Screw you. Dreamcast controller was awesome!

The N64 controller and the Dreamcast controller can probably be forgiven. I don't think they were terrible for what they were, and both were trying something new. For the N64, companies weren't sure how to make a controller for 3D games. The transition from the 4th to 5th gen was awkward in general. It just so happened that Sony stumbled upon a better controller for the times with the DualShock. However, even if the controller was good, control schemes for various games weren't standardized for a good while. I'm glad using triangle to jump among other things was outlawed by the 6th gen, and there were far worse control schemes for games from that era.

As for the N64 controller, many games were optimized for it in spite of its unique design. Playing Ocarina of Time on one of the Wii's Pro controllers just made me wish I was using a more authentic controller.

The Dreamcast came at the tail end of that era when companies were still trying new things with controllers. I think it does its job. It's actually difficult to imagine what it would be like with any other controller. Same with the N64.

You want to look back at bad controllers? If you go back far enough there are controllers that look like phones, or are controlled with weird knobs or trackballs. Now that was a really experimental era for controllers.

Atari 5200, for every reason imaginable.

The joycons.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau