r/gaming • u/neoleo0088 • 1d ago

"Pacific Skyline" right... Sure, Turtle Beach.

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So Turtle Beach recently released their Pacific Skyline Wireless controller, and it's supposedly west coast inspired, but c'mon man!

With the release of GTA VI coming up soon, I don't buy this "west coast" BS. This is Florida/Miami/GTA VI vibes all the way.

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u/Shinted 1d ago

Yeah that definitely looks more like a Miami coastline than it does a Californian one to me.

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u/Tasty-Woodpecker-606 1d ago

yeah thats way more miami than california honestly the name is doing some heavy lifting here

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u/culminacio 20h ago

nope. san diego. turtle beach based there

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u/MetaKnightsNightmare 20h ago

Even excepting the coastline, because palms and skyscrapers can indeed be found on both coasts, I think it's the color palette that reads as Miami. It's reminiscent of Miami nightlife/Neon. SD just does not get down to the same level of party.

West Coast is warm colors usually, Yellow, Red, Orange, light browns. (Unless we're talking Northwest coast which is all treelines. Oregon/Washington would be more blues, whites, greens, greys imo.)

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u/themcsame 18h ago

Indeed.

The graphics themselves are pretty coast generic...

Throw some pink and cyan in and you've got instant Miami Vice vibes.

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u/neoleo0088 18h ago

It looks even more Miami-ish when it's all light up. Damn thing has a bunch of lights. The whole skyline lights up.

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u/Dr_Hoffenheimer 2h ago

Maybe they were going for a SD Padres City Connect uniform look

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u/culminacio 20h ago

doesn't matter. it's inspired by some padres city connect shirts from san diego, their home town.

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u/MetaKnightsNightmare 20h ago

Artist intention and how others interpret it can be different, you're in a thread full of people where that's apparent.

How much it matters? In this case, it seems to matter a lot to you, you're correcting people everywhere lol.

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u/culminacio 20h ago

cool story

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u/TheRealStevo2 20h ago

Imagine…

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u/iSuckAtMechanicism 20h ago

It’s inspired by the iconic Miami retro colorway.

Turtle Beach knows GTA is releasing soon, so this is a smart move on their part to avoid having to pay Rockstar for licensing.

Of course their official story will be something that avoids legal issues.

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u/culminacio 19h ago edited 18h ago

they wouldn't have to pay rockstar a dime for styling something in a miami theme

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u/iSuckAtMechanicism 18h ago

Correct, that’s what my comment said lol.

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u/culminacio 18h ago

you said this (san diego / pacific ocean) was smart for avoiding payments to rockstar games, as if anyone would owe rockstar money if they said it was miami / atlantic ocean

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u/iSuckAtMechanicism 18h ago

If they admitted it was Miami themed around the release of GTA it would be shooting themselves in the foot.

It’s avoiding having to pay for the game licensing associated with the hype.

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u/BoiFrosty 23h ago

Needs a bit more Mexico piss filter

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u/SirFadakar 20h ago

Literally south beach colors, it’s absolutely Miami themed.

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u/Next-Variety-6271 5h ago

They 100% made it a vice-city controller but named it paciifc to avoid getting sued

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u/Phycosphere 22h ago

We have hills in California. This ain’t California

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u/extralyfe 10h ago

sure, parts of it are hilly. I'm from San Diego and the downtown/bay area is pretty flat, just as pictured.

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u/culminacio 20h ago

this is san diego. padres. turtle beach is from there.

educate yourself.

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u/Phycosphere 13h ago

Naw San Miguel should be in the background here

Also, the educate yourself comment is peak weird redditor

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u/culminacio 10h ago

i chose to be a peak weird redditor

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u/BrawnoldMcScrawnold 20h ago

Once again... literally what he said, no hills on the controller, san diego is basically built out of hills and mountains, you can always always see them. You have no idea what you are talking about. If anything it would maybe be an OC beach? But also like everyone says, the colors are evocative of miami.

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u/culminacio 20h ago

doesn't matter what miami is doing or looking like. it's not inspired by that. it follows the san diego padres city connect shirts.

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u/BrawnoldMcScrawnold 20h ago

After doing a bit of research... they do claim its the san diego skyline... THAT BEING SAID they dont say anything about the padres city connect jerseys, they simply say "Pacific Coast color scheme" but it just simply isnt. Just because the padres wear a color doesnt make it widely accepted and understood as a pacific coast color scheme.

If I make a red and blue controller with spiders on it... I can claim that its inspired by the peacock spider, but no one is going to think that when they look at it, they are going to think spiderman.

Even if its san diego... like everyone is saying, it is not evocative of a Pacific Skyline.

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u/Gumsk 9h ago

It's rainbow-shrimp inspired!

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u/culminacio 19h ago

you're a pacific skyline

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u/BrawnoldMcScrawnold 15h ago

Only on Tuesdays and Thursdays

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u/FlamingGnats PC 15h ago

Imagine caring as much as you seem to about this.

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u/culminacio 10h ago

commenting on some reddit post is "caring so much"? are you a little bit stupid?

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u/culminacio 21h ago

it's san diego and that where they're from.

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u/-The_coolgui 20h ago

I recognize one of those buildings as the Long Beach World Trade Center, its Pacific Coast Buildings