Touch screen being used to its potential?

[ice]

Personally, after experiencing a DS, I realized (in my personal opinion) that the touch screen is not used to its potential. I think nintendo hyped many people up for something that wasn't as great that it is. It does have exceptional graphics though.

Oh btw, Ace2cloud98 is a friend from home, and it was actually his DS I tried :x.


I also think that the DS is way too bulky and big, and kills the whole 'portable' thing.

[Steve_Zissou]

Too bulky? It's a flipping N64 AND SNES in your pocket.

[Hilloki]

Its not that big at all!. Its only the size of 2 gba sps.

[touchds]

The DS is tiny and portable.. at least you can carry it for 6 hours without having to find a charging point :-)

And give it some time .. then the touch screen will be used to its potential, i can guarantee that for you!

[chuddy_2001uk]

I totally disagree. I think the trouch sctreen is being used and it makes it a good alternative control sytem if your getting bored of the D-pad. For being something new and innovative, i don't think its doing bad at all.

[NinTen1]

like touchds said, give it some time maybe next year and you'll see what Nintendo is capable of doing.

[Myke]

i dont know what u r talking about, the ds id the best portable gaming system to date!

[chuddy_2001uk]

i agree, again.

[x999x]

Originally Posted by ice

Personally, after experiencing a DS, I realized (in my personal opinion) that the touch screen is not used to its potential. I think nintendo hyped many people up for something that wasn't as great that it is. It does have exceptional graphics though.

Oh btw, Ace2cloud98 is a friend from home, and it was actually his DS I tried :x.


I also think that the DS is way too bulky and big, and kills the whole 'portable' thing.

I think you're really jumping to conclusions, especially if you've never experienced a touchscreen on a portable device before.

I've been using touchscreens for over 5 years now on PocketPCs. I've seen these devices move from 33mhz up to 400mhz, and the games go from pacman to quake 2. Now, can you believe, with all that horsepower, and potential for gaming, that the PocketPC market have NOTHING as innovative, OR AS FUN as the DS's few launch titles that have touchscreen capability? It's true, and don't rush in saying, "yeah, but who makes games for PocketPCs anyway?" Try Namco, Capcom, Eidos, and Microsoft to name a few. In all of their games, not once was the touchscreen used in any manner as it is on the DS.

That said, I KNOW the DS' touchscreen has thus far, been used above and beyond ANYTHING else on the market with it's own touchscreen.

yea i totally agree with x999x. and i don't think the DS is bulky at all. i thinks its perfect actually. i had trouble with the SP because it was too small. now that i go back to my SP, it feels even more awkward and hard to control, because of its tiny size.