from paddles to pads: is controller design killing creativity in videogames?
DESCRIPTION
A talk I delivered at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in 2006, on how the devices we play games with affects the games we can play (amongst other things).TRANSCRIPT
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Iscontrollerdesignkillingcreativityinvideogames?
FromPaddlestoPads:
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TomArmitage,aged2.5
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Current-genjoypads
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Next-generationjoypad
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New-lookshoulderbuttons!
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RevolutionRemote
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Thanksverymuch!
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Thegamesindustryisbig
‣Halo2:firstdayonsale:
2.38millioncopies
$125m
‣Spider-man:openingweekend:
$114m
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Thepowerofsequels
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Thingswhicharethesame:
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Itassumesyou’veusedajoypadbefore
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What’swrongwiththis?
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NESpad
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SNESpad
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Playstationpad
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Xboxpadbeingheld
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“Complexitylostthecasualgamer...”
NolanBushnell
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“...Ifyoulookattoday’scontrollerwithtriangles,Xs,squaresandcircles,it’sscary.It’slikeakeyboard.Peopleareinterfacephobic.”
NolanBushnell
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“Peopleareinterfacephobic”
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Snake-gamingonaphone
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Bricks-gamingonaPDA
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Current-genjoypads
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Alex
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(notehappy,smiling
demeanour,priorto
playingHalo)
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Isitthecontrollersthatarescaringpeopleoff?
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Consoletake-upintheUS
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8-bit 16-bit 32-bit now
52m48m
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31m
Consistently:about31-32%ofhouseholdshaveaconsole
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Currentjoypadsareaestheticallyuninspiring
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Singstar
http://flickr.com/photos/paalb/80551306/
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Buzz
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DonkeyKonga
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GuitarHero
http://flickr.com/photos/mayoff/71389886/
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SteelBattalion
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Halo
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MetroidPrime
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MicroMachines2
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Sameidiominnext-gen
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Entirelysymmetrical
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Revolution“nunchuck”
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Noincentivetousethesewell
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The“UncannyValley”
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PS3controller
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Controllerspecificsare
“nothingweneedtobeconcernedaboutasdevelopers”
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Isthisthebestwecando?
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“Ifwecannotexpandthemarket,allwecandoiswaitforthe
industrytoslowlydie”
SatoruIwata
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“Itisourresponsibilitytomakegamesforallskilllevels...includingpeoplewhoarenotplayinggamesnow”
SatoruIwata
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Revolution
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“Avideogameissomethingyouplaywithcontrols,usuallybutnotalwaysusingyour
thumbs.”
TomLangston
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Arethesecontrollerswhatwewanttorepresentvideogames?
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Gamesaremorethanthis
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