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Emerging Tech 2006 - Tom Armitage - Is Controller Design Killing Creativity in Videogames? Iscontrollerdesignkilling creativityinvideogames? FromPaddles toPads: 1 [email protected]

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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).

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Iscontrollerdesignkillingcreativityinvideogames?

FromPaddlestoPads:

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[email protected]

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TomArmitage,aged2.5

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Iscontrollerdesignkillingcreativityinvideogames?

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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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Playstation2pad

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Modernhandhelds

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Xboxpad

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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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Solitaire-gamingonaniPod

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Current-genjoypads

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Alex

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(notehappy,smiling

demeanour,priorto

playingHalo)

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AlexplayingHalo

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Isitthecontrollersthatarescaringpeopleoff?

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Consoletake-upintheUS

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0m

12m

24m

36m

48m

60m

8-bit 16-bit 32-bit now

52m48m

42m

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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Killer7

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MicroMachines2

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MicroMachines2cart

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Sameidiominnext-gen

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Handedness

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Asymmetricpads

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DonkeyKongcabinet

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Eventhispadhasabias

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Entirelysymmetrical

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Revolution“nunchuck”

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Noincentivetousethesewell

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Iscontrollerdesignkillingcreativityinvideogames?

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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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Controllersincomicbooks

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Controllersinfilms

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“Avideogameissomethingyouplaywithcontrols,usuallybutnotalwaysusingyour

thumbs.”

TomLangston

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Arethesecontrollerswhatwewanttorepresentvideogames?

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Gamesaremorethanthis

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Thisisnottheendofevolution

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[email protected]


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