[bobcat]

Differently designed controller goods/bads:-

Goods

* Possibility for new gameplay interactions
* Possibility for a more comfortable/ergonomic controller

Bads
* 3rd party developers steer away from differently designed controllers (generally speaking)
* Possibility for uncomfortability (is that even a word?)
* Backwards compatibility conflicts

That's all I can think of. If Nintendo wanna compete sales wise with Sony/MS for next gen, they need to be on par with the controller design (on par with the competition) at the very least. Simple.

I guess the Nintendo console probably will be something different, and I'll probably welcome it as I will buy the ps3 and xbox 2 anyway, so yeh bring it on. I'll have my Ps3 for my general gaming machine