The Random Questions About Gaming Thread - or TRQAGT for short

Denamian

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Vanessa said:
What I find weird is that the freedom of being unplugged wasn't a bigger deal than it was back then. It should've been marketed and hyped up more imo, which... maybe it was and I wasn't paying attention because: EQ, amirite?
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It wasn't a big deal for a long time because wireless controllers were pretty shit back in the day. I had tried several for the PS1 and 2 and always went back to wired due to reliability issues. The first wireless controllers that I used consistently were the Xbox 360 and PS3.
 
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Lanx

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Vanessa said:
I'm serious, I literally can't remember when controllers went wireless and I googled that and I KNOW it wasn't Atari... they're just giving me the technical jargon answer of when it literally happened. When did us plebes bask in the glory of remote freedom? It was PS3 right? (but what about Xbox / Nintendo? That's why I'm asking...)
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all wireless controllers were trash and laggy until nintendo cameout w/ the wavebird for gamecube
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and then ps3/360 followed up
 
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Caliane

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I still refuse to use wireless. latency and batteries suck.
 
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Vanessa

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Ahhhh, a true evolution versus a lightbulb moment.

See, I missed out on the trajectory of console gaming post 2000 due to EQ. I never balanced gaming between the two... I was one of those "in the game for 16 hours a day" freaks and it was all-in. Makes sense seeing how the Gamecube was released in 2001... the dates all line up. Damn. EQ really put a dent in my life heh.
 
Aamry

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Izo said:
Feels so attached and tied down, I knooow, I knoow.
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I use an old wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The cord is long enough I can lay on the couch on the other side of the room and play. Don't need batteries.
 
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Izo

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Aamry said:
I use an old wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The cord is long enough I can lay on the couch on the other side of the room and play. Don't need batteries.
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Are you saying batteries suck more than wires?
 
Aamry

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Izo said:
Are you saying batteries suck more than wires?
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In my case, yes. I use a wired keyboard, a wired mouse, wired headset, wired controller.

I'm a busy man, I don't always remember to plug rechargeable devices in, or have replacement batteries on hand.

And rechargeables wear down over time through use. My friends PS5 controllers only last like 2 hours.
 
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