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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:05PM (Unverified) said

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Sounds like crap.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:09PM (Unverified) said

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agreed
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Posted: May 1st 2008 6:35PM EJ A said

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I actually thought the last line of the post said, "coming this fail" and reread it.

I liked my first glance better.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:09PM (Unverified) said

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the first controller to come out will be the Big Air wireless controller, a full-sized skateboard that is "compatible with popular skateboarding games.

Im sorry but that just sounds like a bad idea.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:09PM carg0 said

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yea, no thanks, we already get cheap third-party shit from Pelican and MadCatz...
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:12PM (Unverified) said

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This is Microsoft's attempt at attracting the Wii-loving, casual-gaming audience? I find the idea of buying multiple, possibly-expensive peripherals to be a very unappealing idea. Way to fail, Microsoft.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:15PM vidguy said

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You already missed the boat Microsoft; cut your losses here and start planning for next-gen. These accessories will tank and won't do much to attract the casual crowd. Just suck it up and admit that Nintendo - and even Sony - beat you to the punch on this one. Haha, Bill Gates and his refusal to accept motion control after his Sidewinder POS failed.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:21PM (Unverified) said

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i demand a quidditch broom. STAT
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 10:39AM arrrgh said

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...




sad times
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Posted: May 1st 2008 5:48PM Duke said

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People's grandmothers will think they look nifty and buy them for jr, and that will be their market. No harm, no foul for the rest of us that will ignore these on the shelves.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 9:33PM (Unverified) said

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Amen to that, Nato.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 6:14PM (Unverified) said

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The only big air surrounding this story is the giant fart cloud surrounding it. Seriously, why do companies bother making completely unnecessary crapola like this? Now let me get back to my dancing Coke can and sunglasses-wearing potted flowers collection.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 9:52PM hvnlysoldr said

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Active gaming?
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Posted: May 1st 2008 9:53PM (Unverified) said

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In 1998 MS came out with the Freestyle Pro (gasp motion control - google it), it was horrid for FPS, RTS, RPG, but it was fun in motocross, racing, flight sim, etc.

Motion control is old news, next??
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 7:01AM (Unverified) said

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Personally I will wait to see the quality of the product before making a decision. Also alot of you are forgetting that MS is licensing their wireless (money for MS) and are only endorsing the controllers. In other words MS doesn't lose anything. They get paid weather people purchase these devices or not and if they fail or well, if it succeed then they reap the rewards.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 9:58AM Bentzero said

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It's a thrii-mote
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 10:14AM JCDoe said

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This /could/ be cool. I mean, this sort of thing has been a staple in arcades for years. What's wrong with trying to make more immersive peripherals for video games?

I think the joystiq group has just gotten too jaded with all of the previous crappy addons that companies have foisted on gamers in previous years. Let's at least give this guy a chance before we call it the suq sandwich it probably will be.
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Posted: Jul 11th 2008 6:52PM jpowerstech said

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what a turd.

Sounds like a whiffle bat controller to me.

epic fail, MS.
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