Google gaming console controller images leak before GDC 2019
Images of a Google gaming console controller have leaked and are supporting by a patent. Please take a look.
UPDATE: Images of the controller are a first look design mockup of the controller. The design and form factor of the controller is confirmed in the patent filed by Google.
Google is planning to unveil something in the gaming space at GDC 2019. Part of that surprise may have been leaked today, as images of a Google gaming console have appeared on the Internet. Please take a look.
The controller looks... not so great. It features a pretty massive directional pad and analog joysticks that are not offset. This may be okay for PlayStation players, but many gamers have become accustomed to the Xbox and Nintendo style of joystick placement. It also appears to have very fat and rectangular handles, which really seem like they would be uncomfortable in the hands of players.
To make matters even more confusing, Google has decided to skip giving the buttons icons, in lieu of making green, red, yellow, and blue buttons where the A, B, X, and Y buttons would reside on a normal Xbox or Nintendo controller. This button naming paradigm makes Sony's buttons seem downright understandable in comparison.
There are four other buttons on the face of the gaming controller that appear to aide in Android functions. The images are from Yanko Design tweeted today are a mockup of what the controller will look like, but images in a patent filed in October of 2018 seem to confirm the presence of two shoulder buttons and the form factor of the device.
Google is set to have its first GDC keynote in a few weeks, so these images appear to be from that event's promotional materials. Early impressions of the controller are that it looks unwieldy and awkward. We will likely get hands on with this new Google gaming console controller at the show, so be sure to keep it locked on Shacknews for more updates. Only time will tell if whatever Google is about to announce will end up in the graveyard of forgotten projects like Orkut, Buzz, Wave, Reader, Google Plus, Google Video and iGoogle.
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replyAsif Khan posted a new article, Google gaming console controller images leak before GDC 2019
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They'll cancel it in 18 months.
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I actually like the look of it.
I don't need it and have no faith that it would be supported but I think it looks cool.-
The handles don’t seem right.
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I think it's the angle of the photo, but you may be right.
Will have to see how it feels in person
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Yeah but would you really want to play a fighting game on a streaming service?
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I'm not in their audience. Folks play fps games,sidescrollers and more with touch input on their phones though plus there are already a bunch of streaming services that suck no matter what genre you play.
I assume long term games will just take that lag into account and games will be built around it.
A lot of modern "core" games have abysmal latency and people he don't seem to care. Gta4 on console had like 150+ms and even some streetfighter games came out with pretty bad input issues.
Currently stuff like low tickrate in mp games and general latency in movement/action is a issue nobody seems to care about.
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Well it's hard for the color blind to find Google because they only see GO GLE
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omg the colors dont even matfch the xbox /steam controllers. why differentiate ?!
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what is it with non-console hardware makers not being able to create a good controller. I know ms spent like a billion dollars on the xbox one controller, but still, the 3rd party controllers are always unergonomic
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my bad 100 million not 1 billion lol
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Gotta patent the shape.
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This guy from Reddit says it better than I can: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/az8fic/patent_reveals_googles_upcoming_gaming_controller/ei6ej5e
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