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PS3 Controller Flimsy, Wii Controller Fun
With the advent of new input styles in the PS3 and Wii, many gamers are wondering what it will be like to actually play with the new controllers. Via Aeropause, an article on IGN says that the SIXAXIS controller is flimsy and poorly designed. Meanwhile, via Joystiq, an article on British site Entertainmentwise reports that the Wii isn't physically exhausting at all, as some people feared. After two hours of playtime, in fact, they loved the experience. From the article: "Some gamers have shown concern that the activity level required to play Wii games, especially the sporty titles, may be too high. There are concerns that you have to stand for long periods of time and use body actions such as swinging your arm above your head or at the side of your body. After playing non stop for two hours, did this happen to me? No. I'm not exactly Wonder woman in terms of fitness and I can assure you, as a regular player there was enough action to warrant perhaps making sure one has access to a tap before playing (you're going to want a drink if you play for as long as we did!) and possibly ensuring plenty of moving around space in your living room. The key to the Wii control is that even the most active title on the launch line up, Wii Sports, doesn't require you to make large body motions unless you want to."
Compared to Microsoft's uber-comfortable Xbox 360 pad, the SIXAXIS feels cheap, plasticky, uncomfortable and disconcertingly light
Read what I said again. Then read what you said. Then read what the article said. Then read what you said. Then read what I said one more time.
Which of the words above (or in any part you quoted, or in the article yourself) is "Flimsy"? "Plasticy" does not mean "Flimsy". "Light" does not mean "Flimsy". Uncomfortable does not even mean "Flimsy". Go ahead, check a Thesaurus!
Also note EXACTLY what I said in my response, which was that they thought the design should have evolved more which is exactly what the text you quoted says - if you had bothered to read it carefully. I didn't say they liked it wholly, just that they basically thought it was about the same as the PS2 controller - which they also found flawed. And of course you left off the text where they were pretty happy they could read battery life at the press of a button, but then you just couldn't bring yourself to say anything positive about SOny, could you?
It's just this kind of biased misreading of text that makes Slashdot games articles such a joke. You are luky you did not just mod me down, for then you would not understand why you took the massive Karma hit your upmods are about to take once the metamods come in and read the actual text. It's pretty funny that you are so anti-Sony that your mind actually inserted the word "Flimsy" in there for you when it's not there.
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All of them have tennis courts. So you may care to mention that mythical place completely un-courted.
... never mind.
Ummm, get tennis lessons, that ensures that people the other side of the net will be picking most of the balls.
Oh wait, mythical place with no tennis courts
IANAL but write like a drunk one.