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"just a few observations"

1) i have noticed that xbox games are £45 thats not competetive in todays gaming climate

2) whilst in my local town buying a new game ,there were several retailers (dixons and HMV) who had xbox demo cabinets. i asked if i could have a go but they look switched off. both stores replied "they stopped working the day we got them. it does not fill me with confidence

adrian wrote:
There not I could reach all 6 top buttons the 2 triggers and the left analogue stick easy just like the PS2 pad.

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I also found the Xbox controller very comfortable and easy to use. I wasn't going to buy one, but the demo pods changed my mind. I will buy one as soon as they are about £200 (maybe in a years time) as after buying the PS2 for £300, I don't really want to fork out that much again.

I'm a cheap little ba****d you see?

humpo wrote:
> the buttons look and feel like muti coloured cod liver oil capsules

And you know this how....? Who actually feels cod liver oil capsules ? ! Cerainly its one of the more bizarre criticisms I've heard, by March 14th we'll be on "the green X is a rip off of the X files logo" - or something equally desperate ! :)

the buttons look and feel like muti coloured cod liver oil capsules

Belldandy wrote:
> savatt1668 wrote:
By the way Belldandy, did you
> pick your forum name
> after a certain female anime character in a series called
> Ah! My Goddess ?
> (well, Oh ! My Goddess, over here).

:) ! Congratulations, I think you're the
> first to realise...


Cool ! :-))) Shame that wasn't a gameaday competition. ;-)) Anyway, I used to like that series, drew a few pics of Belldandy. I used to draw anime characters alot. Used to love making up my own. :-)

Belldandy wrote:
> adrian wrote:
the
> only people who would find it hard would be 5 year old
> kids but most teenagers
> and above would be able to use the controller with
> ease.

Ah so thats why the Gamecube controller is so small ! :)

Maybe.

adrian wrote:
the
> only people who would find it hard would be 5 year old kids but most teenagers
> and above would be able to use the controller with ease.

Ah so thats why the Gamecube controller is so small ! :)

Golden Nomad wrote:
> Controller seems fine to me. People will get used to it after a while.

When I
> first saw one, I could not understand what everybody was complaining about. I
> was expecting something really big.

Have you held one? I have, at first it seemed very big. But after only a few mintues, you dont know its there. Also people have said that the buttons are hard to reach. There not I could reach all 6 top buttons the 2 triggers and the left analogue stick easy just like the PS2 pad. I dont have large hands, the only people who would find it hard would be 5 year old kids but most teenagers and above would be able to use the controller with ease.

savatt1668 wrote:
By the way Belldandy, did you
> pick your forum name after a certain female anime character in a series called
> Ah! My Goddess ? (well, Oh ! My Goddess, over here).

:) ! Congratulations, I think you're the first to realise...

So was I. The Dreamcast pad is actually bigger than the MS one if you ask me and I have no problems with that.

Controller seems fine to me. People will get used to it after a while.

When I first saw one, I could not understand what everybody was complaining about. I was expecting something really big.