STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL 003: The Hyperkin Duke or Were Webcomics Right? Are They Ever?
This is part of an ongoing series that I've been publishing on my substack, but I'm putting them out here on blogger as well. In the fall of 2001, the world changed forever. And the original Microsoft Xbox was released shortly afterwards. Yes, the people who made predatory spreedsheet software were getting into the home console market, something frightening and new for any company. They had to prove they knew what they were doing: show they were bold and different, but competent and forward-thinking. You need to make a statement with the way your users interact with your DirectXBox: the controller. There’s was the standard, reliable DualShock 2; the wild, yet ergonomic gamecube controller, and for Microsoft, they bet it all on what would alter be known as “the Duke.” In America, anyway, in Japan they started with the controller S, which is the sole reason the console has never caught on in the region (just because I’m making it up doesn’t mean I’m not right). While it didn...