Amazon game controller appears in pictures

Twirlywoos · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:26

Amazon is probably making a game console, and today we've got a better idea of what that console's controller looks like thanks to Dave Zatz and the Brazilian FCC. The standards are all there: two offset, concave analog sticks, four buttons (A/B/X/Y) on the right front, a d-pad in the lower left, and triggers/shoulder buttons around back/up top.

What's weird about this particular controller, however, are the other buttons. A slew of media controls sit at the bottom (play, fast-forward, rewind), and in the middle there are four buttons: Home, Back, Menu ... wait a minute! These are Android buttons! Either Amazon's building a controller for Android or the console it's making is Android-based (we're guessing the latter). Head below for more!

http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/14/amazon-game-controller/

Shamikebab · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:27

well that looks like a piece of crap tbh.

malachi · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:32

Wii U Pro Controller.....

Red and White · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:33

looks like they have taken a dual shock and a xbox controller and smashed them together. awful.

Nismo · 14 Mar 2014 at 15:36

Hella copy and paste

Looks crap, as are Android-based consoles.

Bromhead · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:05

Who did they pay to design that. It looks terrible.

Mobius 1 · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:07

the xbox one design team by the looks of it. just awful.

builder22 · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:30

what's the radiation button for ?

meandu229 · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:38

Looks like the onlive controller. But worse

RedStarRiot · 14 Mar 2014 at 17:22

Hmm looks fairly unoriginal but alright. Be interesting to hear a little more about their intentions. Amazon don't usually fail when they invest in something.

kdd · 14 Mar 2014 at 17:29

I like the idea of an android console, simply because there are so many cool android mobile games! If it was cheap and let you plunder google play then I would buy one.

manic111 · 14 Mar 2014 at 17:33

kdd said:
I like the idea of an android console, simply because there are so many cool android mobile games! If it was cheap and let you plunder google play then I would buy one.

http://madcatz.com/mojo/en-us/

Edit: I appreciate that it could be cheaper!

bazzabear · 14 Mar 2014 at 18:18

I presume that's an early prototype, and it won't look like a deformed brick in the final iteration.

da_mic_1530 · 14 Mar 2014 at 18:23

Mings a bit, however looks functional. Interested to see what amazon will do. Could kill android and apple tv if amazon hit first

kdd · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:00

manic111 said:
http://madcatz.com/mojo/en-us/

Edit: I appreciate that it could be cheaper!

Ooh £180 here, but nice.

da_mic_1530 · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:13

kdd said:
I like the idea of an android console, simply because there are so many cool android mobile games! If it was cheap and let you plunder google play then I would buy one.

Ouya?

Skeeter · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:39

Haven't Google just bought a stake in an Android controller manufacturer?

There is a decimated market for small cheap Android consoles with proper controllers.

fendi · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:48

whilst it doesn't look all that amazing, if it is comfortable it'll do me. at least it is original unlike the ps controller

TheVoice · 14 Mar 2014 at 19:50

Presumably Amazon hopes to succeed where Ouya has failed.

kdd · 14 Mar 2014 at 21:19

da_mic_1530 said:
Ouya?

Ouya has its own software market that isn't great imo, I mean a console that has google play's market.