

I have a Logitech controller that is very similar to sony controllers, that I hated at first. Now after a few weeks, I changed my grip from the 360 controllers and I like it a lot.

So basically both are really well designed setups and will be changed next gen.

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R_aVe_N4757d ago

Millions of Playstation fans would hunt Sony down tar and feather them if they changed the controller to that. I love the DS controller, and wouldn't want it any other way.

L-a-i-n4757d ago

I am with you there man love the DS controller a lot more than the Xbox controller just feels wrong to me.

Donnieboi4757d ago

Who cares if an android controller was ripping off xbox's controller? That's MS's problem, not ours.

lastofgen4757d ago

You could say the same thing about other things we argue about. For example...sales.

DarthJay4757d ago

"You could say the same thing about everything we argue about."

Fixed.

Animal Mutha 764757d ago

It looks like it but that's not a bad thing as the Xbox controller (switchable D-pad version)is my personal fav of all the systems I've owned.

PC gamers use it as well so It can't be a bad design eh?

I used to use a adapter to use a PS2 controller on a pc last gen but you had to map most of it yourself. PC Games now come with xbox controller support and that's great IMO.

vikingland14757d ago

The D pad is the only thing I see different.

Cueil4757d ago

that d-pad is offly close to breaking sony owned patents

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard16d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg15d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k415d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS15d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing6915d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.

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The grim dark pixel RPG, ‘DROVA’, is out now for iOS and Android devices

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Albion Online: The Long-Running MMORPG Comes to Xbox Series X|S

Renowned sandbox MMORPG, Albion Online is available today on Xbox Series X|S as a free-to-play title.

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