Classic Game Console Design Mistakes

Posted by Soulskill on Monday August 10, 2009 @06:24PM from the you-could-land-a-helicopter-on-that-controller dept.

Harry writes "Some bad decisions in game console design get made over and over. (How many early systems had nightmarish controllers?) Others are uniquely inexplicable. (Like the Game Boy Advance's lack of a headphone jack.) Some stem from companies being too clever for their own good. (Like the way the RCA Studio II and Atari 5200 drew their power through their RF switches.) Benj Edwards has rounded up a few classic examples, and has attempted to figure out what was going on in the designers' heads — and what we can learn from their mistakes."

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Re:comfort zones by Shin-LaC · 2009-08-10 20:55 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Nice passive-aggressive tone without a reason there. Maybe the writer just wanted to get straight to the point and not waste time making excuses for designs that are irrelevant nowadays.