Talk:Analog stick

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[edit] "Special gloves"?

I remember hearing about that too, but it might be an urban myth. If I find a source I'll post it up. Also, it's a good idea to pop the fabric cover of an earphone over the top of the N64 stick to improve comfort in general. Sockatume 04:03, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
The Mario Party series article lists a source: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2000/mar/mar08a_00.html. MIT Trekkie 21:29, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Revolution Controller

On 16 September 2005, Nintendo announced that their upcoming system, the Nintendo Revolution would not have any analog sticks standard, but instead, featured a gyroscopic sensor for three-dimensional detection.
Is it accurate to say that the analog stick on the nunchaku-style expasion isn't included standard?

If it's not fronwed upon I changed gyroscopic to accelerometer for accuracy.

[edit] History does not go far enough

Late 70s dedicated game machines - such as the Telejogo [1] - had analog sticks. I have one of those, it's really a non-self-centering analog stick. Stormwatch 21:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

By all means add it if necessary. --Thaddius 23:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of Analog stick is not a history of the dualshock controller

The history section goes into great detail about the dualshock controller, describing rumble features (or lack thereof) and even stating the first game to require two sticks. This seems to be irrelevant info. It's a history of the analog stick, not the dualshock controller. There's a page for that already. If no on minds, I'll remove the info that doesn't seem to belong. --Thaddius 14:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Doom127, you revert my edit ad put all that stuff back. Huzah. now I want you to realize that I was taking out the rumble aspects of the article becuase this is about the Analog stick, not the history of the dualshock controller and it's rumble features. I'm going to go ahead and re-edit it. Hopefully you'll read in here before reverting it back. --Thaddius 22:03, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
If you're going to make changes to an article, please try and keep the article as accurate as you left it. There were changes to the analog aspects, such as the removal of flightstick mode. Please remain civil. -- Daniel Davis 01:42, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Like I said, it used to be a detailed descrition on the vibration functions in the dual shock controller. Just cause I deleted irrelevant info you cared about doens't mean you have to have a hissy fit. I stated my intents here before doing it, no one objected. So just calm down and make it more accurate, keeping vibration technologies out of there. If people want to know the history of the dual shock controller, they can click on the link to it. Please remeber that this is an article on the analog stick and keep things relevant to the title. --Thaddius 16:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing Article

The way this article is written, it makes it sound like all "analog" sticks work on potentiometers. This couldn't be further from the truth. As the reference links show, many modern sticks work on the same digital photocell technology that mice use. Unfortunately, this confusion has spilled over into the N64 article, making its information on the analog stick outright wrong. I'll attempt to fix these issues as soon as I can. :) Jbanes 15:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

If you're going to make significant edits, make sure you use reliable references to avoid edit conflicts. Be bold. :D Ex-Nintendo Employee 22:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PSP?

From the article: "physical instability of the system that would result if the player were to use both analog sticks at the same time." How would the system be unable to stand having two sticks? This just doesn't seem right. Anyone think that someone should be deleting this? Ilikefood 21:37, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it does seem unsourced. Ex-Nintendo Employee 00:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Computer sticks

The entire article is naively console-centric for an entry which is redirected from "analog joystick." Analog joysticks (yes, joysticks. where did this joystick-means-digital idea come from?) have a rich history on home computers--and industrial computers for that matter--that goes back way before Sony's 1995 flightstick. Surely the ubiquitous Kraft sticks of the 1980s deserve a mention, and what of the bizarre springless pseudo-mouse stick on the CoCo--among many others. If the "joystick" article is meant to bear that weight, then I suggest that an "analog joystick" search should redirect there instead of here. This article is fine for what it is--a history of analog stick controllers on home videogame consoles--but it is far from the whole story.75.64.178.63 11:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

There is a paragraph about analog sticks in the 70s and 80s, but I agree that it's not detailed enough. If you have any resources, feel free to add to the article. Ex-Nintendo Employee 00:29, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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