XtendPlay extends your Xbox 360 or PS3 controller, vertically

by JC Fletcher on Dec 2nd 2010 9:00PM

Your Xbox or PS3 controller is okay the way it is ... but it could be so much more boogie board-shaped. The XtendPlay attachment adds a big block of foam to the bottom of your controller, apparently to both make your grip on your controller more comfortable and allow you to rest the whole thing in your lap more easily. Or something.

Creator Xwerx likens the development to the invention of the baseball glove. "So the question we put to you is: why are you still bare-handing your controller?" "Stallion83," who has over 500,000 Gamerscore, likes the device (or likes his endorsement deal), and he knows a thing or two about holding a controller for way too long.

The $20 ... things ... ship "in 2 weeks," according to the website, and are available for pre-order now. Still not convinced? Check out a trailer after the break. You really need to see this in motion.

Source: Xwerx

Tags: accessories, controller, microsoft, playstation, ps3, what, xbox, xtendplay

Reader Comments (66)

extenze really missed an advertisement opportunity with this one

@Nytemare

Or whoever sells the Fleshlight. Maybe there'll be an attachment in the future?

I'll take 50! ..... not really

Are you kidding me? Did that stupid thing really need a trailer? Not nearly as bad as this one I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwxM11zYF2M

@ovoon oh man all of CTAs videos are really bad just as bad as the crap there selling

@ovoon

I like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPntj2SKvU

This one is by far the least descriptive and most boring out of all of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPWtcKHX_k&feature=related

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

The guy says "Dodge Winstar" which loses any and all credibility.

I want to believe...

Remember those Gamer Gloves that kept your hands from blistering because you played too long? Remember how successful THAT was? And then this comes along, which is just...bluh, words can't describe how ugly this thing is. Good luck getting enough of these out the door to break even.

@Asok

I think the problem was that people's hands were blistering because of so much video games. Not the product.

eh, I can't see this taking off.

@breticles
I this only working for those with banana hands.

@Manifest37
*I SEE this

I play games in weird as hell positions. Controller over my head with arms leaned on my forehead while lying down? Got that.

So it's uh...supposed to rest the uh...controller in your lap? Make it more comfortable to play over long periods? Yeah?

No, seriously, what's the purpose of this goddamn device? As a younger gamer I don't find my hands raw after a gaming session on PS3 or 360, they're fairly ergonomic for me. I can see arthritis sufferers having some troubles, but...seriously? $20 for something that looks like those foam things at the pool for learning how to swim?

I want to see week one sales figures please. I need to know if there is a demand for this somewhere. As a business student I've got a BURNING DESIRE for the numbers on this!

"Gamer's claw"?

A condition from gripping the controller so tightly and long, your hands are cramped into that position.

VERY noticeable from the Dreamcast controller. I had times after playing Crazy Taxi, or Re-Volt, or Quake 3 and many other games where my hands took several minutes to go back into normal position without feeling stiff.

This accessory is just bullshit. We had a controller shaped like that before, the Jaguar's. It wasn't popular.

Why do these people keep recycling shit? Do they go thru a catalogue of failed console accessories, and say "Gee, this failed 20 years ago, it's gotta work now!"

no thanks

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk19/Threddd/GTFO.gif

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

That makes unbelievable amounts of sense, and is amazingly relevant to this. You should be a philosopher.

@SnorlaxTheSerialKiller

My sarcasm senses are tingling...

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Your sarcasm senses are correct.

uuh.... yeeeeeah... i think this will get more laughs than purchases.

http://imgur.com/GhPXY

And my Xbox headset plugs in...where now?

@BrssMnky ...I didn't even think of that. +1 sir. The device itself flabbergasted me so much.

@BrssMnky
You actually think people who own these have friends to talk to?

@FiXxXeRJL

Very true. I just kind of assumed that if you buy one of these, than online friends were the ONLY friends you have.

@BrssMnky That was my first thought as well. This is useless if you do ANYTHING online.

What just happened?

I see a potential platform for holding snacks

OMG!!! PLACING MY ORDER NOW!!!! Lulz

Holy crap it cant make me play better!!! OMG OMG i need to play better so i need to buy this!!!! HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIII....

i hate crap like this

http://www.mkrob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jimmyjohnson.jpg

@swooded

Did anyone else click on that link expecting this Jimmy Johnson? http://www.jacktimes.com/media/files/2010/11/jimmie-johnson-nascar.jpg

Well, technically it's Jimmie Johnson, but still.

junk.

Honestly, I think the Playstation controllers are too small. I always find my bottom fingers (pinkie and ring) starting to go numb I play for more than 15 minutes. But I would prefer that over ever getting one of those.

@Richard Jae

Buy an Xbox then. Problem solved.

I find the PS3 controllers (same design from the PS1) ergonomically fine for prolonged use.

I dont go numb. I think you have a circulation problem. See a doctor.

@Richard Jae
i think xbox controllers are way too big. those things are freakin dinner plates. my ps3 controller fits perfectly in my hand however

@Richard Jae

I have my dual shock 3 crammed into a formally broken original xbox controller. You know the giant duke one. I love it, beats the hell out of the Nyko Raven and Shadow 6.

@donnyinitiative

Dinner plates? Have you ever seen an Xbox 360 or its controller in person?

I do have an xbox :)

I have big hands. My cirulation is great, whenever I give blood I'm usually complimented on it.

@Anticrawl

Well that depends. @DigitalFortress said Xbox not Xbox 360. Now those original Xbox controllers were freakin dinner plates.

@Richard Jae
With you on the PS Dumbshock controller. Always think I'm going to break the dinky things every time I pick them up. Analog sticks are badly placed too.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! BILLY MAYS HERE WITH ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCT!

Oh wait..........

@Marco le Polo

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4060/billymayshere.jpg

Too soon?

http://www.gamernode.com/upload/manager///Feature%20Images/Worst%20Controllers/speedboard1285517060.jpg

wat dah fak!

I have big hands and I'd love to just have a bigger "Duke"-style controller. The current 360 controller is absolutely perfect imo-- for my wife. How 'bout a controller-extension that just makes the thing 50% larger but the same shape and everything?

For comfort's sake, imagine my comment as being read by Mr. New Vegas, aka Wayne Newton. Failing that, Bill Cosby.
Comparing this snug little object to a baseball glove has a few little kinks. You see, folks, a baseball glove is designed to protect your hand and make catching the ball easier, so's you don't break your fingers whenever you try to catch a speeding ball. This cushy little wonder is only useful if you hold the controller on your lap, not in all those other kooky positions I've seen people play in.

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