Project Cafe Touch Screen Controller Ideas... What Would You Like?

Since IGN has confirmed this controller as being legit, I started thinking of some gaming and non gaming ideas. Lets think of some stuff!

• Fully qwerty keyboard for online (w/stylus)
• Universal touch screen remote (that feature alone would make the controller worth the money)
• Controllers communicate between each other (play multiplayer games on the controllers without a TV)

Add some ideas!

I like the idea because the screen can clear up space on the tv and only show the HUD or Map of the game world.

How about in a game like Madden when you pick your play you can just touch the play you want on the screen on the Controller so the person your playing against can't see it.

What about for Splitscreen multiplayer the TV can show stats of the match and show high action areas of the match. While the controller screens can show what your person is doing it will eliminate Screen peeking. The TV can be for spectators.

Nowhere has it been confirmed

Nowhere has it been confirmedJaysonguy

"First reported by Game Informer, and later confirmed by IGN's own sources, the console, which has been code named Project Cafe, will match or surpass the processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and support a new controller that combines a traditional dual-analog design with an integrated touchscreen display."IGN

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nowhere has it been confirmedMicrosoftISdumb

"First reported by Game Informer, and later confirmed by IGN's own sources, the console, which has been code named Project Cafe, will match or surpass the processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and support a new controller that combines a traditional dual-analog design with an integrated touchscreen display."IGN

lol, you need to learn what rumors are, NOTHING is confirmed to be factual

I was always fond of this one when the wii rumors were around:

I like the idea because the screen can clear up space on the tv and only show the HUD or Map of the game world.

How about in a game like Madden when you pick your play you can just touch the play you want on the screen on the Controller so the person your playing against can't see it.

What about for Splitscreen multiplayer the TV can show stats of the match and show high action areas of the match. While the controller screens can show what your person is doing it will eliminate Screen peeking. The TV can be for spectators.

Nintendo_Ownes7

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nowhere has it been confirmedMicrosoftISdumb

"First reported by Game Informer, and later confirmed by IGN's own sources, the console, which has been code named Project Cafe, will match or surpass the processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and support a new controller that combines a traditional dual-analog design with an integrated touchscreen display."IGN

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nowhere has it been confirmedMicrosoftISdumb

"First reported by Game Informer, and later confirmed by IGN's own sources, the console, which has been code named Project Cafe, will match or surpass the processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and support a new controller that combines a traditional dual-analog design with an integrated touchscreen display."IGN

Nothing IGN said about the 3DS was true before it was revealed [even afterwards, like saying you can't use a WEP enabled router to connect your 3DS online]. I trust no one until Nintendo reveals the real thing.

Booyah. IGN has been contacting sources who have the dev kits. Do you think IGN would come out and straight up say that Project Cafe has these things without checking their sources AND risking their reputation?

MicrosoftISdumb

Nowhere has it been confirmed

Jaysonguy

This Nintendo is usally very elusive, nothing is true until Mr. Iwata says it is. Remember with the 3DS the announced it 4 months early before someone could leak it

IGN isn't known for their sources being correct and have gotten things wrong. They talked about Kid Icarus Wii being real for so long, and we never saw anything. They have been right (I think they first talked about DKCR being at E3 just a days before their conference), but these are still just rumors to me until Nintendo shows something.JohnBean42

I like the idea because the screen can clear up space on the tv and only show the HUD or Map of the game world.

How about in a game like Madden when you pick your play you can just touch the play you want on the screen on the Controller so the person your playing against can't see it.

What about for Splitscreen multiplayer the TV can show stats of the match and show high action areas of the match. While the controller screens can show what your person is doing it will eliminate Screen peeking. The TV can be for spectators.

Nintendo_Ownes7

I really like that split-screen multiplayer idea, it would be an interesting concept!

Yeah I'm really hoping for context sensitive buttons to appear on the touch screen. It's hard to think of examples but it could be done for stuff that isn't really suited to a button, trigger thumbs stick, but maybe a slider, for example, a slider might appear on the touch screen when you're using a sniper rifle so that you can scroll your level of zoom.

With console
racing games rear view mirror or gps
Sports games to display tacticsand player cam
Shooting games could use as radar
Any game type could use it for many different things

Away from the console
Play mini/full games or vc games
Watch tv or movies and sport ect
Listen to music or read a book
Go on the internet
Message friends
Download apps like gps and many more.

It could be used for splitscreen multiplayer to display info that only you are supposed to have. It depends greatly on a fantasy of developers though.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nowhere has it been confirmedMicrosoftISdumb

"First reported by Game Informer, and later confirmed by IGN's own sources, the console, which has been code named Project Cafe, will match or surpass the processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and support a new controller that combines a traditional dual-analog design with an integrated touchscreen display."IGN

Nowhere has it been confirmed

Jaysonguy

I read the original source for the info sites are posting is the same source who leaked the NGP.

So, yes it's pretty darn official.

I would honestly hate the idea. I mean, I'm sure it would work.... even if it was awesome. If they released this, I would just be worried that I would get excited and no other developers support the console.

I still think it's a bunch've hoop-la to get everyone hyped up. I'm not holding my breath until I see it for real.

What if there's a camera on the controller too? Like what of you could hold the controller up in front of the TV and see on the touch screen secret stuff overlaid onto the game. With the kind of AR stuff the 3DS is doing it could be really cool.

assuming its actually true (still a big assumption), i hope there are plenty of regular buttons too. i wouldnt want to rely on false touch screen buttons for the jump function in a platformer.

the biggest thing i see western developers doing with it is substituting the right stick with the touch in a typical dual analog fps. this is difficult for me as a lefty so i hope theres a more ergonomic version of the ds thumbslider.

i could see the touch screen being a good place to stash an inventory screen too.

keeping on that thought, the biggest thing i want to see is that the focus stays on the tv screen and not the touch screen. first and foremost, the controller should be a medium into the game world. i should never be thinking about the controls.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Nowhere has it been confirmed

darth-pyschosis

I read the original source for the info sites are posting is the same source who leaked the NGP.

So, yes it's pretty darn official.

I'm going to agree with Jayson. It's not official or confirmed from anywhere. Everything is false until it comes directly from Nintendo.

What if there's a camera on the controller too? Like what of you could hold the controller up in front of the TV and see on the touch screen secret stuff overlaid onto the game. With the kind of AR stuff the 3DS is doing it could be really cool.

goblaa

I'm going to agree with Jayson. It's not official or confirmed from anywhere. Everything is false until it comes directly from Nintendo.Haziqonfire

I haven't heard anything of a controller being confirmed. If some of the things such as cameras, web browsing and playing games away from the console turns out to be true, is that not just a DS?

I haven't heard anything of a controller being confirmed. If some of the things such as cameras, web browsing and playing games away from the console turns out to be true, is that not just a DS?

LazyMushroom

[QUOTE="LazyMushroom"] I haven't heard anything of a controller being confirmed. If some of the things such as cameras, web browsing and playing games away from the console turns out to be true, is that not just a DS?

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