Original Xbox controller may return for Halo Anniversary demos

@Disco Ball
Am I the only person with hands large enough to actually miss this thing?
I mean I hate the black and white buttons, the bumpers for the 360 controller are so much better, but the controller itself was the only one I've ever held that actually felt like it belonged in my hands.

@Milak

Yes.

@Milak Pelican put out some great 3rd party controllers (I think the ones I had were gamestop branded) that duplicated the white and black buttons on the shoulders as well, basically beating the bumper/trigger layout we have now to the punch. I don't see why they couldn't do that to a new duke if they ever decided to mass produce them again.

Bring back the duke!

@Milak I know how you feel. The Duke was definitely my preferred controller last gen.

@Milak

no. I loved it. it was the perfect fit for my hands!

@Milak amen, let us big handed freaks unite felt like a mans controller not some kids toy, best thing is soon as the S came out i could buy the dukes at a couple quid from the local game-station kitted mine and my brother's xbox out completely for under 20 pounds thats 6 controllers!!(we all ready had one each)

@Decanus

*raises fist*

@Milak

It was definitely my preferred controller last gen, amazingly comfortable and it's the controller (along with Halo) that showed people FPS can be taken seriously on consoles.

@Milak

Are you.... Big Show?

@Milak

I LOVED the Duke; still own two of those suckers. My fingers are about a quarter mile long, so it was the perfect controller for me.

@Ignatius

Respect The Fatty!

It had the nick name The Duke for a reason

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/kid.and.the.duke.jpg

@Ignatius

not really. i actually liked it. it fit my hands pretty much perfectly, though it is damn ugly. anyway, like the article says, it's not like they're mass producing them.

@Ignatius Yeah, I have no good memories of this thing. It never felt right, And i have above average size hands too, So it wasnt that it was too big. It was just horrible.

@xiLeShadow

Well at the time nobody knew what an Xbox was...so maybe?

@xiLeShadow Because they couldn't figure up what else to do with the big expanse that came about when they covered up the hole that the VMU showed through on the Dreamcast controller when they copied it.

@spin cycle
I think you mean when they bastardized it.

@Mmmmz They licensed the Dreamcast Controller fair and square at that time. Infact SEGA also used Microsoft Sidewinder stuff at all times for their PC game demos. SEGA and MS did alot more together back then. So nothing was bastardized or changed.. it just is the SEGA Megadrive Analogue controller continued. Yes it is that old, the Megadrive/GEnesis Analogue controller was the model which the Saturn 3D controller was based on and then the Dreamcast controller was based ont hat. Infact all of them had Analogue triggers, including the Megadrive one. Most people dont'know that, as it would question their Idea sof NIntendo thinking of Analogue sticks on Controll pads (and they don't want to admit that SEGA and Atari where first in that respect ;)). But the general design of the thing is just that old. But since it is popular to like Dreamcast these days, even though none of you jerks bought ti at the time and wend for a PS2 (Yup still hate you SOny Fanboys for that.. you suck! *hugs his Saturn AND his Dreamcast*) It is funny how you now scream foul at Microsoft and demand Radient Silvergun and Dreamcast games for your Sony systems :P.

PS: Yes this is trolling a bit, but not only ;). It gives an old SEGA fanboy some...pleasure of lost time to see them beg for games they first shunned.

@Dehnus
I don't think anyone is begging for all these new Sonic games.

@Gronar

Halo to the King?

@Captain Planet Planeteer Power

Halo 2 the King

Hail to the Rings?

@MrSpaceCowboy Step Up 2 the Streets?

@MrSpaceCowboy Lol, pretty good guys.

@Gronar

Halo 2: The King?

@Demon G Sides

+1, these controllers were made for man hands. Best controller ever.

@(Unverified) My dainty digits love the Duke, it's not just for manly man hands.

@Demon G Sides And that rumble, too. Like holding a jackhammer in some games. Loved it.

You are all gentlemen and scholars.

@Demon G Sides

even I have medium-sized hands and the original xbox controller was awesome, it was very comfortable. the xbox 360 controller is better with the triggers, but the size does make my hands cramp at certain times. one of the main reasons i never liked the ps2, the controller just hurts my hands. I really want a ps3 for the awesome games, but the controller turns me off.

if both microsoft and sony offered more than one shape of controller, i bet more people would take to the other's systems. people just get used to one control scheme after a while.

@Demon G Sides
It is one of the most comfortable (but ugly, but not dreamcast/n64 ugly) controllers I've ever used.

@Demon G Sides Indeed the Old Spice Man would agree, after the Hello Ladies.. he would announce he also is a Duke Fan... or at least a fan of the Megadrive Analogue controller Family Line. A MAN's controller line.. unlike the pussy small ones that you can break in two by looking at em, that crack and squeak when things get difficult.

@geekjosh The guys on Giant Bombcast this week called it "The Duke" too. I don't see it as a Duke Nukem slam.

@geekjosh

The name isn't related to the game.

@Demon G Sides
I'm sure he meant the very first sentence in the article.

@geekjosh The "Duke" nickname for these has been around since the Xbox came out.